Naren Gunja

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Teenage toxins: recreational poisoning in the adolescent
    Naren Gunja
    The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
    J Paediatr Child Health 48:560-6. 2012
  2. ncbi Management of cardiac arrest following poisoning
    Naren Gunja
    New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 23:16-22. 2011
  3. ncbi Management of intentional superwarfarin poisoning with long-term vitamin K and brodifacoum levels
    Naren Gunja
    NSW Poisons, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 49:385-90. 2011
  4. ncbi Decontamination and enhanced elimination in sustained-release potassium chloride poisoning
    Naren Gunja
    New South Wales Poisons, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 23:769-72. 2011
  5. ncbi Energy drinks: health risks and toxicity
    Naren Gunja
    NSW Poisons Information Centre, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW
    Med J Aust 196:46-9. 2012
  6. ncbi A comparison of venlafaxine and SSRIs in deliberate self-poisoning
    Agnes N Chan
    Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia
    J Med Toxicol 6:116-21. 2010

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Teenage toxins: recreational poisoning in the adolescent
    Naren Gunja
    The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
    J Paediatr Child Health 48:560-6. 2012
    ..Although many teenagers are concerned about 'drink spiking' with club drugs, the most common agent causing drink spiking incidents is ethanol...
  2. ncbi Management of cardiac arrest following poisoning
    Naren Gunja
    New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 23:16-22. 2011
    ..Ideally, toxicological expertise should be sought before the withdrawal of active treatment in cardiac arrest or shock from known or suspected poisoning...
  3. ncbi Management of intentional superwarfarin poisoning with long-term vitamin K and brodifacoum levels
    Naren Gunja
    NSW Poisons, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 49:385-90. 2011
    ..Management is also contentious with uncertainty over the dose, frequency, and duration of antidote treatment with vitamin K. The role of brodifacoum levels in guiding management is not entirely established...
  4. ncbi Decontamination and enhanced elimination in sustained-release potassium chloride poisoning
    Naren Gunja
    New South Wales Poisons, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 23:769-72. 2011
    ..In cases where most of the tablet matter has already been absorbed, extracorporeal methods of rapidly reducing the total body burden of potassium, such as haemodialysis, might be life-saving...
  5. ncbi Energy drinks: health risks and toxicity
    Naren Gunja
    NSW Poisons Information Centre, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW
    Med J Aust 196:46-9. 2012
    ..To describe the epidemiology and toxicity of caffeinated energy drink exposures in Australia...
  6. ncbi A comparison of venlafaxine and SSRIs in deliberate self-poisoning
    Agnes N Chan
    Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia
    J Med Toxicol 6:116-21. 2010
    ..They were also more likely to be older, take a higher DDD of the drug, and have confusion and mydriasis. This has implications for management of severely depressed and suicidal patients...