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POISONING AND DRUG OVERDOSE

Critical Care Clinics, 1997
Poisoning is a common cause for intensive care unit admission for both children and adults, and most poisoning victims are effectively treated using standard decontamination measures and supportive care. For a small number of poisons, acceleration of toxin removal with hemodialysis or hemofiltration is indicated.
D D, Vernon, M C, Gleich
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Hemoperfusion in Drug Overdose

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1978
Accidental or intentional drug or poison intoxication is a serious medical problem in the United States and Europe. Self-poisoning accounts for approximately 20% of all medical emergency admissions to hospitals in the United Kingdom. In the United States, there are about 2 million poisonings each year, with 400 deaths in children.
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The overdose of drugs in Japan

Nature, 1989
The Japanese consume enormous amounts of drugs on prescription, some of which are not legally available elsewhere in the world. The reason is a defective national system for drug approval and dispensing.
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Pharmacokinetics of Drug Overdose

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 1990
Drugs ingested in overdose can have altered pharmacokinetics of absorption, distribution, and elimination. The pathophysiologic consequences of overdose can also change a drug's pharmacokinetic properties. Many toxicologic interventions are based on modifying the drug's pharmacokinetics (e.g., impairing absorption or enhancing elimination).
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Overdoses of psychotherapeutic drugs

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 1966
Widespread use of the newer central nervous system depressants and stimulants has resulted in many instances of overdoses, either accidentally by children or purposely by adults. While many of the general principles of treatment of poisoning with these drugs are the same as for older sedatives and stimulants, some problems are different.
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Hemoperfusion in Poisoning and Drug Overdose

2023
Hemoperfusion (HP) is an extracorporeal blood purification therapy that is used to remove poisons or drugs from the body. This chapter provides a brief overview of the technical aspects and the potential indications and limitations of HP, with the focus being on the use of HP for acute poisoning cases reported from January 1, 2000, to April 30, 2022.
Ferrari Fiorenza, Manera Miriam, D'Auria Luigi, De Rosa Silvia, Ronco Claudio   +4 more
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Drug overdose — reducing the load

Medical Journal of Australia, 1992
To review available information about various methods for reducing gastrointestinal absorption of a poison or drug.Articles on overdose and accidental poisoning generated by the Australian Medlars Service and concentrating on the period between 1985 and 1990 were surveyed.
D, Jawary, P A, Cameron, L, Dziukas, J J, McNeil   +3 more
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Drugs in overdose

2023
Abstract This chapter contains seven True/False Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) and seven Single Best Answers (SBAs) on drugs in overdose. These high-quality pharmacology practice questions are tailored to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA), the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC), and Fellowship ...
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Pharmacokinetics of Haemoperfusion for Drug Overdose

Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 1979
Haemoperfusion has been used increasingly in treatment of patients with drug overdose. Blood is pumped from the patient through a column of adsorbent material and recirculated back to the patient. The adsorbent materials, activated charcoal and Amberlite XAD-4 resin, avidly bind particular drugs so that extraction from blood, including protein bound ...
S, Pond, J, Rosenberg, N L, Benowitz, S, Takki   +3 more
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Attempted Suicide by Drug Overdose

Postgraduate Medicine, 1971
In the hands of depressed persons, prescriptions for sedative-hypnotic agents and psychotherapeutic drugs can be instruments of suicide. The prescription drugs used most often are the barbiturates. The profile of the high-risk patient is becoming clearer.Signs of an impending suicidal attempt are usually more overt in the adult than in the teen-ager ...
R L, Weddige, R M, Stenhilber
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