Now in its thirteenth edition, Dreisbach's Handbook of Poisoning is long established as the definitive handbook of poisoning for all physicians, nurses, crisis and hotline workers, paramedics, and students. Rapid response is critical during the initial management of poison cases. This ready-reference guide provides antidotes, antivenins, and more for a vast number of substances. It covers medical toxicology - including prevention and management of exposures, poisonings, adverse effects, abuse and withdrawal from pharmaceuticals - and household, environmental, and natural hazards. The book begins by providing general information about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of poisoning. Then it considers the important medicolegal aspects of poisoning. The remainder of the book focuses on specific poisons, organized into agricultural, industrial, household, medicinal, and natural hazards. Chemically- and pharmacologically-related agents have been grouped together wherever possible. For optimal care of critical or unusual poisonings, the book also contains guidelines for consultations with medical toxicologists and regional poison information centers. A concise summary of the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning, Dreisbach's Handbook of Poisoning provides an extraordinary amount of practical information in a compact format.

Preface I General considerations 1 Prevention of poisoning 3 2 Emergency management of poisoning 25 3 Diagnosis and evaluation of poisoning 35 4 Management of poisoning 52 5 Legal and medical responsibility in poisoning 102 II Agricultural poisons 6 Halogenated insecticides 109 7 Cholinesterase inhibitor pesticides 123 8 Miscellaneous pesticides 133 III Industrial hazards 9 Nitrogen compounds 163 10 Halogenated hydrocarbons 172 11 Alcohols and glycols 199 12 Esters, aldehydes, ketones, and ethers 216 13 Hydrocarbons 228 14 Corrosives 240 15 Metallic poisons 269 16 Cyanides, sulfides, and carbon monoxide 311 17 Atmospheric particulates 327 IV Household hazards 18 Cosmetics 343 19 Food poisoning 348 20 Miscellaneous chemicals 356 V Medicinal poisons 21 Analgesics, antipyretics, and anti-inflammatory agents 367 22 Anesthetics 379 23 Depressants 390 24 Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system 422 25 Antiseptics 442 26 Cardiovascular drugs 459 27 Anti-infective drugs 485 28 Stimulants, antidepressants, antimanics, anticonvulsants, and psychotomimetic agents 508 29 Irritants and rubefacients 532 30 Cathartics 541 31 Endocrine drugs 546 32 Miscellaneous therapeutic and diagnostic agents 556 VI Animal and plant hazards 33 Reptiles 587 34 Arachnids and insects 601 35 Marine animals 610 36 Plants 615 Index 639