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ToxCard: Iron

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Stage 3 (timing variable) Shock 1 : Can occur within hours for massive ingestion, but may occur over a longer time course. Characterized by hypovolemia, vasodilation, reduced cardiac output, hyperventilation, elevated temperature, seizure, coma, and cardiovascular collapse. 1 Obtain a single view abdominal x-ray. McGraw Hill; 2016.

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ToxCard: Bupropion

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Bupropion lowers the seizure threshold and even at therapeutic doses patients can have seizures. 6 Severe toxicity: Seizures: It is unclear if seizures are caused by bupropion or the active metabolite, hydroxybupropion. 3 Seizures are dose-dependent. 3 Seizures are dose-dependent.

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Emergencies of the Third Trimester

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

HELLP Syndrome [pdf] Sara Paul MD Intrauterine Fetal Demise [ppt] Irene Hwang, MD Obesity in Pregnancy [pdf] Rafael Garabis, MD Seizures in Pregnancy [ppt] Sherifia Heron , MD Substance Abuse in Pregnancy [ppt] Sophia Y. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 3(1), 39. Reid, C (2011) Prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy op.cit.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The infant in shock after a ‘cold’: myocarditis Beware of the poor feeding, tachycardic, ill appearing infant who “has a cold” because everyone else around him has a ‘cold’. 2011; 2(1):70-72. 2011 Jan-Jun; 4(1): 81–83. 2011; 32:492-497. 2011; 552-555. 2011; 128(6):1-6 Munk K et al. Arq Bras Cardiol.

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Neonatal Jaundice

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

He will be dehydrated – possibly in shock. Acute bilirubin encephalopathy may progress to an abnormal neurologic exam, seizures, apnea, or coma. 2011; 128(4):825-31. 2011; 32(8):341-9. My take away: we now have some evidence basis for using filtered sunlight as an adjunct for babies well enough to go home. Pediatrics.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Jeff: There are a shocking 22 million past-month users of marijuana in the US, followed by pain relievers at 3.8 The rhabdo is believed to be due, in part, to associated seizures, muscle tremors, and agitation. Symptoms here include irritability, anxiety, restlessness, sleep difficulty, seizures, and aggression.

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

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As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. Heat stroke can lead to end-organ dysfunction such as rhabdomyolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, cardiogenic shock, liver failure, and cerebral edema. Clinical decision making in seizures and status epilepticus. doi: 10.1186/cc3771.