title: Emergency management of poisoning and overdose.
abstract: The management of the poisoned patient can be difficult and challenging. The task often demands the physician's entire resources in putting together pieces of history and significant physical findings to make a diagnosis. He must then carefully support and stabilize the patient under constant monitoring, while making efforts to prevent further absorption of the toxin, enhance excretion, and treat complications as they arise.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001285:Atropine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D004639:Emetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005947:Glucose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009270:Naloxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009566:Nitrates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009573:Nitrites / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010100:Oxygen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D004639:Emetics; D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D009270:Naloxone; D000431:Ethanol; D001285:Atropine; D010830:Physostigmine; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen