The role of pets in the lives of people with dementia: a scoping review.

Objectives: This scoping review is designed to understand the role of pet ownership in the lives of people living in the community with dementia.

Method: A five-stage framework for conducting a scoping review guided the review. Two research questions framed the study.

Bromism: An overlooked and elusive toxidrome from chronic dextromethorphan abuse.

A 47 year old woman presented to the emergency department for an intentional overdose of an over the counter cough suppressant. She had been seen multiple times over the last several months with the same presentation. Her work up revealed a significantly elevated chloride level (125 mmol/L, normal 98-107) as well as an anion gap of 1.

Chronic low-level arsenite exposure through drinking water increases blood pressure and promotes concentric left ventricular hypertrophy in female mice.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and worldwide. High incidence of cardiovascular diseases has been linked to populations with elevated arsenic content in their drinking water. Although this correlation has been established in many epidemiological studies, a lack of experimental models to study mechanisms of arsenic-related cardiovascular pathogenesis has limited our understanding of how arsenic exposure predisposes for development of hypertension and increased cardiovascular mortality.