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Acute Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management
#Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #Salicylate #Aspirin #Toxicity #ALiEM
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... and Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Toxicology #Salicylate ... Aspirin #Toxicity #ALiEM
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol
General concepts for toxic alcohols:
• Parent compounds (not metabolites) cause high osmolal
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... lactic acidosis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology ... Isopropyl #Alcohol #Ingestion ... #ALiEM
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hemorrhage • CNS Infection ... • Congenital Myotonic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology ... minutes after ingestion ... Hydroxybutyrate #GHB #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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(~6 hours post-ingestion ... -24 hours post-ingestion ... -48 hours post-ingestion ... Poisoning #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... and Management ... acute or chronic ingestion ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
Rumack-Matthew Nomogram for Acetaminophen Toxicity #Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #RumackMatthew #Nomogram #Acetaminophen #Toxicity #APAP #ALiEM
Acetaminophen Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology ... Toxicity #APAP #ALiEM
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Kearns-Sayre syndrome - Myotonic ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... Statins), ETOH Infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #Summary
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Methanol
Solvent found in cleaning and printing solutions, adhesives, stains, paint removers,
antifreeze agent in
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... osmolal gap #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology ... #Methanol #Ingestion ... #ALiEM