ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: The Blood Sample Doesn’t Look Right
Which administered antidote causes this appearance in a blood sample?
a) Hydroxocobalamin
b) Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE)
c) Methylene blue
d) N-acetylcysteine
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls – Look, Don’t Touch
What toxin is responsible for the most serious clinical effects experienced by patients bitten by the creature in this photo?
- latrotoxin
- Conotoxin
- Helothermine
- Tetrodotoxin
- Verrucotoxin
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Painful Hand
What is the recommended treatment for a patient with this hand injury following a sting by the marine creature shown?
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Getting Caught Yellow-handed
Which bodybuilding supplement is associated with hyperthermia and this clinical image?
- 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP)
- Beta-carotene
- Caffeine
- Creatine
- Dimethyl amylamine (DMAA)
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Mushroom Mania
After eating the mushroom pictured, a 15-year-old patient arrives to the emergency department agitated, diaphoretic, and hallucinating, and then acutely becomes more somnolent and less responsive. Which neurotransmitter systems are affected by the toxins contained in this mushroom?
- Acetylcholine and histamine
- Dopamine and norepinephrine
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)
- Glycine and serotonin
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Abnormal ECG
This abnormal ECG would be typical following an overdose on which of the following medications?
- Amitriptyline
- Buspirone
- Citalopram
- Haloperidol (more…)
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Eating Foraged Wild Mushrooms
What clinical symptoms would be expected after eating a meal made with the pictured foraged wild mushrooms?
- Bradycardia, urinary incontinence, and bronchospasm
- Hallucinations
- Seizures and rhabdomyolysis
- Skin flushing and palpitations (more…)