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Acute Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management
#Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #Salicylate #Aspirin #Toxicity #ALiEM
Acute Salicylate Toxicity ... - Diagnosis and ... Management #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology ... #ALiEM
Rumack-Matthew Nomogram for Acetaminophen Toxicity #Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #RumackMatthew #Nomogram #Acetaminophen #Toxicity #APAP #ALiEM
Acetaminophen Toxicity ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Toxicology #RumackMatthew ... Acetaminophen #Toxicity ... #APAP #ALiEM
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology ... of GHB toxicity ... Hydroxybutyrate #GHB #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... - Diagnosis and ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... Salicylate #Aspirin #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #diagnosis
 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 ... post-ingestion) - Symptom ... absent in severe toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Ferrous
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... also includes symptoms ... LacticAcidosis #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Management
Histamine Fish Toxicity - Inadequate refrigeration increases enzyme from bacteria on fish 
Clinical 
• Skin flushing,
Histamine Fish Toxicity ... palpitations • Symptoms ... eating fish Management ... Histamine #Fish #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Clinical Features of Carbon Monoxide Toxicity
CNS - Headache, Visual disturbances, Confusion, Ataxia, Seizure, Syncope, Retinal hemorrhage,
Carbon Monoxide Toxicity ... hemorrhage, Focal neurologic ... Carbon #Monoxide #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
gradually with symptoms ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... Improvement in symptoms ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management #Toxicology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... Neurological symptoms ... Medication/Drug toxicity ... #management #neurology