The Center-Left’s Poisoned Victory

The Poisoned Pediatric Patient.

1. Understand the epidemiology of pediatric poisonings and explain how developmental milestones influence behavior that may lead to a poisoning exposure. 2. Perform a focused toxicologic physical examination and describe the various toxidromes. 3. Explain the primary acid-base disturbance in salicylate toxicity. 4. Determine which patient requires treatment after acute acetaminophen ingestion. ...

Comeback victory.

Treatment of the poisoned child.

Sir, There may well be a place for emetics in the treatment of children who have ingested poison, as advocated by David Reid (1970). However, on the evidence at present available, it is quite unjustifiable to conclude that emesis is superior to gastric lavage in terms of safety or effectiveness. The risks of properly performed lavage are frequently exaggerated. Bleeding does occur in approximat...

Treatment of the poisoned child.

Reid, D. H. S. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 428. Treatment of the poisoned child. Syrup of ipecac has measurable advantages over gastric lavage in evacuating the stomach of children with accidental poisoning, in terms of safety, effectiveness, and rapidity of action. The average period for action with ipecac is likely to be about 17 minutes, or 82 minutes, depending on whether ...

ECG manifestations: the poisoned patient.

Despite that drugs have widely varying indications for therapeutic use, many unrelated drugs share a common cardiac pharmacologic effect if taken in overdose. The purpose of this article is to group together agents that cause similar electrocardiographic effects,review their pharmacologic actions, and discuss the electrocardiographic findings reported in the medical literature.