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EM Daily - Back to Basics: Antidotes

#Management #Toxicology #Antidotes #Table
EM Daily - Back ... : Antidotes #Management ... #Toxicology #Antidotes
3 Minute EM Pearls: Beta-Blocker Poisoning

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#Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #BetaBlocker #Beta #Blocker #Poisoning
3 Minute EM Pearls ... PeterboroughEM #Diagnosis #Management ... #Toxicology #BetaBlocker
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology guidelines #Management #EM #Tox #Methanol #Poisoning #Algorithm #Fomepizole #ToxicAlcohol #ALiEM
Academy of Clinical Toxicology ... guidelines #Management ... #EM #Tox #Methanol
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... QRS #widening #ECG ... #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... Differential #Drugs #Classes
Cyanide Toxicity 
Treatment:
1) Hydroxocobalamin + Cyanide = Cyanocobalamin (nontoxic) 
   or 
2) Amyl nitrite
Amyl nitrite - causes ... Cyanide #Toxicity #Toxicology ... Pathophysiology #Management
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Diagnosis and Management ... no respiratory cause ... Salicylate Level: 150mg/kg ... Management: ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
cardiac syncope, e.g ... frequently benign causes ... further guide management ... and an initial ECG ... depends on the cause
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
fracture • ED Management ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... MetroHealth_EM #RadialHead ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Hyperviscosity #Syndrome #Causes ... Diagnosis #Treatment #Management
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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Management Algorithm ... electrolytes, CXR, ECG ... thyroid, MRI, toxicologic ... AlteredMentalStatus #Delirium #Management