<p><b>When every moment counts, count on Poisoning & Drug Overdose</b></p><p>Speed is crucial when dealing with toxicologic and drug-related emergencies. Finding answers quickly is easier than ever with this streamlined eighth edition of <i>Poisoning and Drug Overdose</i>. This instant-answer guide provides the critical information needed to diagnose and manage drug-related emergencies and chemical exposures.</p><p>Updated with newly released drugs and new information on existing drugs, the guide covers initial emergency management, including treatment of coma, seizures and hypotension; physical and laboratory diagnosis; and methods of decontamination and enhanced elimination of poisons.</p><p><i>Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Eighth Edition</i> is divided into four sections:</p><ul><p></p><p>Section I.<span></span> Provides a stepwise approach to the evaluation and treatment of coma, seizures, shock, and other complications of poisoning and the proper use of gastric decontamina