ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: The Blood Sample Doesn’t Look Right
February 10, 2020
Which administered antidote causes this appearance in a blood sample? a) Hydroxocobalamin b) Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) c) Methylene blue d) N-acetylcysteine ...
Austin Costa, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls – Look, Don’t Touch
January 20, 2020
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...
Ashley Mazo, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Painful Hand
January 1, 2020
What is the recommended treatment for a patient with this hand injury following a sting by the marine creature shown? ...
Angela Rombola, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Getting Caught Yellow-handed
October 2, 2019
Which bodybuilding supplement is associated with hyperthermia and this clinical image? 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) Beta-carotene Caffeine Creatine Dimethyl amylamine (DMAA) ...
Francisco Javier Andrade Jr., MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Mushroom Mania
August 16, 2019
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...
Mary Grady, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Abnormal ECG
June 26, 2019
This abnormal ECG would be typical following an overdose on which of the following medications? Amitriptyline Buspirone Citalopram Haloperidol ...
Colin O'Neill, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Eating Foraged Wild Mushrooms
May 27, 2019
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...
Alayna Prest, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
February 18, 2019
The following ultrasound video was obtained in a hypotensive 23 year-old man with a history of drug abuse. What drug of abuse when used chronically...
Jennifer Pallansch, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Abnormal Brain Imaging
January 21, 2019
An 85 year-old man presented with coma after ingestion of a household product. Two key axial views of his brain MRI are shown. Which of...
Laura Tormoehlen, MD, FACMT, FAAN
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Blue Urine
December 3, 2018
A bedside urine test for a pesticide is positive as shown in the photo. What pesticide is being detected? Chlorpyrifos Diquat Glyphosate Paraquat ...
Jennifer K. Potter, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Toxic Mouth Pain
August 30, 2018
A middle-aged Asian female presents to the emergency department complaining of 2-3 days of mouth pain. She has chewed betel nut for a number of...
Heather A. Borek, MD
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Snake Bite
June 26, 2018
Envenomation by the pictured snake would be expected to produce which clinical effects? Bradycardia and hypotension Bruising and epistaxis Difficulty swallowing and muscle weakness Severe...
Patricia Rosen, MD, MPH