Clinical Review
Rapid Toxicologic Collapse
Emergency Medicine. 2011 July;43(7):14-16
Author and Disclosure Information
Lewis S. Nelson, MD (Series Editor), and Zhanna Livshits, MD
A man injects his girlfriend with a liquid and swallows the same substance himself. Both die soon after. What is the toxin, and what measures might result in a lifesaving outcome in future cases involving the same agent?