Acetaminophen (APAP) intoxication is a common cause of hepatic toxicity and life-threatening hepatic failure. However, few studies have investigated the possible association between APAP intoxication and acute kidney injury (AKI). We constructed a retrospective cohort study to clarify the relationship between APAP intoxication and the risk of AKI.We identified patients with APAP intoxication an...

introduction vit d level is low in human milk (20-60 iu/lit) thus dialy supplement of 400 vit d is advised since birth for all infants. on the other hand upper limit dose for long term vit d intake is 1000 iu/day for children less than one year of age. excessive vit d more than upper limit by physicians or parents can cause hypervitaminosed. we report a rare case of hypervitaminose d in two mon...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate the effect of alcohol intoxication on clinical presentation of hospitalised adult trauma patients at a Level I trauma centre using propensity score matching. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS Detailed data of 929 hospitalised adult trauma patients with alcohol intoxication, aged 20-65 years, and 10 104 correspondin...

CONTEXT In cutaneous melanoma, tumor depth remains the best biologic predictor of patient survival. Detection of prognostically favorable lesions may be associated with improved survival in patients with melanoma. OBJECTIVE To determine melanoma detection patterns and relate them to tumor thickness. DESIGN Interview survey. SETTING AND PATIENTS All patients with newly detected primary cut...

abstract introduction: frequency of tramadol intoxication is increasing as a result of its use as a drug for suppression of withdrawal symptoms by opioids abusers and its wide accessibility of this drug. tramadol intoxication can lead to death and, therefore, early identification of its clinical manifestations is crucial since early detection of the intoxication and its treatment could improve ...

We report a case of methanol intoxication, which was not distinguished from ethylene glycol intoxication during treatment. A 65-year-old man was transferred to our emergency department because of drowsiness and remarkable metabolic acidosis. He was intubated because his consciousness disturbance worsened. The diagnosis was suspected as methanol or ethylene glycol intoxication in addition to eth...