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Toxicology

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This chapter provides a brief overview on the management of patients following an accidental or a suicidal overdose. The reader is referred to toxicology texts and their local poison center for information on the management of specific intoxications.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Paul Ellis Marik MBBCh, FCP(SA), FRCP(C), FCCP, FCCM, FACP, MD

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Marik, P.E. (2010). Toxicology. In: Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5923-2_59

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