RT Book, Section
A1 Zhong, (Shawn) Xun
A1 Stolbach, Andrew
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Marshall, John P.
A2 Osborn, Tiffany M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135703485
T1 Salicylate Overdose
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071838764
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135703485
RD 2024/04/19
AB Salicylates  have  been  used  since  the  19th  century.1  Today,  salicylates  are  used  therapeutically  throughout  the  world.  The  most  commonly  encountered  salicylate  is  acetylsalicylic  acid  (aspirin).  Other  medications  include  the  liniment  methyl  salicylate  (oil  of  wintergreen)  and  bismuth  subsalicylate,  the  active  ingredient  in  Pepto-Bismol.  Because  salicylates  are  ubiquitous,  there  is  great  potential  for  toxicity,  intentional  or  accidental.  In  2012,  there  were  about  19,000  aspirin-alone  exposures  reported  and  about  1,500  aspirin  coingestions  reported  to  the  National  Poison  Data  System.2