Toxicological diagnosis in the critical patient: The challenge

Introduction: A high percentage of patients who survived poisoning will be transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) continue their management in relation severity poisoning, and possible complications that arise this scenario. The clinical results depend on several factors, such as ingested dose, characteristics substance, time medical attention, pre-existing state health patient.
 Objective: To review behavior poisonings critically ill Recent findings: data bases yielded relevant bibliographical were Web Sciences, Scopus, PubMed, SciELO, bibliographic references published between 2012 2020 chosen.
 Conclusions: patient is atypical. intensivist must have an in-depth knowledge pathophysiology toxins since making a diagnosis stage challenging. integration all tools required achieve absence history, implementation early strategies necessary reach physiological restoration by using continuous evaluation approach. demands interdisciplinary includes assessment Clinical Toxicology.