Toxicology / edited by Professor D. Nicholas Bateman [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bateman, Nick, Editor.

Contributor:

Bateman, D. Nicholas, editor.

Series:

Oxford desk reference series.

Oxford medical publications.

Oxford desk reference

Oxford medical publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toxicology--Encyclopedias.

Toxicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2014

Summary:

Overdose and poisoning are one of the most frequent acute medical presentations seen in emergency departments, and high dependency and intensive care facilities. The Oxford Desk Reference: Toxicology provides an authoritative guide for the management of patients with poisoning. Each chapter includes key clinical features and potential treatment options to help physicians to assess the potential severity of the poisoned patient and provide the optimum clinical care. A reader-friendly layout ensures that information is easy to find and assimilate, and topics are self-contained to aid quick diagn

Contents:

Detailed Contents List of Contributors Symbols and Abbreviations 1 Scientific principles in clinical toxicology 2 General management of the poisoned patient 3 Common complications of poisoning 4 CNS drugs 5 Analgesics 6 Cardiovascular acting agents 7 Other common pharmaceutical toxins 8 Drugs of abuse 9 Common chemical poisonings 10 Poisoning due to metals, and their salts 11 Household products 12 Pesticides, herbicides, and rodenticides 13 Poisoning due to fungi, plants, and animals 14 Chemical warfare agents 15 Principles of radiation toxicology 16 Occupational and industrial aspects of toxicology assessment

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-102249-7

0-19-174264-3

0-19-102248-9

OCLC:

885478952