In an Emergency
1. Call the Poison Center Hotline (1-800-222-1222) if you or another person have been poisoned, or think you have been exposed to something that might cause an unwanted and/or unexpected reaction.
2. Remain calm - the majority of poison emergencies can be resolved quickly; over the phone
3. Call 9-1-1 if the person is unconscious or has difficulty breathing.
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Toxicology Journals and Academic Articles
The following selected peer review journal publications are authored by the Illinois Poison Center Staff, and the Toxikon Consortium.
2010
Third-degree AV block from extended-release diltiazem ingestion in a nine-month-old.
Lepiota subincarnata J.E. Lange induced fulminant hepatic failure presenting with pancreatitis.
Legal liability as poison center consultant.
Adenosine and caffeine-induced paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
Unilateral Blindness Following Acute Methanol Poisoning.
Effect of Cyclodextrin Infusion in a Rat Model of Verapamil Toxicity.
Can acute overdose of metformin lead to lactic acidosis?
Drugs of abuse: the highs and lows of altered mental states in the emergency department.
Computerized N-Acetylcysteine Physician Order Entry by Template Protocol for Acetaminophen Toxicity.
Pseudorenal Insufficiency With Isopropyl Alcohol Ingestion.
2009
Cocaine: history, social implications, and toxicity--a review.
Hepatotoxicity in an infant following supratherapeutic dosing of acetaminophen for twenty-four hours
Levosimendan for calcium channel blocker poisoning in humans.
Public health response to puffer fish (Tetrodotoxin) poisoning from mislabeled product.
Use of clonidine in the prevention and management of neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Physical and chemical restraints.
A complicated hospitalization following dilute ammonium chloride ingestion.
Death by polonium-210: lessons learned from the murder of former Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko.
2008
Hospitalization for caffeine abuse is associated with abuse of other pharmaceutical products.
Fentanyl epidemic in Chicago, Illinois and surrounding Cook County.
Hospitalization for caffeine abuse is associated with abuse of other pharmaceutical products.
Metoclopramide versus hydromorphone for the emergency department treatment of migraine headache.
Response to self-poisoning with pet medications.
Carbon dioxide-induced narcosis due to dry ice exposure in a patient with sleep apnea.
The disease of addiction: origins, treatment, and recovery. Foreword.
Topical pyrethrin toxicity leading to acute-onset stuttering in a toddler.
Status epilepticus due to tiagabine ingestion.
2007
A five-year review of the medical outcome of heroin body stuffers.
Octreotide therapy for nateglinide-induced hypoglycemia.
