The Toxicology Handbook

<p>Now in its fourth edition, the Toxicology Handbook is Australia’s leading reference guide for quick and evidence-informed decision making on treatment of the acutely poisoned patient.</p> <p>The book has been streamlined and fully updated to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide for all medical practitioners and health-care professionals who deal with poisonings. It contains quickly accessible information on poisons, toxins, antidotes, envenomings and antivenoms, and uses a structured and rigorous risk assessment-based approach to guide appropriate treatment decisions.</p> <p>Written by leading Australian specialists in toxicology and informed by the latest clinical research, this is a must-have addition to all emergency departments and poison information centres.</p><ul><b> <li>Concisely written –</b> helps the student, trainee, and clinician to find information quickly and easily</li> <li>A simple, easily remembered and elegant framework (R RSI DEAD) forming the basis of care for all toxicology patients</li> <li><b>Fully revised content</b>, streamlined to be more user-friendly</li> <li><b>Evidence based and up to date</b> – supports appropriate decision making</li> <li><b>Helps resolve common treatment dilemmas</b>, including for digoxin and lithium poisoning, corrosive ingestions and management of envenomings</li> <li><b>Written and edited by experts</b> in the field of toxicology</li> <li><b>An eBook included</b> in all print purchases</li></ul><ul><b> <li>Expanded information on agents</b> that are seen with increasing frequency in poisoned patients, including lamotrigine and pregabalin</li> <li><b>Updated detail on the management of agents</b> including direct oral anticoagulants, digoxin, desvenlafaxine and corrosives</li> <li><b>Updated and standardised treatment recommendations</b> for dysrhythmias, particularly resulting from drug-induced conduction abnormalities (QRS and QT prolongation)</li> <li><b>Simplified and standardised approaches</b> to management (particularly cardiovascular toxicity from a variety of agents)</li></ul>