ACMT Visual Pearl: Watt – Ever is that Foreign Body?
Which type of foreign body should be suspected in a child who is drooling and has the following x-ray?
- Button battery
- Coin
- Magnet
- Marble
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Making Rash Decisions
Which of the following best describes the pictured rash occurring 4 weeks after starting minocycline?
- Anaphylaxis
- Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome
- Erythema multiforme
- Serum sickness
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Who Doesn’t Like a Nice Rosé?
What clinical presentation and medication is associated with this urinary discoloration?
- Critical illness requiring intubation and propofol sedation
- Cyanide toxicity requiring sodium thiosulfate
- Iron toxicity treated with deferoxamine
- Refractory vasoplegic shock treated with methylene blue
- Septic shock treated with vancomycin and cefepime
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Marcel the Shell with Toxins
The venom from this pictured snail shares a primary mechanism of action with what other deadly toxin?
- Alpha-latrotoxin
- Botulinum toxin
- Bufotoxin
- Tetanus toxin
- Sarin
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Black Eschar
Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this skin lesion in a worker handling sheep hides?
- Bacillus anthracis
- Group A streptococcus
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Staphylococcus aureus
(Photo credit: CDC/ James H. Steele, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Sink or Swim
What type of mothball floats in both water and saturated salt solution?
- Camphor
- Naphthalene
- Paradichlorobenzene
- Sodium Hypochlorite
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Questions about green pee? Urine luck!
Which of the following medications is likely responsible for this urine discoloration in an intubated and sedated ICU patient?
- Fentanyl
- Ketamine
- Lorazepam
- Midazolam
- Propofol