A 12-month-old girl is brought in after her parents found her playing with an open bottle of her mother's antiepileptic medication about one hour earlier. Tablet count suggests she may have taken five tablets.
Medication packaging
Discuss the main toxicity features of this ingestion.
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State the expected weight for this child.
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Outline your dose-related risk assessment.
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The child develops significant toxicity and is intubated. Describe how you would perform multiple-dose activated charcoal.
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Name two (2) other agents where multiple-dose activated charcoal may be used.
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List two (2) indications for extracorporeal elimination in this child.
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List three (3) drug properties that make a toxin suitable for haemodialysis.
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