Oxford Desk Reference: Toxicology

Overdose and poisoning are one of the most frequent acute medical presentations seen in emergency departments, and high dependency and intensive care facilities. The Oxford Desk Reference: Toxicology provides an authoritative guide for the management of patients with poisoning. Each chapter includes key clinical features and potential treatment options to help physicians to assess the potential severity of the poisoned patient and provide the optimum clinical care.

A reader-friendly layout ensures that information is easy to find and assimilate, and topics are self-contained to aid quick diagnosis. Presented in an easy-to-use double-page spread format, highly bulleted and concise, the Oxford Desk Reference: Toxicology is ideal for quick referral when an acute problem arises.

Contributions from the leading figures in toxicology make this book indispensable for all those involved with the management of poisoned patients, especially trainees and consultants working in emergency medicine, acute medicine, and critical care.

Nick Bateman, Professor in Clinical Toxicology, Consultant Physician and Director, National Poisons Information Service (Edinburgh), UK,Robert Jefferson, Consultant in Environmental Medicine and Deputy Director, The Medical Toxicology Centre, Newcastle University, UK,Simon Thomas, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Wolfson Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, UK,John Paul Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, Director, and Honorary Consultant, Cardiff University, National Poisons Information Service (Cardiff), and Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board University Hospital , Cardiff, UK,Allister Vale, Director, National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Unit) and West Midlands Poisons Unit, Birmingham, UK