Introduction: Medical assistance to populations (MAP) is a rich and varied activity, but it is not well known, and its modalities are inconsistent and unclear, particularly in the pediatric field; they can confront the military doctor with difficult management issues. Today, a military doctor deployed in foreign operations (FOs) does not know if he will perform MAP. He does not know how it will be carried out, nor if it will include a pediatric component.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerious to fatal toxicity may occur with amanitin-containing mushrooms ingestions. A Lepiota brunneoincarnata familial poisoning with hepatic toxicity is reported. In such poisonings, acute gastroenteritis may be firstly misdiagnosed leading to delay in preventing liver dysfunction by silibinin or penicillin G.
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