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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 ... seems like DKA, sepsis ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... Management: 1) Resuscitation
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Abdominal pain, nausea ... deterioration Shock ... and cardiogenic shock ... coagulopathy, renal ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
: metabolic acidosis ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... Classification #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... /hypoxemia/Sepsis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... syndrome - Sepsis ... deficiency - Renal
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
: metabolic acidosis ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... Classification #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Eclampsia, Infection/Sepsis ... /Shock, Autoimmune ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... Medication/Drug toxicity ... the underlying cause