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Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine is known to cause ... Kathryn Watson @ ... #Toxicology #Toxicity ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy

ILE is a treatment for severe toxicity from local anesthetics. In addition,
treatment for severe toxicity ... life-threatening toxicity ... Kathryn Watson @ ... Toxicology #Management #Pharmacology
Carbamazepine Toxicity

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly prescribed for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain,
Carbamazepine Toxicity ... Kathryn Watson @ ... Carbamazepine #Toxicity ... SideEffects #Adverse #Pharmacology
Hydroxocobalamin Pharmacology – Cyanide Antidote

By Dr. Kathryn Watson @Kat_Watson

#Hydroxocobalamin #Cyanide #Antidote #Toxicology #Management #Pharmacology
Hydroxocobalamin Pharmacology ... Kathryn Watson @ ... Toxicology #Management #Pharmacology
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
Symptoms of GHB toxicity ... Kathryn Watson @ ... GHB #Toxicology #Toxicity ... Diagnosis #Management #Pharmacology
 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 ... Abdominal pain, nausea ... absent in severe toxicity ... Kathryn Watson @ ... Iron #Poisoning #Toxicity
Cyanide Toxicity 
Treatment:
1) Hydroxocobalamin + Cyanide = Cyanocobalamin (nontoxic) 
   or 
2) Amyl nitrite
Cyanide Toxicity ... Amyl nitrite - causes ... #Cyanide #Toxicity
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-induced edema is caused ... Kathryn Watson @ ... Edema #Medication #Causes ... #Differential #Pharmacology
Mydriasis Causes - AAAS Mnemonic
 • Atropine
 • Anticholinergic Toxicity
 • Antidepressants (and Serotonin Syndrome)
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Mydriasis Causes ... Anticholinergic Toxicity
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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EKG Findings Causes ... • Vitamin D toxicity ... #Differential #Causes