Successful treatment of severe myocardial injury complicated with refractory cardiogenic shock caused by AOPP using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A case report.

Rationale: Acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning (AOPP) is a common critical illness observed in clinical practice, and severe AOPP can cause serious cardiac toxicity.

Patient Concerns: This patient was a 43-year-old woman who was admitted to the emergency department with acute respiratory failure and hypotension 13 hours after oral consumption of 300 mL of phoxim pesticide.

Diagnoses: Acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning, cardiogenic shock.

"Awake" Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Combined With Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy For the Treatment of Severe Chemical Gas Inhalation Lung Injury.

Lung injury caused by chemical gas inhalation is a common clinically severe disease that very easily progresses to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Traditional respiratory support consists mainly of mechanical ventilation, but the prognosis of this condition is still poor. "Awake" extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) maintains oxygenation, improves ventilation, adequately allows the injured lungs to rest, and avoids complications associated with sedation, intubation, and mechanical ventilation.

[Effect of angiotensin II on the expression of aquaporin 1 in lung of rats following acute lung injury].

Objective: To investigate the effect of angiotensin II (Ang II) on the expression of aquaporin 1 (AQP1) in lung of rats with acute lung injury (ALI) and the role of Ang II in the formation of lung edema.

Methods: Forty healthy Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into sham-operated group, model group, Ang II receptor blocker pretreatment group, and Ang II receptor blocker treatment group according to random digits table, with 10 rats in each group. ALI model of rats was reproduced with administration of endotoxin after hemorrhagic shock.

Outbreak of fatal mushroom poisoning with Amanita franchetii and Ramaria rufescens.

Mushroom poisoning continues to occur worldwide. We report a cluster of sudden death in two villages of the Gan County, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China in September 2005. Extensive investigations on the clinical presentation, epidemiological features, food and water sources have led to the identification of mushroom poisoning.