Drug overdoses

B Risk for Injury related to muscular weakness, rigidity, or spasms due to drug overdose... 

Emetics are used to cause vomiting to empty the stomach rapidly when an individual has accidentally or intentionally ingested a poison or drug overdose Not all poison ingestions or drug overdoses are treated with emetics. 

Haddad EM, Winchester JE, eds. 1990. Clinical management of poisoning and drug overdose. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA WB Saunders Company, 1083-1087. 

Revicki DA, Palmer CS, Phillips SD, et al (1997). Acute medical costs of fluoxetine versus tricyclic antidepressants a prospective multicentre study of antidepressant drug overdoses. Pharmacoeconomics 11, 48—55. 

Immunotherapy for drug overdose is a fairly recent medical development (Lloyd and Smith 1978 Smith et al. 1979 Smith et al. 

Low antiepileptic drug levels, drug overdose (e.g., cocaine, isoniazid, theophylline, phenothiazine), ethanol-related, and drug withdrawal... 

Haddad LM, Shannon MW, Winchester JF, eds. 1998. Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 3rd edition. Philadelphia (W.B. Saunders). 413-425. 

Mash, D.C. and Staley, J.K. Cocaine recognition sites on the human dopamine transporter in drug overdose victims. In Neurotransmitter Transporter Structure and Function, Reith, M.E.A., Ed. Humana, New York, 1996, 56. 

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was investigated as a method to screen for organic substances (and metabolites) in patients with indications of a drug overdose [17]. Urine specimens containing valproic acid were examined by H-NMR spectroscopy at 300 MHz and the results compared with GC MS. 

Olson, Kent R., ed. Poisoning Drug Overdose. 4th ed. New York Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2004. 

SuccessM treatment of PEA and asystole depends almost entirely on diagnosis of the underlying cause. Potentially reversible causes include (1) hypovolemia, (2) hypoxia, (3) preexisting acidosis, (4) hyperkalemia, (5) hypothermia, (6) hypoglycemia, (7) drug overdose, (8) cardiac tamponade, (9) tension pneumothorax, (10) coronary thrombosis, (11) pulmonary thrombosis, and (12) trauma. 

Monoclonal antibodies have also been proposed for detoxification of individuals suffering from drug overdose or chemical intoxication, as well as for radioimaging of tumor burden or metastatic foci. In veterinary medicine, monoclonal antibodies... 

Woo OF. 1990. Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides in poisoning and drug overdose. Olson K, ed. Norwalk, CT Appleton Lange, 117-118. 

Haddad, EM and Winchester, JF, (eds.) (1990). Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 2nd edition, WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. 

Olson KR (1994) Paraquat and diquat. In Olson KR et al. (eds), Poisoning and drug overdose, 2nd ed. Appelton and Lange, Norwalk CT, pp. 245-246 Ordish G (2007) History of agriculture Beginnings of pest control. In Encyclopedia Britannica. 

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