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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... 3) Labs show anion-gap ... metabolic acidosis ... , Shock Labs: Anion-Gap ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Abdominal pain, nausea ... post-ingestion) - Anion ... gap metabolic acidosis ... Poisoning #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management