Toxicology
News
Physicians are major source for frequent opioid misusers
Major Finding: Opioid pain relievers were prescribed by a physician for 18% of people who used them only 1-29 days of the year, but that...
Case Reports
There’s No Place Like Home… for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
As a significant number of causes and events mimic childhood seizure activity, obtaining a thorough history and detailed description of the...
News
Pancytopenia warning added to label of hepatitis C drug boceprevir
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: The Acclaimed Zombie-Apocalypse Drug—Is it Just an Illusion?
A 50-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug abuse presents to the ED with deep ulcerative skin lesions on his right arm.
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: Tiny Bubbles (Or, the Dangers of Cleaning Your Fruit)
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with mild throat pain, chest discomfort, and “abdominal fullness” after inadvertently ingesting concentrated...
News
New definition of kidney injury is more predictive of mortality
Major finding: 30-day mortality was significantly higher for those who developed acute kidney injury according to a new definition (34% mortality...
Commentary
Practice tips for opioid prescribing
News
Liver injury from herbal and dietary supplements on the rise
Major finding: Cases of liver injury from all herbal and dietary supplements increased from 7% in 2004-2005 to 20% in 2010-2012.
News
First EDition
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology
Neonatal Seizure: Sepsis or Toxic Syndrome?
A mother presents to the ED with her 4-day-old daughter after observing abnormal jerking movements of the neonate’s upper extremities.
News
Report shows high number of bath-salt related ED visits
Major finding: Nearly 23,000 of 2.5 million drug-related emergency department visits were linked to a group of synthetic drugs called "bath salts...