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The screening of patients with suspected intoxication by a drug overdose is complicated by the great number of available drugs which may be involved. Furthermore the techniques used for detection of these drugs may also detect a number of chemicals such as food additives, plasticizers and non-toxic therapeutic drugs. Considerable experience and documentation is needed to identify an unknown drug in a case of overdose. We have developed a computer based method to aid in quickly and reliably identifying drugs in cases of suspected overdose. The system consists of a data base with drug information, and a set of programs to search and use this information.
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Sierens, L., Fonck, L. (1984). CATS - Computer Aided Toxicology Screening. In: Roger, F.H., Willems, J.L., O’Moore, R.R., Barber, B. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 84. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93264-9_22
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