2019 Medical Toxicology Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Articles
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Acetaminophen
Acute Liver Failure Study Group. Unrecognized acetaminophen toxicity as a cause of indeterminate acute liver failure. Hepatology. 2011 Feb;53(2):567-576.
Antidotes
Ma WW, Saif MW, El-Rayes BF, et al. Emergency use of uridine triacetate for the prevention and treatment of life-threatening 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine toxicity. Cancer. 2017 Jan 15;123(2):345-356.
Cannabinoids
Sorensen CJ, DeSanto K, Borgelt L, Phillips KT, Monte AA. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment—a systematic review. J Med Toxicol. 2017 Mar;13(1):71-87.
Household Products
Hatten BW, French LK, Horowitz BZ, Hendrickson RG. Outcomes after high-concentration peroxide ingestions. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Jun;69(6):726-736.
Lead
Reuben A, Caspi A, Belsky DW, et al. Association of childhood blood lead levels with cognitive function and socioeconomic status at age 38 years and with IQ change and socioeconomic mobility between childhood and adulthood. JAMA. 2017 Mar 28;317(12):1244-1251.
Opioids
Barnett ML, Olenski AR, Jena AB. Opioid-prescribing patterns of emergency physicians and risk of long-term use. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 16;376(7):663-673.
Poisoning Epidemiology
Mazer-Amirshahi M, Sun C, Mullins P, Perrone J, Nelson L, Pines JM. Trends in emergency department resource utilization for poisoning-related visits, 2003-2011. J Med Toxicol. 2016 Sep;12(3):248-254.
Salicylates
Shively RM, Hoffman RS, Manini AF. Acute salicylate poisoning: risk factors for severe outcome. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2017 Mar;55(3):175-180.
Scorpions
Levine M, Ruha AM. North American scorpion envenomations. In: Brent J, Burkhart K, Dargan P, et al, eds. Critical Care Toxicology: Diagnosis and Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer International Publishing; 2017:2269-2275.
Sedative-Hypnotics
Soyka M. Treatment of benzodiazepine dependence. N Engl J Med. 2017 Mar 23;376(12):1147-1157.
Surveillance
Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Poon SJ, Nelson LS, Weiner SG, Schuur JD. Best practices for prescription drug monitoring programs in the emergency department setting: results of an expert panel. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Jun;67(6):755-764.
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Adams AJ, Banister SD, Irizarry L, Trecki J, Schwartz M, Gerona R. “Zombie” outbreak caused by the synthetic cannabinoid AMB-FUBINACA in New York. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jan 19;376(3):235-242.
Toxic Outbreaks
Shrivastava A, Kumar A, Thomas JD, et al. Association of acute toxic encephalopathy with litchi consumption in an outbreak in Muzaffarpur, India, 2014: a case-control study. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Apr;5(4):e458-e466.
Zakharov S, Pelclova D, Urban P, et al. Use of out-of-hospital ethanol administration to improve outcome in mass methanol outbreaks. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Jul;68(1):52-61.
Withdrawal Syndrome Management
Kraft WK, Adeniyi-Jones SC, Chervoneva I, et al. Buprenorphine for the treatment of the neonatal abstinence syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 15;376(24):2341-2348.
