Critical Care Toxicology (2nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2017)
Diagnosis and Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient

Coordinators: Brent Jeffrey, Burkhart Keith, Dargan Paul, Hatten Benjamin, Mégarbane Bruno, Palmer Robert, White Julian

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Building on the previous edition with contributions from internationally renowned experts this book provides a fully comprehensive resource for managing the post emergency/treatment stage of acute poisoning. Chapters incorporate evidence-based paradigms with up-to-date citations from the original medical literature. Topic areas covered include: diagnosis and management of the critically poisoned patient, including pediatric patients and poisoning in pregnancy; toxic syndromes including hepatotoxic and pulmonary syndromes as well as poisonings from medications, drugs of abuse, chemical and biological agents. This book is an essential resource for Clinical Toxicologists, Intensivists and Emergency Medicine specialists in training and in practice.
4-Dimethylaminophenol.- Acetaminophen (Paracetamol).- Beta Receptor Antagonists.- Cardiac Conduction and Rate Disturbances.- Digitalis Glycosides.- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Cardiopulmonary Bypass in the Poisoned Patient.- Fumigants.- Gyromitra Mushrooms.- Hydrocarbons and Halogenated Hydrocarbons.- Irritant and Toxic Respiratory Injuries.- Lipid Resuscitation Therapy.- Marine Vertebrates, Cnidarians and Mollusks.- Nerve Agents.- Organophosphorus and Carbamate Insecticides.- Phosphine and Metal Phosphide.- Rifampin, Dapsone, and Vancomycin.- Salicylates.- Thallium.- Unithiol (DMPS).- Valproic Acid.- Widow and Related Lactrodectus Spiders.

Jeffrey Brent, M.D., Ph.D (biochemistry), is a Distinguished Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Colorado School of Public Health. He completed his medical toxicology Fellowship training at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center and has a long career of active research in medical toxicology. His Curriculum vitae lists nearly 300 publications of various kinds, including original research papers, abstracts, chapters, and reviews. Currently, Dr. Brent is Principal Investigator and Director of the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC), an NIH supported national multi-center study group in medical toxicology.Dr. Brent is a former President of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), a former member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), a recipient of the Louis Roche award from the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, the Career Achievement Award from the AACT, and the Ellenhorn Award from the ACMT, and the Clinical Translational Sciences Career Achievement Award from the Society of Toxicology.

Dr Burkhart is the Lead Medical Officer for the Medical Informatics Team in the Division of Applied Regulatory Science in the Office of Clinical Pharmacology in the Office of Translational Sciences in the Center for Drug Evaluation and research at the FDA . He received his medical toxicology training at the Rocky Mountain Poison Center in Denver. Emergency medicine training was at the University of Cincinnati. His Medical Degree is from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, now Drexel University. His B.S. is from Ursinus College in Biology. He is a Past-President of the American College of Medical Toxicology. He is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Penn State University College of Medicine. Medical toxicology is practiced at the PinnacleHealth Hospital in Harrisburg, PA. He was the Medical Director for the Penn Stat

Supports medical staff in the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with acute poisoning

Updates the field with evidence-based paradigms and citations in each chapter

Collates the work of international experts on both toxic syndromes and posionings

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras