A unique quick reference resource specifically designed for use by physicians, toxicologists, pharmacologists, pharmacists, poison information specialists, emergency medicine personnel, industrial hygienists, medical review officers, forensic specialists, laboratorians, nurses, healthcare educators, medical, pharmacy students, nursing students, and hazardous material accident responders.
Special Topics in Toxicology
- Approach to Toxicology - Clinical Policy for the Initial Approach to Patients Presenting With Acute Toxic Ingestion or Dermal or Inhalation Exposure
- Antidotes and Drugs Used in Toxicology - Poison Antidote Preparedness in Hospitals, Clinical Toxicokinetics, American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Position Statement and Practice Guidelines on the Use of Multi-dose Activated Charcoal in the Treatment of Acute Poisoning
- Biological Agents - General Considerations Regarding Biological Poisonings, the Management of Plant Exposures
- Diagnostic Tests/Procedures - Drug Testing in the 21st Century - Drugs Use and Abuse in the USA, Medicolegal Issues and Specimen Collection for Ethanol Testing, Assessment of Ethanol Intoxication and Regulatory Issues
- Drugs of Abuse - Club Drugs, Finding on Inhalant Use From SAMHSA's 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Mid-year 2000 Preliminary Emergency Department Data From The Drug Abuse Warning Network, Substance-Related Disorders
- Herbal Agents - Perspectives on the Safety of Herbal Medicines
- Medicinal Agents - American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Decontamination
- Nonmedicinal Agents - Acids and Alkalis, Pharmacy Preparedness for Incidents Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, Table of Water-Reactive Materials Which Produce Toxic Gases, Toxicology Basics of Nonmedicinal Agent Exposures
Alphabetical Monographs - 683 medicinal agents, 317 nonmedicinal agents, 217 biological agents, 111 diagnostic tests/procedures, 78 antidotal agents, 57 herbal agents
Appendix - Includes tables, algorithms, charts, graphs, general and specific toxicology guidelines, and updated revision of Bloodborne Pathogen Guidelines
Alphabetical Index - Contains monograph names, brand names, synonyms, and scientific names to assist in easy location of monographs
CAS Index - Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number
UNN Index - United Nations/United States Department of Transportation Number
"Having made every possible publication adjustment to offer the seeking toxicologist, medical provider, and other hazardous chemical-concerned scientist with a quickly available reference source, the editors and publisher are to be commended for this compact library of clinical reference data."
Veterinary and Human Toxicology, April 2002
