Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose

Abstract

Medical toxicology has come of age. Events of the past decade, such as the Bhopal and Chernobyl disasters, the "crack" and "ice" epidemics and the "war on drugs," diethylstilbestrol induced cancer, and pesticide-tainted watermelons on the Fourth of July, along with front-page coverage of conditions such as acid rain, cyanide-laced grapes, and lead poisoning of children, have made toxicology a global concern and a household word. "Toxics" have leapt to the forefront of public consciousness, and physicians are being confronted more and more with questions and concerns about toxic exposures and drug safety. The need for reference texts in this area is substantial. When Haddad and Winchester's<i>Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose</i>was first published in 1983, it was enthusiastically welcomed as the first major new medical toxicology textbook in years. Since then, toxicology research and the clinical management of poisoning have advanced, and this second edition has