Author: Jonathan Pun, MD, Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY I Faculty: Alexis Cates, DO, Medical Toxicology/Emergency Medicine Attending ** Disclosure: This fictional case will discuss COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, as well as purported treatments that may cause toxicity. This fictional case is created purely for educational purposes. This is not medical advice, and does … Continue reading Toxicology in Purported Therapies for COVID-19
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Nuclear Problems
Author: Nathaniel Sundquist, DO, Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY IFaculty: Alexis Cates, DO, Medical Toxicology/Emergency Medicine Attending The Case. A 16-year-old female presented to the emergency department in Brazil with multiple generalized complaints including abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting, progressively worsening fatigue and gradually worsening swelling in the upper body, headache and hair loss. … Continue reading Nuclear Problems
Caustics During Covid
Author: Cullen O’Donnell, DO, Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY IFaculty: Alexis Cates, DO, Medical Toxicology/Emergency Medicine Attending The Case: A 3 year-old male presents to the emergency department via EMS after his parents found him on the kitchen floor crying with a wet face, clothes, and a spilled container of bleach next to him. The parents … Continue reading Caustics During Covid
Bad Mouth from Bad Drugs
Author: Donielle Sturgis, DO, MPH, Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY I Faculty: Alexis Cates, DO, Medical Toxicology/Emergency Medicine Attending The Case: A 33-year-old male presents to the emergency department accompanied by his girlfriend with a chief complaint of mouth sores. He appears older than his stated age and very diaphoretic so he is immediately evaluated with … Continue reading Bad Mouth from Bad Drugs
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