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For those who could not make it to VMR, we went over a truly sick calcium channel blocker overdose case. If not, here’s a quick rundown, and a link to the slides. Briefly, the case was a 17-year-old female who reportedly overdosed on 60 mg of amlodipine (poor collateral, could have been more than that). […]
Case: 37-year-old M presenting with obtundation and possible seizure-like activity after a large overdose of sustained-release bupropion (Wellbutrin XL), gabapentin, and other unknown medications. Given the severity of this patient’s overdose, he was intubated for airway protection and for further GI decontamination, including gastric lavage, activated charcoal, and whole bowel irrigation. Overview Given that GI […]
Activated Charcoal: A Quick Summary of a Summary inspired by Dr. Ahra Cho With all the Tox VMRs going on, we often turn to activated charcoal as a method of decontamination, but we don’t often talk about how exactly activated charcoal works and why sometimes it doesn’t work. The following is adapted from StatPearls. Indications Toxic […]