Lewis S. Nelson, MD, FACEP, FACMT (Series Editor)

A Compounded Problem

Publish date: December 1, 2012

This case of a child exposed to a compounded topical medicine discusses the resultant toxicity and how the efficacy, tolerability, and application...

Publish date: November 1, 2012

Reports of opioid-induced hearing loss are increasing, yet the phenomenon possibly remains underdiagnosed. The authors describe screening, treatme...

Publish date: October 1, 2012

Anticoagulants are life-saving drugs, but cases in which reversal is imperative due to uncontrolled bleeding are not uncommon. How can the effects...

Publish date: September 1, 2012

An 18-year-old man with a history of severe asthma is transported to the ED by ambulance. Despite aggressive treatment, his condition continues to...

Publish date: August 1, 2012

A 36-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 1-week history of nausea and vomiting after a recent trip to Mexico, where he partic...

Publish date: July 1, 2012

A 37-year-old woman presents with epigastric pain after ingesting several baked clay pellets. What are the adverse consequences of geophagy, and h...

Publish date: April 1, 2012

A 69-year-old woman presents after taking unknown quantities of amlodipine, atenolol, and thioridazine. How should her case be managed?

Publish date: February 1, 2012

A toddler is found with buprenorphine/naloxone pill fragments in his mouth and is brought to the ED in respiratory distress. What are the effects ...