F LoVecchio

Summary

Affiliation: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Outcomes following abuse of methanol-containing carburetor cleaners
    F LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Department of Medical Toxicology, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Hum Exp Toxicol 23:473-5. 2004
  2. ncbi Transient ischemic attack associated with Metabolife 356 use
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 23:199-200. 2005
  3. ncbi Poison control centers decrease emergency healthcare utilization costs
    Frank LoVecchio
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    J Med Toxicol 4:221-4. 2008
  4. ncbi Accidental dextromethorphan ingestions in children less than 5 years old
    Frank LoVecchio
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    J Med Toxicol 4:251-3. 2008
  5. ncbi Serum sickness following administration of Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent in 181 cases of presumed rattlesnake envenomation
    Frank LoVecchio
    Good Samaritan Regional Medical and Poison Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Wilderness Environ Med 14:220-1. 2003
  6. ncbi Scorpion envenomations in young children in central Arizona
    F LoVecchio
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Good Samaritan Regional Medical and Poison Center, Maricopa Medical Center and Arizona Heart Hospital and Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
    J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 41:937-40. 2003
  7. ncbi Outcomes of chlorine exposure: a 5-year poison center experience in 598 patients
    Frank LoVecchio
    Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Eur J Emerg Med 12:109-10. 2005
  8. ncbi Board-certified emergency physicians' treatment of skin and soft tissue infections in the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus era
    Frank LoVecchio
    Maricopa Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 27:68-70. 2009
  9. ncbi L-carnitine was safely administered in the setting of valproate toxicity
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Poison Control Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 23:321-2. 2005
  10. ncbi Acute renal failure, neuropathy, and myopathy after ingestion of dipropylene glycol fog solution
    Frank LoVecchio
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 26:635.e1-2. 2008

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  1. ncbi Outcomes following abuse of methanol-containing carburetor cleaners
    F LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Department of Medical Toxicology, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Hum Exp Toxicol 23:473-5. 2004
    ..Carbureter cleaners may contain methanol and are abused via inhalation. Toxicity resulting from the methanol component of these products is poorly described...
  2. ncbi Transient ischemic attack associated with Metabolife 356 use
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 23:199-200. 2005
  3. ncbi Poison control centers decrease emergency healthcare utilization costs
    Frank LoVecchio
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    J Med Toxicol 4:221-4. 2008
    ..We wished to conservatively quantify such savings at a large regional poison center and compare savings to funds received in state support...
  4. ncbi Accidental dextromethorphan ingestions in children less than 5 years old
    Frank LoVecchio
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    J Med Toxicol 4:251-3. 2008
    ..Data including age, outcomes, amount of DXM ingested, co-ingestions, vital signs, clinical manifestations, hospital admissions, and mortality were abstracted. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics...
  5. ncbi Serum sickness following administration of Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent in 181 cases of presumed rattlesnake envenomation
    Frank LoVecchio
    Good Samaritan Regional Medical and Poison Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Wilderness Environ Med 14:220-1. 2003
    ..To describe the incidence and characteristics of serum sickness (SS) following administration of Wyeth Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent (ACP)...
  6. ncbi Scorpion envenomations in young children in central Arizona
    F LoVecchio
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Good Samaritan Regional Medical and Poison Center, Maricopa Medical Center and Arizona Heart Hospital and Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
    J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 41:937-40. 2003
    ..Centruroides sculpturatus, also known as Centruroides exilicauda or bark scorpion, is the only scorpion native to the United States whose venom produces a potentially life-threatening illness, particularly in children...
  7. ncbi Outcomes of chlorine exposure: a 5-year poison center experience in 598 patients
    Frank LoVecchio
    Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Eur J Emerg Med 12:109-10. 2005
    ..The outcome after chlorine exposures has been poorly described...
  8. ncbi Board-certified emergency physicians' treatment of skin and soft tissue infections in the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus era
    Frank LoVecchio
    Maricopa Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 27:68-70. 2009
    ..The CA-MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics traditionally used to treat skin and soft tissue infections...
  9. ncbi L-carnitine was safely administered in the setting of valproate toxicity
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Poison Control Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 23:321-2. 2005
    ..L-Carnitine is a carnitine replacement that has been used in carnitine deficiency states. We conducted a review of patients with acute valproate (VPA) poisoning that had an elevated ammonia level and received L-carnitine to address safety...
  10. ncbi Acute renal failure, neuropathy, and myopathy after ingestion of dipropylene glycol fog solution
    Frank LoVecchio
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 26:635.e1-2. 2008
    ..We report a case of a 32-year-old man who ingested more than 500 mL of dipropylene glycol-containing Fantasia fog solution (High Energy Lighting, Houston, TX) and subsequently developed acute renal failure, polyneuropathy, and myopathy...
  11. ncbi Bee swarmings in children
    Frank LoVecchio
    Department of Medical Toxicology and Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 25:931-3. 2007
    ..The literature on mass envenomations is scarce, being limited to case reports and case series. There are no prospective studies on mass envenomations in children...
  12. ncbi Outcomes after environmental hyperthermia
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 25:442-4. 2007
    ..This study was conducted to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) with presumed environmental hyperthermia...
  13. ncbi Onset of symptoms after methadone overdose
    Frank LoVecchio
    BannerGood Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 25:57-9. 2007
    ..Methadone ingestion may cause delayed coma and require naloxone infusion. Few studies exist regarding the time development of symptoms following methadone overdose in adults...
  14. ncbi Four-year experience with methotrexate exposures
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Maricopa Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    J Med Toxicol 4:149-50. 2008
    ..Unintentional methotrexate (MTX) acute oral overdose is rarely reported...
  15. ncbi Effect of magnesium hydroxide on iron absorption following simulated mild iron overdose in human subjects
    K L Wallace
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 5:961-5. 1998
    ..To determine the effect of oral magnesium hydroxide [Mg(OH)2] on iron absorption after simulated iron overdose in human subjects...
  16. ncbi Incidence of immediate and delayed hypersensitivity to Centruroides antivenom
    F LoVecchio
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 34:615-9. 1999
    ..To assess the incidence and course of immediate and delayed hypersensitivity to Centruroides antivenom...
  17. ncbi Snakebite envenomation in children: a 10-year retrospective review
    F LoVecchio
    Good Samaritan Regional Poison and Medical Center, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Department of Medical Toxicology, Glendale, AZ, USA
    Wilderness Environ Med 12:184-9. 2001
    ..To describe the epidemiology, short-term outcomes, and clinical characteristics of rattlesnake bites (RSB) in children...
  18. ncbi Antibiotics after rattlesnake envenomation
    Frank LoVecchio
    Good Samaritan Regional Medical and Poison Control Center, Department of Medical Toxicology, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
    J Emerg Med 23:327-8. 2002
    ..Prophylactic antibiotics are not indicated in patients with rattlesnake bites...
  19. ncbi The feasibility of administration of activated charcoal with respect to current practice guidelines in emergency department patients
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center
    J Med Toxicol 3:100-2. 2007
    ..This study was conducted to describe how often patients present within the one-hour time frame and how often the guidelines in the above position statement are being followed...
  20. ncbi Initial postmarketing experience with crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab for treatment of rattlesnake envenomation
    Anne Michelle Ruha
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 39:609-15. 2002
    ..We describe our postmarketing experience with patients receiving Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab (CroFab; FabAV) antivenom for treatment of rattlesnake envenomation...
  21. ncbi Intravenous pyridoxine-induced metabolic acidosis
    F LoVecchio
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 38:62-4. 2001
    ..Effects of pyridoxine infusion on base deficit in amounts given for INH poisoning have not been studied in human subjects. We hypothesized that this infusion would result in transient worsening of acidosis...
  22. ncbi Outcomes after supratherapeutic escitalopram ingestions
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
    J Emerg Med 30:17-9. 2006
    ..ESC toxicity can theoretically be life threatening, but no patients in our series had adverse sequealae after accidental or intentional overdose...
  23. ncbi Outcomes after isolated mirtazapine (Remeron) supratherapeutic ingestions
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
    J Emerg Med 34:77-8. 2008
    ..Mirtazapine overdoses are generally very well tolerated, with the most common symptoms being drowsiness and lethargy. This study is limited by being a retrospective chart review...
  24. ncbi Ventricular fibrillation following inhalation of Glade Air Freshener
    F LoVecchio
    Maricopa Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
    Eur J Emerg Med 8:153-4. 2001
    ..Unlike our case, myocardial sensitization and hypoxia are more commonly described with aromatic, halogenated or longer chain hydrocarbons...
  25. ncbi Boehler's angle and the critical angle of Gissane are of limited use in diagnosing calcaneus fractures in the ED
    Jason R Knight
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 24:423-7. 2006
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the use of Boehler's angle (BA) and the critical angle of Gissane (CAG) in diagnosing calcaneus fractures in the ED...
  26. ncbi Isolated atomoxetine (Strattera) ingestions commonly result in toxicity
    Frank LoVecchio
    Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Control Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
    J Emerg Med 31:267-8. 2006
    ..All symptoms resolved within 30 h. Supratherapeutic ingestions of atomoxetine can result in transient tachycardia, vomiting, and cognitive disturbances...
  27. ncbi Twice treated, twice apprehended, and double crossed Overdose, arrhythmia, and l-transposition of the great arteries in an asymptomatic 36-year-old man
    Blaine M Hannafin
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 24:637-8. 2006
  28. ncbi Chest compression-only CPR by lay rescuers and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Bentley J Bobrow
    Arizona Department of Health Services, 150 N 18th Ave, Ste 540, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA
    JAMA 304:1447-54. 2010
    ..Chest compression-only bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be as effective as conventional CPR with rescue breathing for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
  29. ncbi Intraventricular conduction delay after bupropion overdose
    Steven C Curry
    Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
    J Emerg Med 29:299-305. 2005
    ..Our findings are in keeping with ex vivo studies in which bupropion antagonizes cardiac voltage-gated sodium channels. Bupropion overdose should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexpected QRS widening...
  30. ncbi Myokymia after snake envenomation in Arizona
    Frank LoVecchio
    Wilderness Environ Med 16:116-7. 2005
  31. ncbi Prospective multicenter study of bronchiolitis: predicting safe discharges from the emergency department
    Jonathan M Mansbach
    Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 121:680-8. 2008
    ..Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants. Our objective was to identify factors associated with safe discharge to home from the emergency department...
  32. ncbi The authors respond: Methadone overdose
    Frank LoVecchio
    Am J Emerg Med 25:855-6. 2007
  33. ncbi Safety and efficacy of Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab in pediatric crotaline envenomations
    Anthony F Pizon
    Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 14:373-6. 2007
    ..However, premarketing and postmarketing studies have excluded children. Objectives: To describe the safety and efficacy of CroFab in pediatric crotaline envenomations...
  34. ncbi Lack of scorpion antivenom leads to increased pediatric ICU admissions
    Bradley D Riley
    Ann Emerg Med 47:398-9. 2006
  35. ncbi Media influence on Poison Center call volume after 11 September 2001
    Frank LoVecchio
    Prehosp Disaster Med 19:185. 2004
  36. ncbi Prehospital use of aspirin rarely is associated with adverse events
    Dan Quan
    Midwestern University/Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, Arizona, USA
    Prehospital Disaster Med 19:362-5. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: Aspirin is rarely associated with adverse events when administered by prehospital personnel for presumed coronary syndromes...
  37. ncbi Risperidone-induced priapism with rechallenge
    Stephen D Slauson
    J Emerg Med 27:88-9. 2004
  38. ncbi Delayed absorption of valproic acid, resulting in coma
    Frank LoVecchio
    Acad Emerg Med 9:1464. 2002
  39. ncbi Evaluation of pramoxine ingestion as reported to poison centers
    Henry A Spiller
    Ann Pharmacother 40:996-7. 2006
  40. ncbi The effects of organophosphate pesticide exposure on Hispanic children's cognitive and behavioral functioning
    Chip Gresham
    J Pediatr Psychol 33:446; author reply 447-8. 2008
  41. ncbi One-year experience with aripiprazole exposures
    Frank LoVecchio
    Am J Emerg Med 23:585-6. 2005
  42. ncbi Three-year experience with ziprasidone exposures
    Frank LoVecchio
    Am J Emerg Med 23:586-7. 2005
  43. ncbi Adverse reaction from use of intravenous N-acetylcysteine
    Anthony F Pizon
    J Emerg Med 31:434-5. 2006
  44. ncbi Injection of pyrethroids without significant sequelae
    Frank LoVecchio
    Am J Emerg Med 23:406. 2005
  45. ncbi Effect of activated charcoal on citalopram-induced QT prolongation
    Spencer C Greene
    Ann Emerg Med 52:86-7; author reply 87-8. 2008