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Tox and Hound – Fellow Friday – Endozepines and Idiopathic Recurrent Stupor

November 22, 2019 by Tox & Hound 10 Comments

Endozepines and Idiopathic Recurrent Stupor From Cholesterol Anesthesia to Anticonvulsant Potatoes and Hepatic Encephalopathy by Steven Curry, M.D.Banner – University Medical Center PhoenixUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine – PhoenixPhoenix, AZ@SteveCurryMD UPDATE – Enjoy this post? Check out some additional information in a new update as of November 30, 2020. The upcoming traditional Thanksgiving holiday […]

Tox and Hound – Great! Naloxone worked! Now what?

November 4, 2019 by Tox & Hound 4 Comments

by Jon Cole In some ways, you never outgrow your training. Before my medical toxicology fellowship, I completed a residency in emergency medicine. It is my primary specialty and practice, and it’s by far the most common place I encounter most of the patients I see. As opioids have become the primary cause of poisoning […]

Tox and Hound – Color Me Blue

October 21, 2019 by Tox & Hound 2 Comments

by Christine Murphy Alternative Uses for Methylene Blue I like finding alternative uses for existing antidotes. Antidote research is very limited – let’s be honest, there isn’t a huge market out there for most antidotes. So, anytime an existing antidote’s use can be expanded to other indications, I think that is a win. Methylene blue […]

Tox and Hound – Up in Smoke

October 14, 2019 by Tox & Hound 3 Comments

by Trevonne Thompson The Outbreak of Electronic Cigarette Use and Pulmonary Injury There is currently an outbreak of pulmonary injury associated with electronic cigarette use. As of October 8, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 1,299 cases of lung injury associated with electronic cigarette use from 49 states and 1 U.S. […]

Tox and Hound – Don’t Wernicke’s, B(1) Happy

October 7, 2019 by Tox & Hound 2 Comments

by Meghan Spyres You take the perilous sign out of a 55-year-old patient with alcohol use disorder (AUD) who came to the ED intoxicated. “He’s just metabolizing” your colleague tells you. A few hours go by and he is now awake and asking to leave. The nurse road tests him and he can walk, but […]

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