Poisons and Patients

Critical care providers frequently care for patients who are poisoned under a variety of circumstances and develop a wide range of clinical syndromes. Poisonings may be intentional (eg, suicide, homicide) or unintentional (eg, recreational abuse, medication error). They may involve over-the-counter medications, prescribed outpatient drugs, inpatient drug regimens, illicit substances, or environmental exposures. In the United States, deaths from overdoses reached 70,630 in 2019.1 Exposures with more serious outcomes (moderate, major, or death) increased 4.61% per year since 2000.
Source: Critical Care Clinics - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research