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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. 1,6 Agitation, delirium, psychosis, and hallucinations can occur and may be incorrectly attributed to concurrent psychiatric illness.

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Episode 28 - Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach

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Jeff: As a quick survey of our audience before we begin, how many of you routinely encounter co-morbid psychiatric conditions in your ED patients, especially depression? Jeff: And how many of you struggle to admit or transfer patients for a formal psychiatric eval? Nachi: That would certainly be all of our listeners!

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Also, be aware that there are various formulations of cannabis that allow for different routes of administration. Basically, any way you can imagine, it seems like a route of administration has been explored. On the longer end, rectal cannabis administration can take up to 8 hours to reach peak plasma concentrations.

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ToxCard: Acute Organophosphate Toxicity

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2,7 Organophosphate poisonings in agriculturally-centered communities are of public health concern in developing countries. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. 7 May lead to respiratory failure.

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Grand Rounds Recap 11.13.24

Taming the SRU

haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., opiates or anticholinergics): Use initial nomogram and treat if initial level is above the treatment line.