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Toxicology in the ICU with Dr. Sally Suliman

August 15, 2018  /  Ashlea Worner

Dr. Suliman looks at toxicology from an intensivist perspective. The lecture begins by looking at the more common intoxications like alcohols, opiates, and prescription drugs. Among these intoxications, time was spent explicitly on benzodiazepines, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, tricyclic antidepressants and acetylsalicylic acid.  

 

Sally Suliman, M.D.

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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program
Director, Quality and Metrics, Pulmonary ICU

Featured Publications

  • El-Kersh K, Suliman S, Smith JS. Selexipag in Congenital Heart Disease-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Eisenmenger Syndrome: First Report. Am J Ther. 2018 Jan 23. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000727. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29521655.

  • Suliman S, Al Harash A, Roberts WN, Perez RL, Roman J. Scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease. Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 Jul 15;22:109-112. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.07.007. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28761806; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5524221.

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