GHB intoxication must be considered in children with coma and a suspicion of drug intoxication. Furthermore, mixed intoxication with several substances and the possibility of unpredictable symptom profiles should be anticipated to ensure optimal symptomatic treatment of patients.

PURPOSE Gait impairment due to encephalopathy and neuropathy has been reported in carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication. Heterotopic ossification (HO) as a cause of gait impairment after CO intoxication has never been reported. In this study we report a patient with HO after CO intoxication. CASE REPORT A 21 year-old woman developed HO after CO intoxication, which resulted in progressive difficul...

Background: Acute opium intoxication is one of the most common causes of poisoning in children in Iran. Although most cases are accidental, traditional misuse of opium for symptomatic therapy of various childhood diseases also contributes to high rate of opium intoxication in Iran. Cases: Here, we report two cases of opium intoxication in infants resulted from transdermal application of opium o...

Background: Paint thinner is a highly toxic chemical solvent, that when inhaled has many psychoactive properties. Chronic abuse of inhalants in humans leads to pronounced neurobiological and neuropsychological impairments; however, limited studies have demonstrated the cytotoxic effects of exposure to organic solvents in its complex mixture form. Objectives: Neuronal cells could be affected by ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of the investigation was to use electroencephalography (EEG) to study whether long-term thinner abuse may result in the slowing, disorganization and asymmetry of the EEG cortical rhythms. METHOD Twenty-two patients attending with antecedent of thinner abuse only, and twenty two controls without alcohol, smoking, and drug abuse in the same age range and gender were stud...

abstract background: aluminum phosphide as a fumigant is extensively used for wheat preservation from rodents and bugs especially in silos worldwide. there is increasing number of acute intoxication with this potentially lethal compound because of its easy availability. we have tried to locate predictors of poor prognosis in patients with aluminum phosphide intoxication in order to find patient...

1. The resistance of adrenal-deficient rats to bacterial intoxication has been significantly increased by an extract of the adrenal cortex. 2. This is shown both for acute intoxication with killed Bacillus typhosus and for chronic intoxication with killed Staphylococcus aureus. 3. During the height of the bacterial intoxication relatively large amounts of the cortical hormone are apparently req...