UPMC Medical Education Medical Toxicology (Emergency Medicine)

Topics

• Opioid Use Disorder Treatment 38
• Poisoning and overdose treatments 37
• Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies 14
• Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency 7
• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection 7
• Smoking Behavior and Cessation 6
• Anesthesia and Pain Management 4
• Anesthesia and Sedative Agents 4
• Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation 4
• Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis 4
• Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide 4
• Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia 4

Most cited

1. Opioid overdoses involving xylazine in emergency department patients: a multicenter study.

   Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023 · 86 citations · Anthony Pizon, Joshua Shulman

2. Notes from the Field: Detection of Medetomidine Among Patients Evaluated in Emergency Departments for Suspected Opioid Overdoses - Missouri, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, September 2020-December 2023.

   MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2024 · 28 citations · Joshua Shulman

3. Psychostimulant drug co-ingestion in non-fatal opioid overdose.

   Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024 · 17 citations · Joshua Shulman

4. Notes from the Field: Severe Medetomidine Withdrawal Syndrome in Patients Using Illegally Manufactured Opioids - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2024-March 2025.

   MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2025 · 12 citations · William Trautman, Michael Lynch

5. Emergence of Medetomidine in the Illicit Drug Supply: Implications for Emergency Care and Withdrawal Management.

   Annals of emergency medicine · 2026 · 5 citations · Michael Lynch