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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... - Diagnosis and ... no respiratory cause ... Salicylate #Aspirin #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #diagnosis
Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Algorithm Upper ... Consult GI ± EGD Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #management #Algorithm ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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described phases of toxicity ... Abdominal pain, nausea ... absent in severe toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Ferrous
Sodium Nitrite and Nitrate - Toxicology

Clinical features of nitrate/nitrite toxicity
 • MetHb
 • Hypotension
 • Headache,
and Nitrate - Toxicology ... nitrate/nitrite toxicity ... blurred vision, nausea ... Nitrite #Nitrate #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
Histamine Fish Toxicity - Inadequate refrigeration increases enzyme from bacteria on fish 
Clinical 
• Skin flushing,
Histamine Fish Toxicity ... Oral burning, nausea ... eating fish Management ... Histamine #Fish #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
pneumonitis Diagnosis ... Exclude other causes ... suggestive but not diagnostic ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management #Toxicology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... the diagnosis and ... hemochromatosis #algorithm ... #diagnosis #management ... #hepatology #gastroenterology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
it should not cause ... dissociative drug, it causes ... glycol (solvent) toxicity ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Methanol
Solvent found in cleaning and printing solutions, adhesives, stains, paint removers,
antifreeze agent in
. formic acid) causes ... toxicity, but does ... NOT cause osmolal ... gap #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... establishing a diagnosis ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare