Tag toxicology
Podcast The Critical Debrief LITFL 680

The Critical Debrief: Sedative Drug Overdose

Shreyas launches Ask Pramod, a new series under The Critical Debrief in which we walk through Pramod's research and discuss clinical application. In this first episode we discuss sedative drug overdose and evaluate if there are features of the early clinical assessment that can reliably predict the outcome?

Catalyst 680

Catalyst is coming… 23rd July 2026

Catalyst: Critical Care Ideas in Action fuses potent ideas with practical action. It is built for critical care clinicians of all stripes who want meaningful change to become reality.

a little low…

the case. A 48 year old female arrives to ED via ambulance following an intentional overdose. Her husband discovered her taking tablet after tablet in the bathroom at home. She has a history of depression & diabetes and reports feeling…

a poison puzzler…

the case. 23 year old female is bought to ED by her family after an intentional overdose of ~ 100 ‘diet tablets’ which she ingested 1.5-2 hours earlier.