background:the pattern of poisoning has a regional variability. this study was carried out to describe the epidemiological profile of acute poisoning in northeastern bangladesh and to evaluate the mortality. methods:in this retrospective cross-sectional study, medical records of poisoned patients treated at department of medicine of sylhet m.a.g. osmani medical college hospital, sylhet, banglad...

A woman with DE after CO poisoning was longitudinally evaluated by DTI, performed during the following periods: at the phase of acute CO poisoning, the lucid interval, neurologic deterioration due to DE, and neurologic recovery. The present case revealed the long-term course of DTI parameters after CO poisoning and the usefulness of DTI for quantifying neurologic damage after CO poisoning.

The aim of this study was to analyse the frequency of poisoning with psychoactive drugs (benzodiazepines, antidepressants and neuroleptics) over the last 15 years in Croatia. The analysis was based on poisoning incidents reported over the phone (hot line) to the Zagreb Poison Control Center and included two periods: 1985-1991 (period I) and 1992-1999 (period II). The data were analysed separate...

Ca poisoning behavior is inevitable for high-calcium content flue gas, so V2O5-WO3/TiO2 (VWT) and V2O5-WO3-CeO2/TiO2 (VWCeT) catalysts with different vanadium have been prepared the Ca-doped are compared in this manuscript. The result shows Ce addition can both promote NO conversion alkali resistance. Lower 0.1VWCeT catalyst promotes its oxidability modification more suitable low catalysts. tot...

There is inadequate knowledge about acute poisoning as a common problem in children. Acute poisoning in children, , is one of the health problems, requiring immediate treatment. Case report: A two-month-old male infant with discoloration of the nails was admitted to the Emergency Pediatric Unit of Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran in 2014. Following clinical evaluations, the blood lead level w...

Dear Editor,  I read with great interest the brief report entitled "Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning: A Case Series in North Iran" presented by Nosrati et al. and published recently in your journal (1). I have a question from authors and also a suggestion regarding aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning- related studies. I would like to ask authors how they validate the study results, since it is not...

BACKGROUND: The early stage of Copper poisoning is difficult to be clinically diagnosed in sheep and has not been documented clearly yet. OBJECTIVES: To assess biomarkers in predicting early Copper poisoning in sheep, blood samples were collected from several groups of animals from a naturally Copper poisoning occurrence in an industrial region. METHODS: Animals were divided into four experimen...

Background: The easy availability and lack of legal strictures have made organophosphorus compound poisoning the deadly bane for the people of the lower socioeconomic strata, i.e., farmers and laborers. This study was conducted to predict the need for ventilator support in organophosphate poisoning and to identify the factors which help in predicting the need for ventilatory support in organoph...

AIMS To examine whether the changes in coding practice could reduce alcohol poisoning mortality rates in Estonia. METHODS Individual death records in 1983-2009 (age at death 25-64) were used to calculate the 3-year moving averages of age-standardized mortality rates. From 2000 onwards, there was a sharp increase in mortality from mental disorders due to alcohol, and at the same time a remarka...

background: poisoning is one of the main causes of visits to emergency departments and hospitals in iran. drug and poison information centers (dpic) are reliable sources to guide poisoned patients and provide information about pharmaceutical agents. this study was designed to analyze recorded phone calls to iran dpics during 2011-2012. methods: this was a retrospective study on phone calls to d...