Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose

Poisoning is a condition or a process in which an organism becomes chemically harmed severely (poisoned) by a toxicsubstance or venom of an animal. Poisoning occurs when people drink, eat, breathe, inject, or touch enough of a hazardoussubstance (poison) to cause illness or death. Some poisons can cause illness or injury in very small amounts. A drug overdose(or simply overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than arerecommended.Typically it is used for cases when a risk to health will potentially result. An overdose may result in a toxic stateor death. It is an edition to any emergency department library when rapid reference is needed to treat and diagnose thepoisoned patient. This book delivers critical information on the effective diagnosis and treatment of drug-relatedemergencies and chemical exposures. It is a comprehensive text and contains detailed tables and charts, extensive crossreferencing, and provides detailed information on hundreds of common drugs and poisons. It also reflects newly releaseddrugs and the latest information on existing drugs. It describes the use and side effects of several antidotes and therapeuticdrugs. It covers the medical management of chemical spills and occupational chemical exposures, and includes a severalindustrial chemicals.