Ellenhorn's Medical Toxicology

Part 1 Principles of poison management: the clinical approach; diagnostic procedures; gut decontamination; elimination enhancement; antidotes; supportive care; toxicokinetics; the pregnant patient. Part 3 Drugs: analgesics - newer analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, phenazopyridrine; salicylate update; anti-infectivedrugs - AIDS drugs, antifungal drugs, antiparasitic drugs, antiviral drugs; drugs of abuse - amphetamines and designer drugs, cocaine, hallucinogenic drugs, marijuana and other cannabinoids, phencyclidine, opiates; systems toxicology - bone drug toxicology, blood and blood forming products, anticoagulants, antifibrinolytics, thrombolytics, blood transfusions and citrate intoxication, cytokines, plasma volume expanders, ticlopidine, cardiovascular toxicology, antiarrhthmic drugs, antihypersensitive agents, vasodilators, lipid lowering drugs, central nervous system drugs, anticonvulsants, the psychotropic agents, antidepressant agents, cyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, the neuroleptics, sedative hypnotics, endocrine drugs, gastrointestinal tract drugs, immunotoxicology, respiratory tract drugs; receptor toxicology - antimuscarines, dopamine receptor drugs, H1 receptor drugs, serotonin receptor agents, muscle relaxants; unclassified drugs. Part 3 The home: over-the-counter products, food poisonings, household poisonings. Part 4 Chemicals: the alcohols, anaesthetics, antiseptics and disinfectants, chemical disasters, chemical warfare, contrast media, cancer chemotherapeutic agents (cytoxic drugs), disulfiram, explosives, hobbies, arts and crafts, the hydrocarbon products, respiratory toxicology, metals and related compounds, pesticides, plastics and plasticizers and epoxy resins, radiation poisoning, veterinary product poisonings in man. Part 5 Natural toxins: envenomations - bites and stings, indigenous toxicology, folk medicine, plants - mycotoxins - mushrooms.