Goldfrank's Manual of Toxicologic Emergencies (Toxicologic Emergencies (Goldfrank's))

I liked this book. the text is good, I find many important informations to my classes. I recommend it. It is possible find the most important informations about clinical toxicology.

The book is not updated, after 10 years there are new approaches and guidelines and new antidotes.

Great reference book - used it for a med tox rotation and it was small enough to carry around but packed with everything I possible could've needed on the rotation.

Great quick reference text.

perfect amount of information.

Dr Goldfrank has published previous editions of this book and they have been gigantic textbooks that will teach you while at the same time strengthen your arm and shoulder muscles from the sheer weight of them.Here we now have a one thousand page paperback size book that is a delight to hold and read, especially since the contributors are excellent writers.I'm not an MD but love learning medicine. This book will help you understand disease processes through the lens of toxic substances, their effect on the body, and their treatments.I noticed the text discusses poisoning by Aluminum Phosphide (ALP), which can come in small wafers and, when set inside a grain storage container, will kill rodents, etc. Aluminum Phosphide is being used in India in epidemic proportions for suicides. At a website (jkscience.org) for Indian doctors I found a paper from doctors who, as you might expect, have a great deal of experience treating Aluminum Phosphide poisonings. One recommendation is to give 400 mg hydrocortisone IV every 4-6 hours to ALP victims which these doctors claims is essential for recovery considering the adrenal gland, which produces hydrocortisone, is often severely damaged in ALP poisoning. That is certainly the highest dose I've ever heard of, but it is hard to argue with the voice of experience. Goldfrank's doesn't mention using hydrocortisone in the treatment of ALP and maybe they should. Nor is treatment with magnesium sulfate mentioned in Goldfrank's Manual, which treatment is a mainstay of Indian doctors.