Patients presenting with acute toxin ingestion.
Organ toxicity caused by poisons or drug therapy is diverse and may not be commonly encountered clinically. In general, commonly encountered conditions caused by drug/toxin pharmacology can be classified into 7 categories by shared mechanisms of organ injury. This review of drug/toxin-induced injury discusses drug or toxin-induced pathology that the clinician may encounter and therapeutic approaches to these syndromes.
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Gary E
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9068, USA. gary.hill@utsouthwestern.edu
Ogunnaike
Babatunde
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Nasir
Dawood
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D000138:Acidosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D053447:Channelopathies / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008708:Methemoglobinemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D023481:Terrorism