Small Poisoned Humans with Dr. Diane Calello Join Dan (@drusyniak) &Howard (@heshiegreshie) as they chat with Dr. Diane Calello and learn what a pediatrician, pediatric emergency physician, addiction specialist, medical toxicologist and lyric soprano does for fun. Learn what makes a kid a kid and what special things to look out for when managing future […]
Tox and Hound – The Ethics & Etiquette of Just Standing There
by Andrew Stolbach This is one of two related, and complementary posts as part of a special series about ethanol in the ER. The first part can be found here. Old-fashioned physician wisdom teaches us everything we need to know about managing intoxicated patients. I have a cloth-bound edition of Austin Flint’s […]
Tox and Hound – The Birds and the (Mellan)bys
by Howard Greller This is one of two related, and complementary posts as part of a special series about ethanol in the ER. The second part can be found here. It was the end of the first World War. In a small corner of England, Sir Dr. Edward Mellanby (Doctor Sir?) performed one […]
The Dantastic Mr. Tox & Howard Episode 8 – The Stolbachification of the Flesh
. . . or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Cilice. Join Dan (@drusyniak) &howard (@heshiegreshie) as they explore the exceptions to dose response with Dr. Andrew Stolbach (@toxicologist12). Learn about hormesis, hysteresis, what a peck is and why Dan insists on wearing a hair shirt. Delicious Links Effects of Cobalt-60 Exposure […]
Tox and Hound – Don’t Pick the Scab
by Dan Rusyniak Vilazodone an SSRI with partial agony properties. When we think about the one-pill-can-kill drugs in kids, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are notably absent. Although they can cause serotonin syndrome, toxicity from these drugs usually require ingestions of multiple agents or a single large ingestion. There are of course exceptions to every rule. […]