Main description:

This book is dedicated to practice critical care toxicology and improve outcomes of poisoned patients in the era of complex poisonings with evidence-based guidelines in the field of medical toxicology. It will highlight the nuances of clinical toxicology with in-depth and most recent management of poisoning. It will serve physicians working in the fields of critical care medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine and other allied specialties involved in the management of critically-ill poisoned patients.

Contents:

Section 1 General Management of Poisoning or Overdose

1. Approach to Unknown Poisoning

2. Laboratory Tests in Poisoning

3. Acid Base Disorders in Poisoning

4. Antidotes.

5. Lipid Emulsion Therapy in the Management of Acute Poisonings

6. Understanding Forensic Toxicology for the Critical Care Specialist

Section 2 Drugs of Abuse

7. Central Nervous System Depressants: Overdose And Management

8. Sympathomimetic Drugs.

9. Cocaine

10. Newer Drugs of Abuse.

Section 3 CNS Toxins

11. Toxin induced seizures.

12. Toxic Alcohols

13. Botulism.

14. Anticonvulsant Overdose

Section 4 Pulmonary Toxins

15. Approach to Respiratory Failure

16. Inhalation Poisoning

17. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Section 5 Cardiac Toxins

18. Approach to Patient with

19. Aluminum Phosphide

20. Beta-blocker and Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose

21. Sodium channel blockers: TCA, serotonin, and anti-histamines

22. Digoxin and Other Cardiac Glycosides

Section 6 Gastrointestinal and Liver Toxins

23. Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Poisoning.

24. Nsaid Overdose

25. Corrosive Ingestion: Acids and Alkalis

Section 7 Hematological Toxins

26. Warfarin and Superwarfarin Toxicity

27. Overdose of Newer Anticoagulants.

28. Dyshemoglobinemias

Section 8 Renal toxins and Extracorporeal Therapies

29.Approach to Toxin Induced Acute Renal Failure.

30. Extracorporeal Therapies in the Management of Acute Poisoning: Specific Poisons.

31.Extra Corporeal Toxin Removal: General Principles.

32. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Section 9 Pesticides and Rodenticides

33. Management of Organophosphate Poisoning.

34. Carbamates and Newer Insecticides

35. Herbicide Poisoning (Paraquat and Diquat

36. Organochlorine Pesticides.

37. Rodenticide Poisoning

Section 10 Miscellaneous Toxicities

38. Heavy Metal Poisoning

39. Envenomation

40. Plant Poisoning In India

41. Mushroom poisoning

42. Methotrexate and Other Chemotherapeutic Agents Toxicity.

43. Metformin and other oral hypoglycemic agents

44. Chemical and Biological Warfare.

Index