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Acetaminophen toxicity
Emergency Department Workup and Management - Rumack Matthew Nomogram

#Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #APAP #Acetaminophen #Rumack #Nomogram
Acetaminophen toxicity ... Emergency Department ... Workup and Management ... Matthew Nomogram #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology
Urethral Injury in the Emergency Department

Clinical Features, Diagnostics and Treatment

#Urology #Diagnosis #Management #Urethral #Injury #Urethrogram
Urethral Injury ... in the Emergency ... Clinical Features, Diagnostics ... #Management #Urethral ... #Injury #Urethrogram
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... in the Emergency ... coma, spinal cord injury ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency
 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 ... caustic mucosal injury ... caustic bowel injury ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Ferrous
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity ... Signs of severe toxicity ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury ... Acute Radiation Toxicity ... #Radiation #Injury ... #Toxicity #diagnosis ... #management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
hospital fire emergency ... Consider inhalational injury ... depending on degree of injury ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
is a clinical emergency ... Traumatic brain injury ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... and acute kidney injury ... LacticAcidosis #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
nearby theatres / emergency ... on-call / dial emergency ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management