Chapter 27 Over-the-Counter Drug Toxicosis David C. Dorman, Raleigh, North Carolina According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) there are over 300,000 over-the-counter (OTC) drug products. These drugs represent…
Chapter 26 Antidepressants and Anxiolytics Ahna G. Brutlag, Minneapolis, Minnesota Prescription antidepressants and anxiolytic drugs routinely rank among the most commonly prescribed agents in the United States. Additionally, they are commonly…
Chapter 24 Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy Justine A. Lee, Minneapolis, Minnesota Alberto L. Fernandez Mojica, St. Georges, West Indies, Grenada Intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE), also known as intravenous fat emulsion (IFE), has…
Chapter 23 Drugs Used to Treat Toxicoses Sharon M. Gwaltney-Brant, Mahomet, Illinois Paracelsus, who some consider the “Father of Toxicology,” declared in the sixteenth century, “All substances are poisons; there is…
Chapter 25 Human Drugs of Abuse and Central Nervous System Stimulants Petra A. Volmer, Champaign, Illinois Animal exposures to human drugs of abuse occur periodically in veterinary medicine. In many cases…
Chapter 22 Urban Legends of Toxicology Facts and Fiction Frederick W. Oehme, Manhattan, Kansas William R. Hare, JR., Beltsville, Maryland Tens of thousands of potentially toxic exposures are reported to U.S. animal…
Chapter 11 Ventilator Therapy for the Critical Patient Julien Guillaumin, Columbus, Ohio In humans, modern mechanical ventilation (MV) took off during the Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic of 1952. Survival rates in the…
Chapter 18 Emergency Management of Open Fractures Robert J. Mccarthy, North Grafton, Massachusetts Open fractures, defined as those in which fractured bone has been exposed to the external environment, represent between…
Chapter 17 Evaluation of Canine Orthopedic Trauma Randall B. Fitch, Ladera Ranch, California Clinical evaluation of the trauma patient for orthopedic injury is multifaceted. Although outward injuries such as fractures may…
Chapter 16 Critical Illness–Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency Lauren Sullivan, Fort Collins, Colorado Jamie M. Burkitt Creedon, Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cortisol is a key hormone in the maintenance of homeostasis in both health…
