Assessment of ventilatory functions and associated inflammatory markers among workers in slaughterhouses.

Objective: Meat processing is among the most extensive industries globally. However, data on the effects of occupational exposure on the pulmonary health of slaughterhouse workers is limited. Ascertaining the impact of the slaughterhouse atmosphere on the breathing habits of laborers exposed to it and the inflammatory markers associated with it was the aim of the current investigation.

Successful Management of Severe Unresponsive Snake Bite Envenomation Using Plasmapheresis and Corticosteroid at Egyptian National Environmental and Clinical Toxicology Research Center: A Case Report.

Snakebite is a significant public health issue in which venom-induced consumption coagulopathy is a common and serious complication that results from the activation of the coagulation pathway by snake toxins. We report a male patient, 56 y old, who was thought to have been bitten by a snake on his left foot. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he received analgesics and 3 snake polyvalent antivenom vials, and then he was transported to our hospital after 12 h.