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ToxCard: Organic Mercury Poisoning

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Diagnosis and Management: Whole blood mercury concentrations are the most useful for diagnosis of organic mercury poisoning, as organic mercury undergoes little urinary excretion. 6 The neurotoxicity caused by organic mercury poisoning is permanent, thus, you must act fast. Adverse Drug React Acute Poisoning Rev. Am J Cardiol.

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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Circulation Assess heart rate, blood pressure, peripheral and central CRT, pulses and 3 lead ECG. Establish IV access and begin fluid resuscitation with 250ml boluses of 0.9% National Poisons Information Service (0344 892 0111) and TOXBASE have useful information on special chemicals and are accessible 24/7.

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Annals of B Pod - Opioid-Associated Hearing Loss

Taming the SRU

UDS : positive for amphetamines, benzodiazepines, fentanyl, THC EKG : Normal sinus rhythm, incomplete right bundle branch block, normal axis, normal intervals. He was given an intravenous fluid bolus with minimal improvement in his blood pressure, but remained alert. Diagnostics WBC : 8.6 Plt : 190 Na : 136 K : 4.4 TSH : 18.04

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

An immediate 12-lead EKG was obtained: There is ST elevation in leads aVR and V1, with marked ST depression in I, II, III, aVF, V3-V6. In addition, the patient received 750 mL of fluid resuscitation with transient improvement of blood pressure. 2) Hypoxia, including poisons of oxidative phosphorylation such as HS, CO, CN.

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Popular Antiobesity Medications Bring New Challenges to Emergency Physicians

ACEP Now

This patient’s syncope is most likely due to metabolic disruptions and fluid-status physiology; nevertheless, assessment of cardiogenic etiologies through an EKG, troponin, and cardiac risk factors should be considered as appropriate. Diabetes Care. 2018;41:258–66. CNN website. Published December 18, 2023. Accessed January 11, 2024.