Overdose
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hemolytic anemia after zopiclone overdose.

30 Oct 2009 INTRODUCTION: Zopiclone is associated with methemoglobinemia. We report a case of zopiclone overdose manifested with another hematological complication, hemolysis. CASE: A 46-year-old woman overdosed with 50-100 tablets of 7.5 mg zopiclone. ... Read more...

Inter-rater reliability of manual QT measurement and prediction of abnormal QT,HR pairs.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To assess interobserver agreement when trained healthcare staff measure the QT interval using a standardized approach across a range of QT lengths. METHODS: A sample of 110 electrocardiograms (ECGs) was taken from general and ... Read more...

Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids among Medicaid enrollees - Washington, 2004-2007.

28 Oct 2009 During 1999-2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths involving prescription opioid painkillers. This increase coincided with a nearly fourfold ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Overdose'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Hemolytic anemia after zopiclone overdose. 30 Oct 2009
• Inter-rater reliability of manual QT measurement and prediction of abnormal QT,HR pairs. 30 Oct 2009
• Twenty five years of poison center experience with propoxyphene overdoses the FDA could not find. 30 Oct 2009
• Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids among Medicaid enrollees - Washington, 2004-2007. 28 Oct 2009
• [Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB): more than a date rape drug, a potentially addictive drug] 14 Sep 2009
• Appreciation for study on bromide administration in dogs. 13 Sep 2009
• Application of a key events dose-response analysis to nutrients: a case study with vitamin A (retinol). 30 Aug 2009
• Letter regarding levosimendan in a rat model of severe verapamil poisoning. 30 Aug 2009
• Medical toxicology and public health--update on research and activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry inhalational methanol toxicity. 30 Aug 2009
• What is the pertinent finding and an explanation for the cause? 30 Aug 2009
• The use of high-dose insulin-glucose euglycemia in beta-blocker overdose: a case report. 30 Aug 2009
• Toxicity from a clonidine suspension. 30 Aug 2009
• Medication overdoses leading to emergency department visits among children. 30 Aug 2009
• Obidoxime in acute organophosphate poisoning: 1 - clinical effectiveness. 30 Aug 2009
• Aconitine poisoning from leaves of aconitum pseudo-leave var. erectum, not the root in humans. 30 Aug 2009
• A retrospective review of California poison control system data of sibutramine exposures. 30 Aug 2009
• Obidoxime in acute organophosphate poisoning: 2 - PK/PD relationships. 30 Aug 2009
• European Medicines Evaluation Agency bans dextropropoxyphene: a landmark decision for clinical toxicology? 30 Aug 2009
• The FDA Acetaminophen Advisory Committee Meeting - what is the future of acetaminophen in the United States? The perspective of a committee member. 30 Aug 2009
• Factors influencing variability in clinical outcomes from imidacloprid self-poisoning. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Overdose'

Definition: An accidental or deliberate dose of a medication or street drug that is in excess of what is normally used.

Descriptor UI: D015537

Alternative terms: Overdose; Overdoses;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.613.730;

Online Note: search POISONING 1966-89

History Note: 90; was see POISONING 1981-89

Technical Notes: note category: accidental or deliberate overdose; almost never IM & seldom with qualif; coord NIM with specific substance /adv eff-pois-tox (IM)