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Types of poisoning where quantitative measures are useful

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The management of many overdoses can be best assessed by clinical indicators e.g. the degree of bradycardia in a beta blocker overdose.

However some overdoses are best managed with information concerning quantitative measures of the amount of drug in the patient's system. Some of these are listed below:

  • paracetamol
  • salicylate
  • lithium
  • iron
  • theophylline
  • paraquat
  • alcohols
  • carbon monoxide

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