An Emerging Means of Drug Use in Correctional Facilities jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
This paper was quite the journey going back to fellowship. Congrats @Em2Kiernan @bpatmurray
Elevated methemoglobin levels in patients treated with hydroxocobalamin: a case series and in-vitro analysis tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
We reviewed several absolutely heartbreaking cases while putting this together. There is never a need to put dangerous chemicals like HF or paraquat in a water bottle. Please don't do it. #PreventPoison @bpatmurray @PoisonCenterGA
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Great work by @RyanMarino and colleagues. 33% of patients met criteria for serotonin toxicity after single-agent bupropion ingestion in this retrospective study. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1… @bpatmurray @ZiadKazzi
“Taken as a group, the 21 high-risk patients who needed IV antibiotics spent 571 days at home rather than in a hospital or rehab facility — saving as much as $865,000” npr.org/sections/health-shot…
New study in ICHE finds implementing a reflex urine culture order set in a multicenter academic healthcare network led to a decrease in urine culture orders, an increase in diagnostic efficiency, and a decrease in UTIs @JessH_A; @jestjac
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Important work being done by medical toxicologists to address the #opioidcrisis. rdcu.be/bZAND
@bpatmurray @EmoryEM @TheSchwarziee @LNelsonMD @JMPerroneMD @maryannamirs @JRLaesMD @twtoxmd @PaulWaxMD
Single-Agent Bupropion Exposures: Clinical Characteristics and an Atypical Cause of Serotonin Toxicity. Read it here rdcu.be/bYUj1 from JMT @acmt link.springer.com/article/10…
How much naloxone is needed to treat a fentanyl OD? No different than "traditional" opiates, at least in Atlanta.
Naloxone Dosing After Opioid Overdose in the Era of Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl | Online First at JMT @acmt link.springer.com/article/10…
Still no evidence that lidocaine causes false positive for cocaine on a UDS. Sorry, urban legend. #ACMT2019
