A Text Book of Clinical Toxicology

This book covers all aspects of clinical toxicology including general principle in the management of poison Acute poisoning of drugs and chemicals. It provides key information on how poisons affect the body how the body responds to a foreign substance how poisonings are diagnosed and how poisonings are treated. Coverage includes general principle acute and chronic poison snake poison heavy metal poison food poison plant poison arthropods and stings bite and their management. This resource addresses these differences allowing the pharmacist to determine the class of toxicant the mechanism of action and the proper course of treatment. If confronted with an unknown poison the information in this book will assist the pharmacist in formulating a list of potential poisons based on the clinical signs that the human is exhibiting.