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ToxCard: Iron

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In the late 1990s, iron was the leading cause of poisoning deaths reported to poison control centers for children less than 6 years of age. In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated unit-dose packaging for all iron-containing products with more than 30 milligrams of elemental iron. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.

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2023 AHA Update on Management Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning

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Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) // Reviewed by Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) The American Heart Association 2023 Guideline for managing cardiac arrest or life-threatening toxicity due to poisoning was recently released. Opioid overdose remains the leading cause of cardiac arrest due to poisoning in North America. COR 2a, LOE B-NR.

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ToxCard: Second Generation Antipsychotic Overdose

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of exposures reported to poison control centers in 2021 were related to antipsychotics or sedative-hypnotics with the majority of those exposures occurring in patients 20 years of age or older. Consult a medical toxicologist or regional poison control (at 1-800-222-1222 in the United States). Front Psychiatry. Clinical Toxicol.

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ToxCard: Benzonatate

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved benzonatate in 1958 for cough relief in patients ≥ 10 years. 8) Over the next 24 years, numerous peer reviewed publications on benzonatate poisoning appeared in the medical literature. (3, 5) From 2012 to 2019, pediatric benzonatate prescribing soared by 62%. (9)

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ToxCard: Diethylene Glycol

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In mass poisoning cases, DEG has been substituted as a solvent in oral medications and in topical medicinal products. 4 Despite the policy changes in the United States, epidemic poisonings involving DEG continue to impact adults and children on a global scale with 14 mass poisonings occurring since the Sulfanilamide Disaster.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl – Apricot Kernels: Eat or pass?

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Although poisoning by ingestion of cyanogenic foods is much more common in tropical countries, there have been reported cases in the US [1, 3]. What are the symptoms of cyanide poisoning? How to you treat cyanide poisoning? [1, grams (50 mL) Pediatrics: 250-412 mg/kg (1-1.65 mL/kg) not to exceed 50 mL or 12.5

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 103: Thermal Burn Injury

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Typically for adults with a TBSA of at least 20% or 10% in pediatric patients. For large burns, consider albumin to lower total volume administration and improve urine output. If the patient is altered after smoke exposure in an enclosed spaced, consider carbon monoxide or cyanide poisoning. Avoid normal saline.

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