Practical Emergency Medicine

Practice Essentials Opioids are powerful pain killers that are highly addictive. Opioid dependence affects nearly 5 million people in the...

Sympathomimetic toxicity, related with recreational drugs is an increasing problem in our EDs, this is a quick overview of the approach

Sedative toxicity is an increasing problem due to the abuse of bnzodiazepines. This is a general approach in ED.

Toxidromes. Anticholinergis syndrome

Toxidromes, Hallucinogen use and toxicity

In Autum it is more frequent to find these intoxications in ED rooms. This is an overview of mushroom toxicity and how to approach it.

Practice Essentials Serotonin syndrome is classically described as involving a combination of autonomic hyperactivity, hemodynamic changes,

Practice Essentials Listeriosis is an infection caused by the gram-positive motile bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. [1, 2]  Listeriosis...

Antibiotic resistant infections are one of the challenges for the present and future medicine

Practice Essentials Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by infection with Plasmodium protozoa transmitted by an...