Tag: Toxicology
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Book Review: Toxicology in a Box
Toxicology in a box is a pretty cool toxicology learning tool. The box contains 154 flashcards with classic and memorable drawings of important poisonings and toxidromes. On the reverse of each card, there is additional important information about sources, classic scenarios, signs/symptoms, mechanisms of action, treatment and clinical pearls.The cards are hilarious (sometimes!) and memorable. It’s really…
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Toxic and Drug Induced Myopathies
One of the best and most concise review articles that I could find on the subject is Toxic and Drug Induced Myopathies. It was published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry in 2009. It is available for a fee here. Another version of the article is posted free here, however it is not 100% identical in terms of content to…
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Toxic and Drug-Induced Changes of the Electrocardiogram by Catalina Lionte, et al.
Toxic and Drug-Induced Changes of the Electrocardiogram by Catalina Lionte, et al. is an excellent chapter about the role of electrocardiography in toxicological diagnosis. It comes from the book Advances in Electrocardiograms – Clinical Applications (2012). The chapter can be accessed online free here or here. The book can be accessed free here. Some of the electrocardiogram are really…