Toxicology Handbook, 1e [Paperback]

Lindsay Murray MB BS FACEM (Author), Frank Daly MBBS FACEM (Author), Mark Little MBBS DTM&H(Lond) FACEM MPH&T IDHA (Author), Mike Cadogan MA(Oxon) MBChB FACEM (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0729537897 | ISBN-13: 978-0729537896 | Publication Date: January 5, 2007 | Edition: 1

The Toxicology Handbook provides an easily followed approach to the assessment and management of common, unusual and life-threatening poisonings. Separate sections address envenoming problems specific to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. This easy-to-use handbook has a practical clinical focus and contains the authors' "Handy tips" and "Pitfalls" together with paediatric and pregnancy considerations.

• Locally relevant information on bites stings and envenomation; first of its type.
• Paediatric and pregnant considerations
• Includes nursing considerations
• Clinical practical focus
• Written by physicians actively involved in managing patients with acute and common poisonings. Developed in close consultation with end users
• Handbook style

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1 edition (January 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0729537897
• ISBN-13: 978-0729537896
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,240,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable amount of information jammed into a small text, January 18, 2011

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EMCrit "Scott from EMCrit" (NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toxicology Handbook, 2e (Paperback)

This is the 2nd edition of this text; what was already a fantastic resource has gotten even better. This monograph has cut out the fluff and left only the clinically relevant information you need to manage a patient with a poisoning or toxicologic exposure. After reading the book I have placed it on the shelf in our resuscitation bay. When the residents have a poisons case, they reach for this book first because they can rapidly find the information they need in an easily digestible form. Sections on particular antidotes are standouts. While I don't see many of the creatures from the toxin section, I still enjoyed reading about them. Overall a fantastic reference text.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Critically essential..., January 23, 2009

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Paul Almond "catharsis reader" (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toxicology Handbook, 1e (Paperback)

This handbook could be mistakenly seen as an abbreviated manual with simply the salient features of overdoses and poisonings listed. It is, however, a remarkable text, in and of its own right given its size. It should be considered an invaluable reference not just in medicine, but in all the health professions. Toxicities have a tradition of being managed poorly in Australia. Here is a book that can single-handedly reverse this history if it were to be widely read. I applaud the authors.