by Howard Greller A 37-year-old man with a history of asthma and hypothyroidism presents to your emergency department complaining that he hasn’t been feeling well for a few days. He reports having chills, nausea without vomiting, some loose stool, diffuse body aches, some rhinorrhea, and feeling ill at ease. In your detailed history, it is […]
Tox and Hound – Don’t Be A Goofball
by Dan Rusyniak No doubt the plateau in opioid deaths in many towns across America has led to a collective sigh of relief. And to be sure, fewer people dying is a very good thing. But, like the game Whac-A-Mole™, as soon as one epidemic decreases, another emerges. In the mid ’90s to the early […]
Tox and Hound – We Need to Talk About Charcoal
by David Juurlink We need to talk about activated charcoal. Why? Because we sometimes give it when we probably shouldn’t, and we sometimes don’t when we probably should. I’ll explain what I mean by this. But first, some background. What is activated charcoal? Activated charcoal (AC) is a gritty black substance that, when administered to […]
Tox and Hound – Fellow Friday – Endozepines and Idiopathic Recurrent Stupor
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 The upcoming traditional Thanksgiving holiday meal along with anticipated postprandial lethargy reminded me of a topic that toxicology fellows should be familiar with and […]
Tox and Hound – The Secret Life of Vacor
by Sarah Shafer Vacor was the scourge of rats everywhere in the United States until 1979, when it was removed from the marketplace after we realized that it was not just deadly to rats, but also to humans. It smelled like peanuts, which may have been the reason that it appealed to kids and people […]
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