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Toxicology for Medical Students
Dr Kent RobinsonEmergency Staff Specialist
Liverpool and Campbelltown Hospital's
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OBJECTIVES
• Understand basic approach to the poisoned patient.
• Recognose the major toxidromes.
• Apply your knowledge to clinical cases.
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Approach to Poisoned Patient
• Supportive care is the mainstay of therapy.
• Decontamination of the patient is now rarely indicated.
• In specific situations, antidotes may used in the management of the poisoned patient.
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Case 1
• 21 year old female - found down at home
• Drug paraphenalia found next to patient
• Pinpoint pupils, GCS 3, cyanotic
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Case 1
• Naloxone 2 mg x 2 dose intravenous - no response
• O2 therapy, IPPV
• How would you manage this patient?
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Case 1
• Assess and manage ABC's
• Disability - check BSL
• Reading "low on glucometer"
• Treated with dextrose 25 g iv, GCS to 15/15
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Teaching Point
In any patient with altered mental status, always check a BSL
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Case 2
• 41 year old male brought in from police cells
• Patient states he has taken overdose of diazepam
• Ataxic and drowsy
• Vital signs T 39, P 140 (ST), BP 90/60
• Pupils fixed and dilated
• Dry, warm skin, urinary retention
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Case 2• Is this presentation consistent with the
stated overdose?
• What toxidrome is the patient exhibiting?
• What drugs are likely to cause this problem?
• How would you manage the patient?
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Anticholinergic Toxidrome
• Antihistamines
• Antipsychotics
• Anticonvulsants
• Antidepressants
• Antispasmodics
• Antimuscarincs
• Plants - Datura, Mushrooms
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Case 2 - Management
• Assess and manage ABC's
• Sedation - benzodiazepines
• One to one nursing care
• Intravenous fluids for tachycardia and hypotension
• Insertion of IDC
• Consider physostigmine if pure anticholinergic overdose.
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Teaching Point
In patients who present with a drug overdose, always assume that they may have taken drugs other than what they
have volunteered.
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Teaching Point
Patients who present with any overdose - make every attempt to get collateral
information.
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Case 3
• 18 year old female
• Paracetamol overdose (50 x 500 mg tablets)
• Observations; T 37, P 90, BP 120/60, GCS 15
• Management?
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Case 3• Assess and manage ABC's
• Toxic dose considered to be 150 mg/kg.
• Baseline bloods (FBC, EUC, LFT, Coag's, Paracetamol level)
• Repeat paracetamol at 4 hours
• Start NAC infusion.
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Teaching Point
• NAC is the "antidote" for paracetmol toxicity
• In the setting of potentially hepatotoxic ingestion, start NAC early.
• Decision for ongoing therapy should be based on the 4 hour paracetamol level.
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Case 4• 45 year old male
• Chronic alcohol dependence
• Alcohol intoxication, presents aggressive and agitated.
• Vital Signs; T 37, P 100, BP 110/60, RR 16, GCS 14/15
• Management?
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Case 4• Assess and manage ABC's (Intravenous
fluids for HR and BP)
• Check BSL
• Give dextrose 25 g and thiamine 300 mg
• If no response, will need chemical restraint - what agent will you choose to sedate, and why?
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Teaching Point• Alcohol and benzodiazepines are
sedative-hypnotic agents.
• Giving a BDZ to an agitated alcoholic will make the problem worse - use an antipsychotic.
• Always think of the possibility of intracranial pathology in an agitated alcoholic - low threshold for CT Brain.
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Summary
• Management of poisoned patient is largely supportive
• Decontamination is rarely indicated (seek senior advice)
• In specific situations, an antidote may be of benefit.