2009 MedTox LLSA Center

Please watch this space for upcoming LLSA readings, commentary and other invaluable resources.

For now, peruse the 2009 Reading List:

ABEM Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Reading Lists for Medical Toxicology

Selections from Toxins and Toxicants (From the Core Content of Medical Toxicology)

Content Area 2.1. Drugs
Boyer EW, Shannon M. The serotonin syndrome. N Eng J Med. Mar 2005;352(11):1112-1120.

Kao LW, Furbee RB. Drug-induced Q-T prolongation. Med Clin N Am. 2005;89:1125-1144.

Schade R, Andersohn F, et al. Dopamine agonists and the risk of cardiac-valve regurgitation. N Engl J Med. Jan 2007;356(1):29-38.

Traub SJ, Hoffman RS, Nelson LS. Body packing - the internal concealment of illicit drugs. N Engl J Med. Dec 2003;349(26):2519-2526.

Selections from Remaining Content Areas

Content 1.0 Principles of Toxicology
Roth BL. Drugs and valvular heart disease. N Engl J Med. Jan 2007;356(1):6-9.

Content Area 2.2 Industrial, Household, and Environmental Toxicants

Henry CR, Satran D, et al. Myocardial injury and long-term mortality following moderate to severe carbon monoxide poisoning. JAMA. Jan 2006;295(4):398-402.

Content Area 2.3 Natural Products
Enjalbert F, Rapior S, et al. Treatment of amatoxin poisoning: 20-year retrospective analysis. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 2002;40(6):715-757.

Escudie L, Francoz C, et al. Amanita phalloides poisoning: reassessment of prognostic factors and indications for emergency liver transplantation. J Hepatology. 2007;46:466-473.

Content Area 3.0 Therapeutics
Hall AH, Dart R, Bogdan G. Sodium thiosulfate or hydroxocobalamin for the empiric treatment of cyanide poisoning. Ann Emerg Med. June 2007;49(6):806-813.

Megarbane B, Karyo S, Baud FJ. The role of insulin and glucose (hyperinsulinaemia/euglycaemia) therapy in acute calcium channel antagonist and β-blocker poisoning. Toxicol Rev. 2004;23(4):215-222.

Content Area 5.0 Analytical and Forensic Toxicology
Schmidt LE, Dalhoff K. Serum phosphate is an early predictor of outcome in severe acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity. Hepatology. Sept 2002;36(3):659-665.

Leikin JB, Watson WA. Post-mortem toxicology: what the dead can and cannot tell us. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2003;41(1):47-56.