Toxicology Archives

Childhood Lead Poisoning: A Dickensian Story

Kevin Osterhoudt, MD, MSCE, FAAP, FACMT, is an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine and the medical director of the Poison Control Center at…

A Resources Roadmap to Recovery in the Greater Philadelphia Area: Session 4

This session will review trends in substance use and overdose in Philadelphia, PA, and the United States. Treatment recommendations including harm reduction resources and benefits…

Buprenorphine Induction Beyond the Basics: Session 3

Buprenorphine is one of the gold standard medications utilized for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). One of the major barriers to buprenorphine maintenance is…

Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder: Session 2

This session will explore evidence demonstrating how addiction can be considered a pediatric disease as well as treatment currently provided to adolescent patients with Opioid…

The Pediatric Impact of the Opioid Crisis: Session 1

This session will explore the many ways in which opioid epidemic affects pediatric medicine, from toddler exploratory poisonings, to young patients’ parental loss, neonatal abstinence…

Multidisciplinary Care of the Infant/Parent Dyad Affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome

The ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States has translated into a public health emergency due to the rising cases of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)…