PER CAMNER,1 MARGOT LUNDBORG,1 LENA LÅSTBOM,1 PER GERDE,1 NORMA GROSS,1,2,3 AND CONNIE JARSTRAND2 1Division of Inhalation Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm; 2Division of Clinical and Oral Bacteriology, Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden; and ...

Oral exposure to the secretions of Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus ) can carry a high fatality rate without early and appropriate treatment. In dogs, the clinical syndrome, which is evident almost immediately, manifests in profuse ptyalism along with gastrointestinal, respiratory, and neurologic signs. Severe cardiac arrhythmias develop less frequently. This review will cover the history...

Tobacco is a valuable cash crop. It is the most widely grown non-food crop in the world. Tobacco use is widespread due to its addictive nature of its main constituent nicotine. Therefore, the knowledge of nicotine level in tobacco is important to tobacco industry and in the area of toxicology to control its harmful effect on health. There is no report in the literature on nicotine level of Ethi...

Hypoglycaemia is a common, potentially fatal, yet preventable problem. The aetiology of hypoglycaemia is variable, but druginduced hypoglycaemia remains the commonest cause. Determining the aetiology of hypoglycaemia poses little difficulty in patients known to be taking oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHAs). However, it becomes a challenge in those without a history of such exposure. The Hospital A...

background: oral manifestations are frequently the initial signs of acute leukemia, prompting the patient to consult the dentist first. the gingival tissue is one site commonly involved either by leukemic infiltration or by inflammatory reactive hyperplasia, causing gingival enlargement. the gingival infiltration may also be present without gingival enlargement. early recognition of clinical fi...

These studies were undertaken in order to propose and test new methods for the assessment of the acute hazard of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) to the sediment dwelling oligochaete worm Lumbriculus variegatus. In order to support the developing nanotechnology sector, comprehensive studies must be conducted to assess the toxicity of nanomaterials (NMs) using environmentally relevant organisms. An impor...

Synthetic marijuana is an uptrending designer drug currently widely spread in the US. We report a case of acute deterioration of nonischemic left ventricular dysfunction after exposure to synthetic marijuana. This case illustrates the importance of history taking in cardiac patients and identifies a negative cardiovascular effect of synthetic marijuana known as K2, not yet well detected by urin...

Background: Drug overdose continues to be the most common cause of acute poisoning worldwide. There has been a substantial increase in drug overdose incidence and prevalence over the past decade, probably as a result of the emergence of new synthetic designer drugs. The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with acute drug intoxication...

BACKGROUND the ingestion of chemical agents, of caustic nature, represents a serious problem for clinical toxicology. If the ingestion doesn't cause death during the acute period, it will most often cause severe side effects in the upper gastrointestinal tract during the chronic phase. AIMS The purpose of this study is to show the clinical, epidemiological and socio-economical characteristics...