Main description:

This issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Janice L. Zimmerman, focuses on Toxicology. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. John Kellum. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles for toxicology, Use of extracorporeal techniques in poisonings, Drugs of Abuse, Cardiovascular Drug Toxicity, Anticoagulant and Anti-platelet Drug Toxicity and Psychotropic Agents.

Contents:

Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles for Toxicology
Drugs of Abuse: Sympathomimetics
Drugs of Abuse-Opioids, Sedatives, Hypnotics
Toxicology of Psychoactive Substances
Acetaminophen Poisoning
Cardiovascular Drug Toxicity
Toxicology of Medications for Diabetes Mellitus
Antithrombotic and Antiplatelet Drug Toxicity
Toxicity of Immunotherapeutic Agents
Iatrogenic Toxicities in the Intensive Care Unit
Toxic Alcohols
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Management of Organophosphorus Poisoning: Standard Treatment and Beyond
Inhalants