Radiological findings in poisoning by synthetic cannabinoids adulterated with brodifacoum.

Objectives: Severe coagulopathy due to consumption of synthetic cannabinoids adulterated with brodifacoum, a long-acting anticoagulant, is an emerging worldwide hazard. Here, we review the spectrum of imaging findings in adulterated cannabinoid poisoning.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, we used the Israeli Poison Information Center database to identify patients with cannabinoid-associated coagulopathy who presented to the Rambam Health Care Campus, where most patients were treated during an outbreak in northern Israel between September 2021 and June 2022.

An outbreak of severe coagulopathy in northern Israel among users of illicit synthetic cannabinoids adulterated with brodifacoum.

Introduction: Adulteration of illicit drugs is a well-known phenomenon that may expose consumers to unexpected adverse effects. We report a large outbreak of severe coagulopathy in northern Israel during nine months in 2021-2022 among users of synthetic cannabinoids adulterated with a long-acting anticoagulant, brodifacoum.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study based on data extracted from the Israeli National Poison Information Center database and from electronic medical patient records at three participating hospitals.

Reduced Electroretinogram Responses in Morphologically Normal Retina in Patients with Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1.

Purpose: To describe ocular findings in individuals with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), focusing on the correlations between retinal anatomy and retinal function. To characterize the retinal alterations that occur at different disease stages by evaluating individuals with diverse degrees of renal impairment associated with PH1.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Ophthalmologic emergency room visits during COVID-19 lockdown-Characterization from Haifa, Israel.

Purpose: To characterize quantitative differences among ophthalmologic emergency room (OER) encounters at Rambam Health Care Campus during a 6-week complete lockdown at the peak of the first COVID-19 wave as compared to a corresponding uneventful period a year earlier.

Methods: A retrospective chart analysis of all OER encounters during the lockdown and non-lockdown period was conducted. Patients were stratified into primary ophthalmological conditions (OER visits) and cases in which ophthalmologic consultations were requested by a non-ophthalmologist (OER consultations).

[CUFFING PRISONERS AND DETAINEES IN ISRAELI HOSPITALS - A MULTI-CENTER STUDY].

Aims: To describe the extent of prisoner/detainee cuffing and characterize cuffing methods.

Background: Thousands of prisoners and detainees receive medical treatment in Israeli hospitals every year. According to the Israeli law, cuffing during hospital stay should be an exceptional measure, to be considered only in cases of real threat of violence or escape, based on individual assessment.

From sleep medicine to medicine during sleep-a clinical perspective.

. In this perspective paper, we aim to highlight the potential of sleep as an auspicious time for diagnosis, management and therapy of non-sleep-specific pathologies..