Description
Book SynopsisClinicians undergoing competency testing, certification, and periodic recertification are frequently faced with computer-based exams designed to evaluate clinical acumen and judgment. Test questions often include an image or radiograph followed by a vignette of the clinical encounter and a series of questions. Designed to better prepare practitioners for image-intense, computer-based examinations in their respective fields, Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenoming is a visual and written reminder of the ubiquitous sources of toxins and toxoids in the environment and the outcomes of accidental or intentional toxic exposures in humans.
The Second Edition has been restructured with bulleted text, tables, and figures resembling the vignettes that accompany national examinations. Combining the four specialties of toxicologyanalytical, medical, environmental, and industrialinto one comprehensive atlas, the book presents photographs and diagrams of toxic plants a
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"Compared to other narrative-based references in this exceptionally complicated and detail-driven field, this atlas presents small bites of easily digestible information."
—Sean P. Boley, MD, Regions Hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center for Doody's Review Service
Table of ContentsGeneral Medical Toxicology. The Pharmacology of Human Poisoning and Envenoming. General Poisoning Management. Diagnostic Work-Up of the Poisoned Patient. Poison Antidotes. Toxicity of Antiseptics and Drug Additives. Poisonings with Over-the-Counter and Opioid Analgesics. Household Product Poisonings. Drug and Illicit Substance Abuse. Anticonvulsants and Sedative-Hypnotics. Reproductive and Perinatal Toxicology and Teratogenesis. Hypoglycemic and Other Endocrine Agent Toxicity. Cardiovascular Drug Toxicity. Antibiotic Toxicity. Anticancer Drug Toxicity. Environmental and Occupational Nephrotoxicology. Neurotoxicology. Environmental Toxicology. Food Poisoning. Seafood Poisoning. Mushroom Poisonings. Herbal Poisonings. Common Poisonous Household and Garden Plants. Bites and Stings: Terrestrial Envenomings. Common Arthropod Vectors of Infectious Diseases. Tick Paralysis. Bites and Stings: Marine Envenomings. Voodoo, Hoodoo, and Cajun Traditions and Poisonings. Industrial and Occupational Toxicology. Volatile Organic Chemicals. Petrochemical Toxicity. Industrial Gas Exposures and Occupational Lung Diseases. Metal and Metalloid Poisonings. Pesticide Poisonings: Insecticides, Rodenticides, and Herbicides. Radiation Toxicology. Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons and Warfare. Workplace Substance Abuse Monitoring. Miscellaneous Toxicants. Epidemiology and Statistics for Toxicology. Epidemiology and Statistics for Toxicology. Index.
