Electrocardiographic changes in severe quetiapine poisoning.

Introduction: Quetiapine shares sodium channel-blocking properties with tricyclic antidepressants. We present the electrographic findings in two patients with severe quetiapine poisoning.

Case Summaries: Two patients poisoned with quetiapine presented with impaired consciousness, requiring mechanical ventilation and vasopressor support, with one also experiencing status epilepticus.

From Household Chemical to Medical Emergency: Stroke Induced by Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion.

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) ingestion can lead to severe systemic complications, including neurological sequelae such as acute embolic stroke. We present a case of a 49-year-old male who accidentally ingested approximately 50-60 mL of 50% w/w hydrogen peroxide, resulting in encephalopathy, upper motor neuron quadriparesis, and pulmonary artery thrombosis. The patient's altered sensorium progressed to a stupor, accompanied by acute respiratory distress and abdominal gaseous distension.

The Rising Concern of Ethanol Intoxication from Easy Access to Hand Sanitizers: A Case Report.

BACKGROUND Ethanol intoxication is very common, and several forms of alcohol intoxication can lead to emergency department visits. Excessive alcohol users, when in withdrawal, might seek replacement alcoholic beverages; one of the common sources of ethanol is hand sanitizer, which contains 45-95% alcohol. It becomes even more challenging to deal with alcohol use disorder patients when they seek these replacement products inside hospital premises, and medical clinics and hospitals have increased their use of ethanol-based hand sanitizer since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Radiological changes in lead poisoning.

Introduction: Lead poisoning in childhood remains an important public health concern. We highlight the radiological findings in a patient with a high blood lead concentration.

Case Summary: A 7-year-old girl presented to hospital with abdominal pain, nausea, and asthenia.

Association of Blood Copper With the Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis: An Observational Study.

Background: Copper exposure is reported to be associated with increased risk of stroke. However, the association of copper exposure with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis remains unclear.

Methods And Results: This observational study included consecutive participants from Xinqiao Hospital between May 2020 and August 2021.

Rodenticide poisoning leading to cerebral hemorrhage: A case report.

Rationale: Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are a substantial fraction of murine types. AR poisoning causes bleeding from the skin, mucous membranes, and multiple organs. However, reports of AR-induced cerebral hemorrhage are scarce.

Need More Reasons to Curb Gun Violence?

This collection of images considers complex ethical, public health, and sociopolitical dimensions of firearm injuries. Since many firearm bullets contain lead, visual parallels are drawn between clinical and public health approaches to managing lead poisoning and efforts to reduce gun violence. Like lead toxicity from paint or water, gun violence and toxicity from retained ballistic fragments can adversely influence health and should be a source of concern to clinicians.

Recognition of Ellipsoid-like Herbaceous Tibetan Medicinal Materials Using DenseNet with Attention and ILBP-Encoded Gabor Features.

Tibetan medicinal materials play a significant role in Tibetan culture. However, some types of Tibetan medicinal materials share similar shapes and colors, but possess different medicinal properties and functions. The incorrect use of such medicinal materials may lead to poisoning, delayed treatment, and potentially severe consequences for patients.

as a Potential Candidate for Bioremediation of Heavy Metal from Contaminated Environments.

Disposal of waste containing heavy metals into the environment is a major threat to human health and can result in toxic or chronic poisoning in aquatic life. In the current study, metal-resistant was isolated from metal-contaminated samples collected from the Tanjaro River, located southwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. was identified by partial amplification of 16S rRNA.

Clinical significance of fractional anisotropy in cerebral white matter regional vulnerability caused by carbon monoxide poisoning: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Carbon monoxide poisoning (COP) can lead to various cerebral white matter (WM) lesions across different disease phases and clinical manifestations, and fractional anisotropy (FA) of diffusion tensor imaging has been widely applied to investigate WM injury in these patients. Here we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the utility of FA in evaluating the regional vulnerability of WM injury caused by COP and explore differences between different disease phases and patient subtypes. We systematically searched PubMed, Medline, Scopus and reference lists of appropriate publications to identify relevant studies.

Factors affecting the severity and prognosis of visual damage in inhalational methanol poisoning.

Background/aim: Inhalational methanol poisoning could cause severe damage to visual function. This study analyzed the prognosis of the correlation between the visual function and the relevant risk factors.

Methods: In this retrospective study, 14 patients had confirmed inhalational methanol poisoning, resulting in visual impairment in both eyes.

A Graph Theory Study of Resting-State Functional MRI Connectivity in Children With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

Background: The effect of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning on the topology of brain functional networks is unclear, especially in children whose brains are still developing.

Purpose: To investigate the topological alterations of the whole-brain functional connectome in children with CO poisoning and characterize its relationship with disease severity.

Study Type: Cross-sectional and prospective study.