We report a case of fatal methaemoglobinaema resulting from sodium nitrite poisoning. A 28 year old woman arrested in the emergency department following collapse. During resuscitation venous blood gas revealed methaemoglobin percentage 81%. Following treatment with methylene blue, bicarbonate and adrenaline, decreased. Prior to transfer intensive care, CT head extensive hypoxic brain injury. Tw...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to use a new data set to compare the circumstances of fatal poisoning in deaths ruled as suicides to those ruled as unintentional, particularly with regard to the prevalence of mental health, substance abuse, and other risk factors. DESIGN The design is an analysis of all fatal poisonings using data from the New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System. P...

Aluminum phosphide (AlP) is used throughout the world as pesticides to protect stored grains from rodents and other pests (Cienki, 2001). The chemical is usually formulated in pellets, granules or as a dust. Upon contact with moisture in the environment, AlP undergoes a chemical reaction yielding phosphine gas (PH3), which is the active pesticidal component and a very toxic system poison, makes...

We analyse the causes of mortality for the Bearded Vulture in Europe. Shooting (31%), intentional poisoning (26%), collision (18%) and unintentional poisoning (12%) were the most important causes of mortality. No differences were found between sexes or age classes (nonadults and adults) for any of the causes of death. When the four main categories of mortality were grouped in periods of 3 years...

In many countries, paracetamol ranks at the top of all known poisoning agents implicated in accidental or intentional poisoning [1]. In general, liver injury caused by drugs is known to be either type A “dose dependent” (intrinsic toxicity) or type B idiosyncratic. Perhaps with the exception of single high dose of drug induced liver injury, most drug induced liver injury (DILI) cases evaluated ...

CONTEXT Seizures may be the presenting manifestation of acute poisoning in children. Knowledge of the etiologic agent, or likely drug-class exposure, is crucial to minimize morbidity and optimize care. OBJECTIVES To describe the agents most commonly responsible for pediatric drug-induced seizures, whose evaluation included a medical toxicology consultation in the United States. METHODS Usin...

Background: Lidocaine is a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic agent. There are reports on accidental and intentional cases of poisoning following injection of lidocaine while rare are the fatal cases realized after oral ingestion of lidocaine. Suicidal poisoning with lidocaine pharmaceutical formulations is rare since no pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral use are available except gels and sp...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to describe the clinical and socio-demographic aspects of acute poisoning in 2010 in Duzce City, Northwest Anatolian Region of Turkey. METHODS Acute poisoning was due to the intentional ingestion of drugs in young and adult people (≥16), who were treated at the Emergency Service of Duzce University Medical Hospital, Turkey from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010....

INTRODUCTION Paraquat poisoning is characterized by multi-organ failure and pulmonary fibrosis with respiratory failure, resulting in high mortality and morbidity. The objective of this study was to identify predictors of mortality in cases of paraquat poisoning. Furthermore, we sought to determine the association between these parameters. METHODS A total of 187 patients were referred for man...