| CODE | CPH5408 | ||||||
| TITLE | Clinical Management of Poisoning with Drugs of Abuse and in Sports | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will review forensic toxicology as pertaining to the signs and symptoms of poisoning with drugs of abuse including extensive discussion of amphetamines, cannabinoids, cocaine, ethanol, ethanol and alcohol withdrawal, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids as well as other newer psychoactive substances relevant as per current patterns in local and foreign drug scene. It will also include an overview of the current management strategies of these drugs. There will also be overview of management of abuse by drugs in sports. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims are to: - Appreciate the clinical, molecular and cellular phenomena in forensic toxicology subsequent to drug abuse; - Review the symptoms related to the abuse of these substances; - Appreciate the various management options in the context of specific groups of patients poisoned following the administration of drugs of abuse; - Review prevention strategies, understanding the role of alcohol, drugs and poisons in causation of death forensic toxicology (e.g. drugs of abuse); - Provide information of drugs included in World AntiDoping Agency List of Prohibited substances. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Review the fundamentals of forensic toxicology as pertaining to the signs and symptoms of poisoning with drugs of abuse; - Outline the most common signs and symptoms following abuse with amphetamines, cannabinoids, cocaine, ethanol, ethanol and alcohol withdrawal, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids as well as other newer psychoactive substances relevant as per current patterns in local and foreign drug scene; - Evaluate current management strategies of these drugs and ergogenic aids in sports. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - To interpret the molecular and cellular basis of forensic toxicology in identifying signs and symptoms following abuse of these compounds; - To plan management strategies in the treatment of drug abuse; - To apply an analysis of forensic toxicology in treatment strategies; - To predict patterns of illicit drug abuse in local and international scenario and in the ergogenic use of drugs in sports. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main readings - Lindsay Murray MBBS FACEM, Mark Little MBBS FACEM MPH&TM DTM&H IDHA, Ovidiu Pascu MD FACEM, Kerry Anne Hoggett MBBS GCertClinTox FACEM. Toxicology Handbook 2015 Churchill Livngsston ISBN 978-0729542241(Health Sciences library RA1215 .T683 2015) - Ira S Richards Marie Bourgeois. Principles and Practice of Toxicology in Public Health - 2nd edition 2014 Jones and Bartlett Publishers ISBN 9781449645267 Kareen E Stine Thomas M Brown Principles of Toxicology 2015 CRS Press ISBN 9781466503427 (main library RA1211 .S75 2015) - Lester M. Haddad, Michael W. Shannon, James F. Winchester Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose 4th Edition 2007 Sunders ISBN 978-0721606934. Supplementary readings - Klaassen, Curtis D. Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons. 9th edition New York McGraw-Hill Education 2019 ISBN 978-1-259-86374-5 - Lewis Nelson, Robert Hoffman,Mary Ann Howland, Neal Lewin), Lewis Goldfrank, Silas W Smith Goldfrank's toxicologic emergencies. 11th edition New York McGraw Hill Medical 2019 ISBN 978-1259859618 (Health Sciences Library Reference RA1224.5 .G6 2019 ) - Curtis Klaassen, John Watkins. Casarett & Doull's Essentials of Toxicology, Third Edition. 2015. McGraw Hill ISBN 978-0071847087 - Abby Calvin Textbook of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 2016 Syraword Publishing House ISBN 978-1682861912. Journals ((available in Main Library and Health Sciences Library and as e-journals subscribed by UM) Toxicology Pharmacology & toxicology Clinical toxicology Clinical toxicology International journal of toxicology Critical reviews in toxicology Toxicology and applied pharmacology. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anna Maria Lucienne Attard Jeffrey Bonnici Aloisia Camilleri Robert Chircop Anthony Gatt Davide Lonati Gilbert Mercieca Janet Mifsud Richard Muscat |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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