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Clinico-epidemiology of tarantula (Poecilotheria spp.) bites in Sri Lanka.
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2446555
R M M K Namal Rathnayaka, P E Anusha Nishanthi Ranathunga
{"title":"Clinico-epidemiology of tarantula (<i>Poecilotheria</i> spp.) bites in Sri Lanka.","authors":"R M M K Namal Rathnayaka, P E Anusha Nishanthi Ranathunga","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2446555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2446555","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Tarantulas of the <i>Poecilotheria</i> genus are medically important arthropods in Sri Lanka and are also found in India. This study aimed to describe the epidemiological and clinical features of tarantula bites in Sri Lanka.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a prospective observational study of patients with tarantula bites over 3.5 years in the medical and paediatric wards at two hospitals in Sri Lanka starting in February 2021. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 17 patients with tarantula bites of whom 15 were adults and two were children. The median age of adults was 47 years (range 26-62 years). Most were males (12/17) and were bitten in the daytime (14/17), in small jungles (8/17), and on their feet (8/17). Most (11/17) were admitted to the medical facility within 1 h of the bite. Sixteen of 17 patients developed local envenoming features including local pain in 15, local swelling in 13, erythema at the site of the bite in five, and itching in four. Three of 17 had generalized muscle pain and four were found to have painful muscle cramps.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Tarantula bites from the Poecilotheria genus frequently cause local envenoming effects but few patients develop muscle pain and painful muscle cramps.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":"63 2","pages":"112-114"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143440087","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}
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Refractory methemoglobinemia after ingestion of N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine. 摄入 N,N-二甲基对甲苯胺后出现难治性高铁血红蛋白症。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2439566
Chih-Yang Mao, Yen-Syuan Liao, Te-I Weng, Hsien-Yi Chen
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Regional readiness for sodium nitrite-induced methemoglobinemia: availability of methemoglobin testing and methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue) stocking in the Upper Midwestern United States. 区域对亚硝酸钠引起的高铁血红蛋白血症的准备情况:美国中西部地区高铁血红蛋白检测和甲基硫代氯化铵(亚甲基蓝)库存的可用性。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2436059
Travis D Olives, Jack B Goldstein, Morgan L Forgette, Paul Young, Jon B Cole
{"title":"Regional readiness for sodium nitrite-induced methemoglobinemia: availability of methemoglobin testing and methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue) stocking in the Upper Midwestern United States.","authors":"Travis D Olives, Jack B Goldstein, Morgan L Forgette, Paul Young, Jon B Cole","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2436059","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2436059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Sodium nitrite is a potent oxidizer, which may precipitate rapidly lethal methemoglobinemia. Prompt diagnosis and treatment may salvage otherwise fatal cases. It is unclear if emergency departments are prepared for increasing cases. We describe the availability and geographic distribution of real-time methemoglobin testing and methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue) availability in three contiguous United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a cross-sectional survey of hospitals served by a regional poison center in the Upper Midwestern United States. Hospitals were identified by cross-referencing poison center, health department, and state trauma databases. We queried methemoglobin testing capabilities of each site as well as immediate methylthioninium chloride availability. Resulting data are described with descriptive statistics, and predictors of testing and treatment availability are evaluated in multivariable logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 320 hospitals with emergency care, analyzing 228 (71.3%) after exclusions. Real-time methemoglobin testing was available at 56 sites (30.6% of 183 respondents). Of hospitals describing methylthioninium chloride availability, 59.4% (130/219) reported having it on-site. A significant difference in real-time methemoglobin testing existed across largest and smallest population strata in adjusted analysis (OR: 64.6: 95% CI: 4.1-1,037). Similarly disparate availability of methylthioninium chloride was observed. Spatial distribution of methemoglobin testing and methylthioninium chloride availability demonstrated notable urban-rural disparities.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These data demonstrate a wide disparity in the availability of real-time methemoglobin testing and methylthioninium chloride availability, suggesting that the region is ill-prepared to care for severe methemoglobinemia. Our analysis points to a disconnect between our current poison center recommendations and the capacities of our consulting institutions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We demonstrate urban-rural disparities in diagnostic and therapeutic capacity for the management of acute methemoglobinemia in this region, as well as significant geographic variations in methylthioninium chloride stocking and poisoning preparedness. Poison centers must therefore maintain an awareness of antidote availability for this emerging toxicological emergency.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":" ","pages":"92-101"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142945812","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}
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Characterization of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist exposures reported to a single United States poison center. 美国中毒中心报告的胰高血糖素样肽-1 (GLP-1)激动剂暴露的特征。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-13 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2444642
Karen Muschler, Rachael Muschalek, Christopher Hoyte
{"title":"Characterization of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist exposures reported to a single United States poison center.","authors":"Karen Muschler, Rachael Muschalek, Christopher Hoyte","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2444642","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2444642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists have gained attention in recent years due to their efficacy in managing type II diabetes mellitus and their emerging role in weight management. The purpose of this study was to characterize glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist exposures reported to a single United States regional poison center over nine years, including causes of exposure, associated clinical effects, and potential areas for improving patient education and safety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study analyzed all poison center calls involving glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists submitted to a single United States regional poison center from 14 January 2014 to 1 May 2023. Data were abstracted from the electronic medical record of the poison center, including demographics, call volume, drug involved, type of exposure, frequency of hypoglycemia, and other side effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two hundred and thirty-seven cases involving glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists were reported to the poison center. The annual number of cases increased sharply over this period. Most patients (<i>n</i> = 166, 70.0%) were females. Most calls (<i>n</i> = 164, 69.2%) were due to unintentional therapeutic errors. Semaglutide was the most frequently involved medication (<i>n</i> = 72, 36.0%). Hypoglycemia was identified in eight patients (3.4%). The lowest mean (±SD) blood glucose concentration in these hypoglycemic patients was 49.6 ± 23.7 mg/dL (2.76 ± 1.3 mmol/L).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Unintentional therapeutic errors were involved in 164 (69.2%) cases. Despite the generally mild clinical effects observed in this study, the occurrence of hypoglycemia in a subset of patients, often requiring hospitalization, is of concern. With reports of the acquisition of these medications through online platforms and poorly regulated compounding sources, this trend may pose public health risks.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates the increasing incidence of glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist exposures reported to a United States regional poison center, predominantly due to unintentional overdoses, which highlights the need for ongoing patient education.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":" ","pages":"133-136"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142969900","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}
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Predicting delayed neurological sequelae in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning using machine learning models. 使用机器学习模型预测一氧化碳中毒患者的延迟神经系统后遗症。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-14 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2437113
Yunfeng Zhu, Tianshu Mei, Dawei Xu, Wei Lu, Dan Weng, Fei He
{"title":"Predicting delayed neurological sequelae in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning using machine learning models.","authors":"Yunfeng Zhu, Tianshu Mei, Dawei Xu, Wei Lu, Dan Weng, Fei He","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2437113","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2437113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Delayed neurological sequelae is a common complication following carbon monoxide poisoning, which significantly affects the quality of life of patients with the condition. We aimed to develop a machine learning-based prediction model to predict the frequency of delayed neurological sequelae in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A single-center retrospective analysis was conducted in an emergency department from January 01, 2018, to December 31, 2023. We analyzed data from patients with carbon monoxide poisoning, which were divided into training and test sets. We developed and evaluated sixteen machine learning models, using accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and other relevant metrics. Threshold adjustments were performed to determine the most accurate model for predicting patients with carbon monoxide poisoning at risk of delayed neurological sequelae.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 360 patients with carbon monoxide poisoning were investigated in the present study, of whom 103 (28.6%) were diagnosed with delayed neurological sequelae, and two (0.6%) died. After threshold adjustment, the synthetic minority oversampling technique-random forest model demonstrated superior performance with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.89 and an accuracy of 0.83. The sensitivity and specificity of the model were 0.9 and 0.8, respectively.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study developed a machine learning-based synthetic minority oversampling technique-random forest model to predict delayed neurological sequelae in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning, achieving an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.89. This technique was used to handle class imbalance, and shapley additive explanations analysis helped explain the model predictions, highlighting important factors such as the Glasgow Coma Scale, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, kidney function, immune response, liver function, and blood clotting.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The machine learning-based synthetic minority oversampling technique-random forest model developed in this study effectively identifies patients with carbon monoxide poisoning at high risk for delayed neurological sequelae.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":" ","pages":"102-111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142976823","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}
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Understanding an overdose: intention, motivation, and risk.
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2447490
Matthew Robert Dernbach, Erin Seery, J J Rasimas, Hilary S Connery
{"title":"Understanding an overdose: intention, motivation, and risk.","authors":"Matthew Robert Dernbach, Erin Seery, J J Rasimas, Hilary S Connery","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2447490","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2447490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Overdose is frequently categorized dichotomously: an inadvertent therapeutic or recreational misadventure versus a deliberate overdose for self-injurious or suicidal purposes. Categorizing overdoses based on this dichotomy of intention is fraught with methodological problems and may result in potentially inappropriate and/or divergent care pathways.</p><p><strong>Overdose-related intent lies along a continuum: </strong>Suicidality can rapidly shift in magnitude and frequency at different points in time. A patient's overdose may reflect varying degrees of desire to die, ambivalence about living, disregard for risk, or pleasure-seeking. Careful assessment of overdose-related cognitions is warranted in all overdose patients.</p><p><strong>The clinical interview is key to understanding an overdose: </strong>There is an irreducibly subjective character to an overdose such that a collaborative understanding of an overdose episode can only be discovered by spending time in dialogue with the patient. At the same time, the objective risk factors for and circumstances of the overdose need to be integrated with the subjective experience for a comprehensive prevention approach.</p><p><strong>There can be several motivations underlying an overdose: </strong>Some overdoses might be wholly inadvertent or simply impulsive. However, if there is some degree of intent present, then the patient who overdosed has attempted to communicate something by means of that overdose, and this message might include something other than the desire to die.</p><p><strong>Attending to both the subjective and objective perspectives of an overdose can assist in identifying modifiable risk factors: </strong>Overdose-related intent and motivation may be targeted with treatment plans to reduce elevated risk states. Some patient-specific overdose risk factors are modifiable, such as managing mental health and other psychosocial issues, reducing access to lethal means, and promoting safe prescribing and medication administration practices. Other risk factors are either unmodifiable (e.g., personal history of overdose) or involve public health systems.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overdose-whether involving medications, illicit substances, hazardous chemicals, or otherwise-can be conceptualized as a single behavioral episode with variable intentionality, personal motivations, and risk factors. Clinical/medical toxicologists are uniquely positioned to contribute to personalized risk reduction post-overdose.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":" ","pages":"75-82"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143045710","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}
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Why so blue? A novel presentation of methaemoglobinaemia secondary to an inhaled occupational nitric acid exposure. 为什么这么忧郁?职业性吸入硝酸暴露致甲基血红蛋白血症的新表现。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2440547
James M Colalillo, Kirsty Skinner
{"title":"Why so blue? A novel presentation of methaemoglobinaemia secondary to an inhaled occupational nitric acid exposure.","authors":"James M Colalillo, Kirsty Skinner","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2440547","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2440547","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Nitric and hydrofluoric acids are commonly used in the commercial cleaning industry. We are unaware of reports of nitric acid inhalation forming methaemoglobin. Additionally, methaemoglobinaemia and treatment with methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue) may precipitate clinical uncertainty due to similar wavelengths of absorbance in pulse oximetry.</p><p><strong>Cases: </strong>We report two patients with respiratory distress from symptomatic methaemoglobinaemia following a prolonged, inhaled occupational exposure to nitric acid in the context of industrial cleaning. Their methaemoglobinaemia was successfully treated with methylthioninium chloride, per remote toxicology advice. However transient oxygen desaturation as reported by pulse oximetry resulted in concern from the treating team.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The liberation of oxides of nitrogen from nitric acid bypasses the upper airway without irritation and dissolves in the mucoid lower respiratory tract, oxidising haemoglobin to methaemoglobin. Prolonged undetected exposure with filter saturation, and impaired ventilation is the proposed cause of methaemoglobinaemia in the cases presented. Additionally, methylthioninium chloride absorbs light at the 660 nm wavelength interfering with pulse oximeter interpretation, precipitating the appearance of rapid, severe oxygen desaturation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Lack of upper airway irritation can lead to unrecognised prolonged nitric acid fume exposure causing methaemoglobinaemia. Remote toxicology advice should include pulse oximeter interference expectations in the presence of methaemoglobinaemia and when administering methylthioninium chloride.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":" ","pages":"145-147"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846049","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}
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Electrocardiographic changes in severe quetiapine poisoning. 严重喹硫平中毒的心电图变化。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2436618
Fumiya Inoue, Yuji Okazaki, Toshihisa Ichiba, Takuyo Chiba, Akira Namera
{"title":"Electrocardiographic changes in severe quetiapine poisoning.","authors":"Fumiya Inoue, Yuji Okazaki, Toshihisa Ichiba, Takuyo Chiba, Akira Namera","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2436618","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2436618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Quetiapine shares sodium channel-blocking properties with tricyclic antidepressants. We present the electrographic findings in two patients with severe quetiapine poisoning.</p><p><strong>Case summaries: </strong>Two patients poisoned with quetiapine presented with impaired consciousness, requiring mechanical ventilation and vasopressor support, with one also experiencing status epilepticus. Their peak serum quetiapine concentrations were 4.52 mg/L and 25.6 mg/L.</p><p><strong>Images: </strong>On admission, electrocardiograms for both patients revealed a tall R wave in lead aVR, deep S wave in lead I, and QRS complex duration of 120 ms. These findings gradually resolved in parallel with the improvement in their symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Severe quetiapine poisoning may cause electrographic changes. Further studies are needed to determine the utility of these electrocardiogram findings for predicting the severity of quetiapine poisoning.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":" ","pages":"139-141"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142799555","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}
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Pediatric exposure to illicit fentanyl is associated with drug availability in the community. 儿童接触非法芬太尼与社区药物供应有关。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2438271
Robert G Hendrickson, Amber L Lin, Courtney Temple
{"title":"Pediatric exposure to illicit fentanyl is associated with drug availability in the community.","authors":"Robert G Hendrickson, Amber L Lin, Courtney Temple","doi":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2438271","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15563650.2024.2438271","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Fentanyl has replaced diacetylmorphine (heroin) as the primary illicit opioid in the United States. Over the last several years, exposures to illicit fentanyl in small children have increased nationally. We hypothesized that the increase in illicit fentanyl in the community, as measured by regional drug seizures, would be associated with the number of pediatric exposures to illicit fentanyl.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To assess the number of pediatric illicit fentanyl exposures, we searched the regional poison center database for human exposures in children under 6 years old from January 1, 2019-December 31, 2023. We searched for all cases with fentanyl in the substance field and excluded cases that identified prescription fentanyl in the substance code, product code, or had an exposure reason not consistent with illicit fentanyl. We quantified illicit fentanyl drug seizures in our state by using the Drug Enforcement Administration data. We used Poisson regression to assess the association between drug availability in the community (drug seizures) and pediatric fentanyl exposures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase in both illicit fentanyl drug seizures (from 11.7 kg/year to 177 kg/year) and pediatric fentanyl exposures (from zero to 16), and there was a significant association (incident rate ratio 1.90; 95% CI: 1.50-2.53; <i>P</i> <0.001) between these rates.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>We report a strong association between drug availability in the community and pediatric exposures, suggesting that drug seizure data may be a valuable tool for poison centers, medical toxicologists, and public health officials.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our data suggest that monitoring regional drug seizure data may be a tool to determine new trends in pediatric exposure, guide research in the area, and target outreach and education.</p>","PeriodicalId":10430,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Toxicology","volume":" ","pages":"115-117"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806331","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}
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The relationships of plasma profenofos and ethanol concentrations to clinical outcome in acute profenofos self-poisoning. 急性丙诺福自我中毒患者血浆丙诺福和乙醇浓度与临床预后的关系。
IF 3 3区 医学
Clinical Toxicology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-14 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2437119
Jeevan Dhanarisi, Michael Eddleston, Klintean Wunnapuk, Indika Gawarammana, Fahim Mohamed
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