You are reviewing a 16 year old girl who has taken an estimated 66-222mg/Kg overdose of her grandmothers SR Theophylline tablets 6 hours prior.
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Imaging Case of the Week 402
The abdominal x-ray is from a 40 year old who has presented with vomiting after ingesting some tablets with an intention to kill self. Patient is tachycardic, has an abnormal ECG. What can be seen on the x-ray and how will you manage this patient? Continue reading
ECG of the Week – 3rd April 2019 – Interpretation
The ECG below is taken from a collapsed 70kg 56 yo man with a known mental health history, thought to have taken a multi-drug overdose.
Lab Case 164
56 year old male presents to ED after taking an unknown quantity of perindapril/indapamide combination 6 hours previously.
Lab Case 140
A 37 year old man presents 20 hours after an overdose of 20 paracetamol tablets, 20 Ibuprofen tablets and 2.5 grams of Quetiapine.
His Paractemol nomogram is attached Continue reading
Lab Case 54
A 27 year old man is brought to your ED by ambulance after taking an overdose of a commonly used medication. He is tachypnoeic with a normal mental state and blood pressure.
His ABG (RA) shows: