Toxicology handbook /
Lindsay Murray [and three others]
- Second edition.
- Sydney : Churchill Livingstone, c2011
- v, 529 pages ; 19 cm.
Includes index.
Chapter 1 Approach to the poisoned patient -- Chapter 1 Specific considerations -- Chapter 1 Specific toxins -- Chapter 1 Antidotes -- Chapter 1 Envenomings -- Chapter 1 Antivenoms.
The Toxicology Handbook is a practical, didactic guide to the approach, assessment and management of poisoned patients. It has been written for hospital-based doctors at all levels and describes the risk assessment-based approach pioneered by the principal authors. The concise layout enables the reader to quickly locate information on a poisoning emergency. The book also features locally relevant information on bites, stings and envenoming. This book will also be useful for ambulance service paramedics and pharmacists. It is established as a primary reference in the Australian Poisons Information Centres.--COVER