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1. CRITICAL CARE OF OVERDOSE/DRUG TOXICITYMETHAMPHETAMINES JOHN P. CONNOLLY. M.D., FACP, FCCP
DIRECTOR ICU
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR
UC DAVIS
7. INITIAL EVALUATION VITALS SIGNS/ MENTAL STATUS/ PUPILS
THIAMINE 100/ DEXTOSE 25
NARCAN
ACLS
8. OVERDOSE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTIVE CARE
DECONTAMINATION/ CHARCOAL
ANTIDOTES
ENHANCED ELIMINATION
POISON CONTROL: 1-800-222-1222
9. SPECIFIC MEASURES BICARB
ATROPINE
BENZODIAZEPINES
a and ß BLOCKADE
10. ICU CARE PACO2 > 45
INTUBAITON
SEIZURES
UNRESPONSIVENESS
NONSINUS RHYTHM
AV BLOCK
SYSTOLIC BP < 80
QRS > 0.12 sec
BRETT, AIM 1987
11. TOXIDROMES CHOLINERGIC (SLUDGE)
ANTICHOLINERGIC
SYMPATHOMIMETIC
NARCOTIC
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC
ZIMMERMAN 2003/2008
12. CHOLINERGIC SALIVATION
LACRIMATION
URINATION
DEFECATION
GI UPSET
EMESIS
SALIVATION/BRONCHORRHEA
BRADYCARDIA
FASICULATIONS
CONFUSION
MIOSIS
13. ANTICHOLINERGIC DRY SKIN
HYPERTHERMIA
MYDRIASIS
TACHYCARDIA
DELIRIUM
THIRST
URINARY RETENTION
14. SYMPATHOMIMETIC HYPERTENSION
TACHYCARDIA
CNS EXCITATION/SEIZURES
MYDRIASIS
DIAPHORESIS
15. SEDATIVE/HYPNOTIC DECREASED LOC
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
HYPOTENSION
DECREASED REFLEXES
16. NARCOTIC MIOSIS
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
DECREASED LOC
HYPOTENSION
HYPOREFLEXIA
17. SPECIFIC DRUGS
ACETAMINOPHEN
BENZODIAZEPINES
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
ANTIHYPERTENSIVES
OPIOIDS
METHAMPHETAMINES
18. ACETAMINOPHEN PRESENT IN OVER 600 PREPARATIONS
HIGHEST # OF DEATHS
1/3 OF OVERDOSES UNINTENTIONAL
N-ACETLYCYSTEINE REPLETES GLUTATHIONE
RUMACK MATTHEW NOMOGRAM
NAC IV: 20 HOUR REGIMEN
PO: 72 HOUR REGIMEN/NAUSEA
20. BENZODIAZEPINES DECREASED LOC
LESS RESPIRATORY/CARDIOVASCULAR DEPRESSION
SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF MEDICATION RELATED DEATH
FLUMAZENIL /ANTAGONIST
REVERSES SEDATION
QUESTION RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
RESEDATION 1-2 HOURS
SEIZURE RISK WITH TCAS
21. ANTIDEPRESSANTS CYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS NOW LESS COMMON
BLOOD ALKALINIZATION WITH QRS >120 MSEC
HYPERTONIC SALINE
SSRIs
TOXICITY AT > 75 TIMES DAILY DOSE
SEROTONIN SYNDROME
MENTAL STATUS CHANGE
HYPERTHERMIA
ARRYTHMIAS/DIAPHORESIS
NEUROMUSCULAR ABNORMALITY
? CYPROHEPTADINE
22. CYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECTS
CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS
QRS > 160 MSEC/VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
SEIZURES
QRS > 100 MSECS
SUPPORTIVE MEASURES
ACUTE ALKALINIZATION
OBSERVATION 48-72 HOURS
CARDIAC TOXICITY MOST LETHAL USUALLY IN FIRST 24 HOURS
23. OPIOIDS GENERALIZED DEPRESSION OF CNS
LETHARGY LEADING TO RESPIRATORY ARREST COMA
RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO:
ALVEOLAR HYPOVENTILATION
ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA
NONCARDIOGENIC PULMONARY EDEMA
24. OPIOIDS (cont’d) HYPOTENSION
ILEUS
RHABDOMYOLYSIS
HYPOTHERMIA
SEIZURES
MAJORITY OF DEATHS DUE TO HEROIN
SEVEN TIMES MORE TOXIC THAN MORPHINE
NARCAN
25. ANTIHYPERTENSIVESCALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
HYPOTENSION DUE TO VASODILATION
AMLODIPINE/NIFEDIPINE DECREASE BP
DILTIAZEM/VERAPAMIL DECREASE HR
NAUSEA/VOMITING
LETHARGY/ CONFUSION/COMA
SUPPORTIVE CARE/FLUIDS
IV CALCIUM
GLUCAGON
INSULIN/GLUCOSE
26. ANTIHYPERTENSIVESß BLOCKER HYPOTENSION/BRADYCARDIA
AV BLOCK/CHF/PULMONARY EDEMA
BRONCHOSPASM/HYPOGLYCEMIA
HYPERKALEMIA/LETHARGY
COMA/SEIZURES
SUPPORTIVE CARE
FLUIDS/PRESSORS
GLUCAGON/PHENOL TOXICITY
28. METHAMPHETAMINES SYMPATHOMIMETIC TOXIDROME
HALLUCINATIONS AND ACUTE PSYCHOSIS
ACUTE CONSEQUENCES
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND ARRHYTHMIAS
SEIZURES
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE/STROKE
RHABDOMYOLYSIS/RENAL FAILURE
NECROTIZING VASCULITIS
LONG TERM USE- DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
29. MDMA3-4-MethyleneDioxyMethAmphetamine
ECSTASY, “E”, XTC
INCREASE SEROTONIN RELEASE
INHIBIT SEROTONIN UPTAKE
BRUXISM/JAW CLENCHING CLUES
HYPONATREMIA/LIVER INJURY REPORTED
37. `Mayo Clinic Proceedings January 2006 vol. 81 no. 1 77-84`Mayo Clinic Proceedings January 2006 vol. 81 no. 1 77-84
38. METH HISTORY
FIRST SYNTHESIZED IN JAPAN 1893?/1919?
1930S INHALERS FOR RHINITIS AND ASTHMA
MILITARY USE IN WORLD WAR II AND AFTER
INCREASED WAKEFULNESS AND ATTENTION
39. ACUTE TOXICITY SYMPATHETIC OVERDRIVE
CARDIOVASCULAR COLLAPSE
RHABDOMYOLYSIS
VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
ASSOCIATED INJURIES
HALLUCINATIONS
GI ULCERATION
ISCHEMIC COLITIS
ACUTE NONCARDIOGENIC PULMONARY EDEMA
40. METH STORM
CHEAPER THAN COCAINE, RECIPES ONLINE
TWEAKING AND CRASHING
METHAMPHETAMINE BURNS
PHOSPHINE GAS
LINEBERRY, MAYO, 2006
41. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CNS STIMULATION/EUPHORIA, SELF ESTEEM, ALERTNESS, AGRESSION, LIBIDO
PRESYNAPTIC REUPTAKE OF CATECHOLAMINES BLOCKED
BLOCKING PRESYNAPTIC VESICULAR STORAGE OF CATCHOLAMINES
DECREASED CYTOPLASMIC DESTRUCTION BY MAO
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DOPAMINE AND SEROTONIN EFFECTS ALSO
42. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (CONT’D) T1/2 = 10 – 30 HOURS (10 TIMES COCAINE)
GREATER CNS EFFECTS THAN D-AMPHETAMINE
MAJORITY IS METABOLIZED TO AMPHETAMINE
FURTHER CNS STIMULATION
PEAK PLASMA LEVELS 30 MINS AFTER IV OR IM
2-3 HOURS AFTER PO
HEPATIC CONJUGATION/URINE EXCRETION OF METABOLITES
44. METHAMPHETAMINE BURNS
HIGHER MORTALITY THAN OTHER BURNS
MORE INVASIVE CARDIAC MONITORING
MORE PRESSOR SUPPORT
MORE PROCEDURES
MORE AGGRESSIVE FLUID RESUSCITATION
45. PHOSPHINE GAS
BYPRODUCT OF METH COOKING
INHIBITS CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE
INCREASE OXYGEN FREE RADICALS
OCULAR/RESPIRATORY IRRITATION
DYSPNEA/HEADACHE/FATIGUE/ STOMACH PAIN
RESPIRATORY HEMODYNAMIC FAILURE
48. CHRONIC TOXICITY
ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CHRONIC HYPERTENSION
MI, CARDIOMYOPATHY
SOFT TISSUE INFECTION/ENDOCARDITIS
PERIODONTAL DISEASE
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
HIGH RISK SEXUAL ACTIVITY
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
PULMONARY ARTERY MUSCULAR HYPERTROPHY
FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMAS
RENAL NECROTIZING ANGIITIS
50. CARDIAC TOXICITY CHEST PAIN/ PALPITATIONS/ DYSPNEA
ACUTE THROMBUS FORMATION CAUSING MI
MASSIVE OVERDOSES LEADING TO HYPOTENSION, BRADYCARDIA, METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
ACUTE/CHRONIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
DIRECT AMPHETAMINE CARDIAC MUSCLE TOXICITY
ARTERIAL ANEURYSMS/SACCULATIONS
ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTIONS
51. CNS TOXICITY UNCONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO OTHER DRUGS SUCH AS OPIOIDS, METH INDUCED SEIZURES
AGITATION, ANXIETY, HALLUCINATIONS, DELIRIUM, PSYCHOSIS, SEIZURES
CNS VASCULITIS REPORTED
52. TREATMENT SUPPORTIVE CARE
GASTRIC LAVAGE RARELY HELPFUL
IV HYDRATION
AIRWAY CONTROL/OXYGENATION/MONITORING
TERMINATION OF SEIZURES/ARRTHYMIAS
CORRECTION OF HYPOXEMIA, HYPOTENSION, HYPERTHERMIA, ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITIES
ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS/HALDOL
BENZODIAZEPINES