Peyman Erfantalab

Fellowship in Clinical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine Management Research Center, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Predictive Factors of Gastrointestinal Injuries after Exposure to Sodium Hypochlorite

Background: Sodium hypochlorite is found in bleaching agents used to cleaning dishes and bleach laundry. The ingestion of sodium hypochlorite causes acute corrosive esophagitis and gastritis. In establishing the diagnosis and therapeutic approach of acute corrosive poisonings, the upper endoscopy has great importance. The aim of this study was to determine predictive factors of gastrointestinal...

[ 2 ] - Planned Versus Unplanned Extubation in Opioid Overdose Patients: Does it have any effect on the prognosis? A cohort study

Background: Tracheal intubation is a life-saving measure in patients poisoned acutely with opioid, and when naloxone treatment is inadequate. This study determined the risk factors for early unplanned extubation in these patients and evaluated the effects on the clinical outcomes. Methods: At a poisoning center in Tehran, Iran, 165 opioid overdose patients who were admitted to the intensive ca...