Podcast #211: E-cigarettes

Author: Michael Hunt, M.D.

Educational Pearls:

• Children under age of 6 are at greatest risk of accidental nicotine overdose from ingestion.
• Biphasic presentation:
• • Hyperadrenergic = nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, flushing.
  • Bradycardia and respiratory depression.

References:

http://www.aapcc.org/alerts/e-cigarettes/

Mayer B. How much nicotine kills a human? Tracing back the generally accepted lethal dose to dubious self-experiments in the nineteenth century. Archives of Toxicology. 2013;88(1):5-7. doi:10.1007/s00204-013-1127-0.