Initial Management of Ingestions of Toxic Substances

摘要: THE total number of patients who present at emergency departments because drug overdose is difficult to ascertain, but in many facilities it inordinately high. In one urban hospital, for example, overdoses and other drug-related emergencies are responsible 38 percent visits the department.1 Toxicologic may fact constitute a public health crisis.1 1990 American Association Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) documented 1,713,465 reports human exposure toxins that resulted consultations with poison center; 10 these exposures were considered intentional.2 These data do not include . . .