CONTEXT Previous reports of acute toxicity/harm associated with mephedrone use have been based on self-reported mephedrone use; toxicological screening has not been undertaken in these cases to determine whether mephedrone has been used. OBJECTIVE To report the first case series of analytically confirmed mephedrone-related acute toxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Serum samples were collected f...

BACKGROUND Breast conserving therapy (BCT) is an accepted treatment for early-stage breast cancer. This study aimed to measure prospectively acute radiation-related toxicity and to create a comprehensive data base for long-term temporal analyses of 3D conformal adjuvant radiotherapy. The specific aspect of age has been neglected by traditional research. Therefore, the impact of age on acute BCT...

background: previous literatures have shown a transient ischemic attack  (tia) mimic rate  of 9-31%. we aimed  to ascertain the proportion of stroke mimics amongst suspected tia patients. methods: a prospective observational study was performed in   ghaem   hospital,   mashhad,   iran   during   2012-2013. consecutive tia patients  were identified in a stroke center. the  initial diagnosis  of ...

background: . the aim of this study was to investigate of relationship of musculoskeletal symptoms with weight of backpack in tehran secondary school students. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in the city of tehran in 2009. two hundred thirteen students partici­pated in study. nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire was used, asking about complaints of back, neck, and/or shoulders...

aim : to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and signs among persons with diabetes mellitus in a specialist hospital. background : gastrointestinal symptoms and signs are common among patients with diabetes mellitus. morbidity from patients and methods : in this descriptive, cross-sectional study, subjects from the general population with diabetes (n=200) were recruited for th...

Several theories as to the cause of tobacco frenching have been proposed, but each in its turn has been found to be erroneous. Kecently, it has been postulated that frenching is probably a symptom of thallium toxicity. Since the demonstration of the presence of thallium in frenched tobacco tissue in toxic amounts or its absence is essential to an evaluation of the thalhum-toxicity theory, and t...

This study was aimed to investigate an acute toxicity and effects of Nelumbo nucifera flower extract (NNFE) on hyperglycemic and hypolipidemic effects in streptozytocin-induced diabetic rats. In vivo acute toxicity study of NNFE was carried out by once oral administration various doses (0, 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 mg/kg) of the extract to healthy male adult Wistar rats. Sign or symptom of toxic...

Citrus are sensitive to boron (B)-toxicity. In China, B-toxicity occurs in some citrus orchards. So far, limited data are available on B-toxicity-responsive proteins in higher plants. Thirteen-week-old seedlings of "Sour pummelo" (Citrus grandis) and "Xuegan" (Citrus sinensis) was fertilized every other day until dripping with nutrient solution containing 10 μM (control) or 400 μM (B-toxicity) ...

5-FU was discontinued. Previous reports have identified angina1 symptoms as a rare symptom of 5-FU cardiac toxicity.1-5 Some of these patients had also undergone irradiation4 of the left ventricle or had coronary artery disease.‘s3 Underwood et a1.6 suggested coronary artery spasm as a possible mechanism of toxicity. Other proposed mechanisms have included an autoimmune response and inflammator...

Objective: Determine the total number of Category-1 patients with ocular toxicity from Ethambutol after DOTS therapy. Methodology: This study conducted in department Ophthalmology abaseen hospital and Khyber medical center Peshawar over one year, May 2021 to April 2022 included TB (both genders) aged 14 65 who had normal parameters on an ophthalmological examination when starting treatment. The...