Articles Tagged With: poison
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A Review of Venomous Snakebites and Scorpion Stings
Although not a common problem, the knowledge and ability to manage venomous snakebites and scorpion stings is an essential component of the emergency medicine physician’s armamentarium.
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An Approach to Household Toxicological Emergencies in the Pediatric Patient
Patients with toxic ingestions most often will present to the emergency department as either a well-appearing patient with a known ingestion or as an ill-appearing patient with an unknown or suspected ingestion. This article will present the approach to both of these circumstances, discussing treatment and monitoring of specific overdoses as well as the initial approach to an ill child with a suspected overdose. The focus will be on common and accidental ingestions of toxins by pediatric patients.