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Case Studies in Toxicology: Managing Missed Methadone
After experiencing a fall, a 53-year-old woman with a history of intravenous drug use was referred by her methadone clinic for evaluation.
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Case Studies in Toxicology: When Doing More for the Sake of Better Health Goes Wrong
A 62-year-old man with a history of hypercholesterolemia and HIV infection presented for evaluation of diffuse myalgia and tea-colored urine.
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Case Studies in Toxicology: Babies and Booze—Pediatric Considerations in the Management of Ethanol Intoxication
A 4-month-old is presented for evaluation after her father claims to have inadvertently reconstituted the infant’s formula with rum.
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Case Studies in Toxicology: Double Take—Is Re-exposure Necessary to Explain Delayed Recurrent Opioid Toxicity?
A 10-month-old infant is presented for evaluation of extreme somnolence after her father inadvertently spills his prescription of opioid tablets...
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Case Studies in Toxicology: You Can’t See Dragonfly or Hear NBOMe, but They Can Still Hurt You
Through a detailed history, physical examination, emergent consultation, and imaging studies, the authors confirm metastatic spinal cord...
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Case Studies in Toxicology: An Amazonian Herb Goes Mainstream
A 23-year-old Hispanic woman with an unremarkable medical history develops seizures after taking an herbal remedy recommended by a naturopath.
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Case Studies in Toxicology: Sippin’ on Some “Sizzurp”
A 19-year-old man was found unresponsive by his girlfriend after ingesting a combination of soda, codeine/promethazine hydrochloride cough syrup,...
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Case Studies in Toxicology: A Common Procedure, an Uncommon Complication
A 35-year-old woman becomes diaphoretic and tachycardic in the postanesthesia care unit after undergoing elective hysteroscopic myomectomy to...
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Case Studies in Toxicology: A Patchwork of Problems in Parkinson Patients
A 76-year-old man with a history of Parkinson disease and hypertension presents with severe extremity weakness, muscle aches, tremulousness,...
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Case Studies in Toxicology: Tiny Bubbles (Or, the Dangers of Cleaning Your Fruit)
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with mild throat pain, chest discomfort, and “abdominal fullness” after inadvertently ingesting concentrated...
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Rats! A Toxic Ingestion in an Unattended Toddler
A 2-year-old boy is discovered playing with a rodenticidal trap, from which he samples several pellets orally. The emergency physician finds him...