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A Toxic Fish Dinner
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD (Series Editor)
- Zhanna Livshits, MD
A woman and her daughter present to the ED with gastrointestinal symptoms, hypotension, and bradycardia. Both have eaten the same fish dinner. The...
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Rapid Toxicologic Collapse
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD (Series Editor)
- Zhanna Livshits, MD
A man injects his girlfriend with a liquid and swallows the same substance himself. Both die soon after. What is the toxin, and what measures...
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Hypotension and Seizure in a Healthy Young Woman
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD (Series Editor)
- Zhanna Livshits, MD
- Jason Chu, MD
A young woman is convulsing, unconscious, and unresponsive, and her ECG shows cardiotoxicity. What agent did she ingest, and how should her case...
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Vitamin-Induced Hemolysis
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD (Series Editor)
- Zhanna Livshits, MD
- Kenneth B. Hymes, MD
Several days after receiving a vitamin infusion from his physician, an African American man presents to the ED with fever, dyspnea, vomiting, and...
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Two Toxicologic Emergencies
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD (Series Editor)
- Ryan Morrissey, MD
- Zhanna Livshits, MD
Patients who have ingested toxic agents are commonly encountered in the ED. This new feature presents case scenarios and analyses.