Namkee G. Choi, Bryan Y. Choi, C. Nathan Marti, S. David Baker
{"title":"Intentional benzodiazepine poisoning in older adults reported to United States Poison Centers","authors":"Namkee G. Choi, Bryan Y. Choi, C. Nathan Marti, S. David Baker","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2334828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2334828","url":null,"abstract":"Despite known contraindications, benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed for older adults. This study utilizes poison control center data on benzodiazepine-involved cases aged 50 and above to com...","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140831450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samanta M. Zwaag, Claudine C. Hunault, Dylan W. de Lange
{"title":"Predicting the outcome in poisoned patients: look at the past!","authors":"Samanta M. Zwaag, Claudine C. Hunault, Dylan W. de Lange","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2334820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2334820","url":null,"abstract":"When predicting future events, we often rely on analyzing past occurrences and projecting them forward. This methodology is crucial in various fields, including toxicology, in which predicting outc...","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140831116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nozha Brahmi, H. Ben Ghezala, Aymen Mrad, A. Ben Jazia
{"title":"High-dose norepinephrine infusion (100 µg/kg/min) in a near-fatal amlodipine and perindopril poisoning: are there any limits?","authors":"Nozha Brahmi, H. Ben Ghezala, Aymen Mrad, A. Ben Jazia","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2339483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2339483","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140652935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qianqin Li, Yan Huang, Youhong Zhang, Liangbo Zeng, Qing Liang, Jiangfu Luo
{"title":"Venomous snakebites in children: a 10 year experience in South China.","authors":"Qianqin Li, Yan Huang, Youhong Zhang, Liangbo Zeng, Qing Liang, Jiangfu Luo","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2341124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2341124","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION\u0000Many studies have focused on snakebites in adults, but very few have described snakebites in children.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000We reviewed the clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with venomous snakebites aged less than 15 years who presented to a regional medical centre in South China from January 2013 to December 2022.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000A total of 69 envenomed patients were analyzed in our study; 42 (60.9 per cent) patients were male, and 59 (85.5 per cent) reported lower limb bites. Most bites (89.8 per cent) occurred between April and October. Twenty-seven patients received first aid management, and 47 required admission to the general ward. Antivenom was administered to 58 patients, glucocorticoids to 43 patients, antibiotics to 48 patients, and tetanus antitoxin to 40 patients. No fatalities were reported. The most common snake identified was Trimeresurus albolabris. Four were classified as dry bites, 15 as mild, 43 as moderate, and seven as severe. The most common local signs were pain and swelling, while the most common systemic effects were haematological complications. Patients with high severity scores had significantly higher lactate dehydrogenase activities, creatine kinase isoenzyme activities, aspartate aminotransferase activities, D-dimer concentrations, prothrombin times and lower fibrinogen concentrations. In a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the values with the highest Youden index, the following cut-offs proved significant: lactate dehydrogenase activity > 248.1 U/L, creatine kinase isoenzyme activities > 17.5 U/L, fibrinogen concentration < 1,455 mg/L, D-dimer concentration > 437.0 µg/L, aspartate aminotransferase activity > 26.1 U/L, and prothrombin time > 15.2 seconds.\u0000\u0000\u0000DISCUSSION\u0000This study provides insight into the epidemiology, clinical profile, and management of snakebites in children. Data from the present study were compared with those from our previous adult study. Limitations include that 50.7 per cent of our snakebites were attributed to Trimeresurus albolabris. Therefore, the results of our study may not be generalizable to all snakebites.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000The clinical symptoms were more severe in children than in adults in our previous study. Even though there were no fatalities, close monitoring should be performed to detect haematological and other potentially fatal complications promptly.","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140652408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on Beneki E, Dimitriadis K, Antonopoulos A, Aggeli K & Tsioufis K. Kounis syndrome due to remdesivir allergy.","authors":"Öner Özdemir","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2331621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2331621","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140665774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An in vitro study of metformin adsorption to activated charcoal","authors":"Yoshinori Tomoda, Masahiro Kobayashi","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2338556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2338556","url":null,"abstract":"Metformin is a biguanide used to manage patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, metabolic acidosis with an elevated lactate concentration and death caused by metformin overdoses are toxico...","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140636124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to Özdemir O on “Kounis syndrome due to remdesivir allergy”","authors":"Eirini Beneki, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Alexandros Antonopoulos, Konstantina Aggeli, Konstantinos Tsioufis","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2340113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2340113","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Clinical Toxicology (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140630469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increasing severity of medical outcomes and associated substances in cases reported to United States poison centers","authors":"Rita Farah, Ryan J. Cole, Christopher P. Holstege","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2337897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2337897","url":null,"abstract":"Poison centers provide free expert recommendations on the treatment of a wide variety of toxicological emergencies. Prior studies have called attention to the increasing complexity of cases reporte...","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140613561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yamile Sierra-Gordillo, Elkin Peñaranda-Contreras, Margarita M. Gomez Arbeláez, Paula A. Moreno-Lucero
{"title":"Toxic epidermal necrolysis associated with the use of levetiracetam","authors":"Yamile Sierra-Gordillo, Elkin Peñaranda-Contreras, Margarita M. Gomez Arbeláez, Paula A. Moreno-Lucero","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2333810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2333810","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Clinical Toxicology (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140582188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}