Methamphetamines

On-Demand Prep Course for MedTox Certification Exam

Alphabet Soup of Regulatory Toxicology

May 21, 2024

May 20-21, 2024

May 20, 2024

Cases to be Announced.

This month's articles will be reviewed by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

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ACMT/PCORI: Confronting the Overdose Epidemic by Engaging Patients to Improve Medical Toxicology Research

Asthma Ready Modules

An 8-module education series sponsored by the Mid-America Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, or PEHSU, located at Children's Mercy in Kansas City.

Ethical Implications of Transplanting the Suicidal Patient

#ACMT2024 session recording on XR injectable buprenorphine.

ACMT members Gillian Beauchamp, MD, and Elizabeth (Elissa) Moore, DO deliver evidence-based medical toxicology core content and trending topics in easily digestible bites. Visit toxinten.com and follow on Twitter @toxinten.

1. A 50-year-old woman presents to the ED with fatigue, diarrhea, and vomiting and the following vital signs: BP, 95/65 mmHg; HR, 35/min (sinus). An inpatient workup is unrevealing and she improves clinically, but returns 2 days after discharge with chest pain, shortness of breath and allodynia of the hands. Her husband had a similar presentation 1 week prior to the first visit. 2. A 60-year-old man with a past medical history of obesity presents to the ED after ingesting a month's worth of his diltiazem and metoprolol. 3. A 26-year-old man is brought to the ED intubated after being found obtunded at home. Three days later, he is extubated and is noted to have auditory hallucinations.

This month's articles will be reviewed by Northwell Health, led by Dr. Joshua Nogar.

Chemsex

ACMT members Gillian Beauchamp, MD, and Elizabeth (Elissa) Moore, DO deliver evidence-based medical toxicology core content and trending topics in easily digestible bites. Visit toxinten.com and follow on Twitter @toxinten.

1. A 59-year-old male undergoes mitral valve surgery. After arrival to the cardiac surgical ICU, he develops shock, rigidity, and an elevated temperature. 2. A 61-year-old woman who lives in a trailer park presents to the ED with abdominal pain and bleeding. There is no clear etiology for either. 3. A 30-year-old man presents to the ED intubated following a seizure. Prior to the seizure, he walked into a police station with a plastic bottle and reported having ingested half of the contents.

Mechanisms of Toxicity of Methylmercury