Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Eighth Edition (Poisoning & Drug Overdose)

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Speed is crucial when dealing with toxicologic and drug-related emergencies. Finding answers quickly is easier than ever with this streamlined eighth edition of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. This instant-answer guide provides the critical information needed to diagnose and manage drug-related emergencies and chemical exposures.

Updated with newly released drugs and new information on existing drugs, the guide covers initial emergency management, including treatment of coma, seizures and hypotension; physical and laboratory diagnosis; and methods of decontamination and enhanced elimination of poisons.

Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Eighth Edition is divided into four sections:

• Section I. Provides a stepwise approach to the evaluation and treatment of coma, seizures, shock, and other complications of poisoning and the proper use of gastric decontamination and dialysis procedures.

  Section II. Lists specific poisons and drugs, as well as the pathophysiology, toxic dose and level, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and specific treatment associated with each substance.

  Section III. Covers descriptions of therapeutic drugs and antidotes, including pharmacology indications, adverse effects, drug interactions, and recommended dosage.

  Section IV. Describes the approach to hazardous materials incidents; the evaluation of occupational exposures; and the toxic effects, physical properties, and workplace limits for over 500 common industrial chemicals.

Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Eighth Edition is enhanced by numerous tables and charts, as well as a user-friendly index. This trusted resource has consistently been relied upon by front line professionals responding to drug-related emergencies and chemical exposures.

Kent R. Olson, MD, FACEP, was the former medical director of California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division; and clinical professor of medicine and pharmacy at the University of California.

Craig Smollin, MD, is professor of emergency medicine and pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco; program director of the UCSF Medical Toxicology Fellowship; medical director of the California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division; and attending emergency physician at San Francisco General Hospital. 

Ilene Anderson, PharmD, is clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco.

Neal L. Benowitz, MD, is professor of medicine emeritus of the Research Program in Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco. 

Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH, is professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. 

Susan Y. Kim-Katz, Pharm D, is clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco; and senior toxicology management specialist for the San Francisco division of California Poison Control System.

Justin C. Lewis, PharmD, DABAT, is associate clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco; and managing director of the Sacramento division of California Poison Control System. 

Alan H.B. Wu, PhD, is professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California, San Francisco; and chief of the clinical chemistry laboratory at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.