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Toxicology and the vulnerable brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

D.R.A. Uges
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Summary

Toxicology is one of the eldest areas of special attention in medicine and pharmacy. In the past, forensic toxicology was the most important part, but nowadays, at least in the Netherlands, the clinical, occupational and environmental toxicology have the centre of attention.

The brain plays its own role in the clinical toxicology. There the intoxication can take place, it can be the basis of the peripheral symptoms of the intoxication or it can be the cause of the intoxication, e.g. at a suicidal attempt or the hospital addiction syndrome.

The somatic treatment of an intoxicated patient includes in the first place the stabilization of the patient (cardio-vascular, ventilation and central effects); then the removal of the poison from the surroundings and out of the patient by different suitable methods and finally the symptomatic treatment, sometimes with antidotes.

In the Netherlands, hardly any intoxication is fatal, when the patient arrives in the hospital in time, or euthanasia took place on purpose.

Keywords

central poisoningclinical and forensic toxicologytreatmenttoxicologieCZScentrale vergiftigingbehandeling
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 1995

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