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Salicylate Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management

#Salicylate #Poisoning #Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management #Aspirin #Treatment
Salicylate #Poisoning #Toxicology ... Diagnosis #Management #Aspirin ... #Treatment
Button Battery Ingestion Triage and Treatment Guideline - Algorithm

#ButtonBattery #Battery #Ingestion #Algorithm #Management #Treatment #Guidelines #Toxicology
Ingestion Triage and Treatment ... Guideline - Algorithm ... Battery #Ingestion #Algorithm ... #Management #Treatment ... #Guidelines #Toxicology
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Altered, Seizure, Coma ... #Salicylate #Aspirin ... #Toxicity #Toxicology ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Treatment is ... • Treatment algorithms ... - Phlebotomy + aspirin ... hydroxyurea + aspirin ... • Aspirin should
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
surveillance than men - Aspirin ... Aorta #Vascular #Treatment ... #Algorithm
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
vary depending on treatment ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology #
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
20% Diagnosis — COMA ... Treatment: 100% ... Monoxide #Poisoning #Toxicology
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology ... amnesia, drowsiness, coma ... Hydroxybutyrate #GHB #Toxicology ... Diagnosis #Management #Pharmacology
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy

ILE is a treatment for severe toxicity from local anesthetics. In addition,
Therapy ILE is a treatment ... #ILE #Therapy #Toxicology ... #Management #Pharmacology
Algorithm for the Treatment of Uremic Pruritus
Nonpharmacologic Treatments:
 • Daily topical emollient
 • Avoidance of extremes
Algorithm for the ... Treatment of Uremic ... Evidence-Based Off-Label Pharmacologic ... Treatments of Uremic ... uremia #itching #Algorithm