ALLMedicine™ Poisoning Center

Jul 31st, 2021 - Acetamiprid is a potent new first-generation neonicotinoid insecticide in agricultural practices. It is well described that it has low toxicity among animals and is lethal if consumed in large amounts. However, toxicity in humans is rarely reporte...

Jul 31st, 2021 - Hydrogen cyanide and methanethiol are two toxic gases that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase. Cyanide is generated in structural fires and methanethiol is released by decaying organic matter. Current treatments for cyanide exposure do not...

Jul 29th, 2021 - A 46-year-old man experienced facial burns due to a fire in his house. In the prehospital setting, suspecting inhalation injury and carbon monoxide poisoning, an emergency physician decided to bring him to the hospital for carbon dioxide (CO2) mon...

Jul 28th, 2021 - The objectives are to determine the effect of NaHCO3 and/or mechanical ventilation on the biochemical profile and serum alkalinisation in tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) poisoning and investigate the impact of effective alkalinisation therapy on th...

Jul 28th, 2021 - Alpha-chloralose (AC) is used as a rodenticide as well as an anaesthetic agent in laboratory animals. It was previously also used as an avicide. Detection of AC in blood samples or post-mortem in body tissues is key for diagnosis of clinical cases...

Aug 31st, 2019 - The release of chemical agents can cause loss of life and result in major incidents. Chemical agent-related major incidents require a modified response by emergency services due to the chemicals' transmissibility, lethality, latency and persistenc...

Apr 26th, 2019 - Background: The assessment and management of patients with QT interval prolongation in poisoning requires an appropriate method of measuring and adjusting the QT interval for the heart rate (HR) in order to decide if the patient is at risk of life...

Dec 21st, 2016 - Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.|2016| ,Wolf SJ,Maloney GE,Shih RD,Shy BD,|metabolism,complications,diagnosis,metabolis...

Aug 4th, 2016 - British Association of Dermatologists' guidelines for the safe and effective prescribing of methotrexate for skin disease 2016.|2016|Warren RB,Weatherhead SC,Smith CH,Exton LS,Mohd Mustapa MF,|adverse effects,chemically induced,etiology,complicati...

Mar 10th, 2016 - ACMT Position Statement: Duration of Intravenous Acetylcysteine Therapy Following Acetaminophen Overdose.|2016| ,|poisoning,administration & dosage,poisoning,administration & dosage,diagnosis,drug therapy,standards,

May 6th, 2020 - Benzene is a known leukemogen and may cause lymphoma as well, but its ability to , cause these conditions below 10 parts per million (ppm) in air are unclear. It is currently regulated in the United States at 1 ppm as an 8-hour time-weighted avera...

Mar 25th, 2020 - Gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB) causes severe poisoning that requires emergency medical and hospital care. In addition, it is used as an anesthetic for planned sexual assault. Laboratory analyses will help assess whether today's clinical diagnostics of...

Mar 4th, 2020 - Oxygen is probably one of the commonest "non-prescription" drug used in the hospital and its advantage in several situations including carbon monoxide poisoning, central hypoxia and prior to planned intubation in an acute situation are today well-...

Nov 13th, 2019 - Suspicions of carbon monoxide poisoning that lead to the treatment of victims are numerous. Measurement of transcutaneous carbon monoxide saturation (SpCO) is a useful diagnostic and triage tool for victims and the toxic threshold is clearly defin...

Jul 30th, 2019 - Non-anthrax Bacillus Species bacteria can be responsible for food poisoning and local infections. Rarely, they lead to severe infections like blood stream infections and meningitis especially in immunocompromised patients like preterm infants. Bac...

The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death. Recalled Product Product Name: LeadCare Plus and LeadCare Ultra Blood Lead Testing Systems Serial Numbers: ...

Jun 11th, 2021 - The piercing sound was so loud that night it awoke the official assigned to the US embassy in Cuba who was trying to sleep at home in Havana. Intense pressure to the face followed the stabbing noise as the civil servant ached in pain with nausea a...

Summary Company Announcement Date: May 20, 2021 FDA Publish Date: May 25, 2021 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Presence of methanol Company Name: Global Sanitizers Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Medically Minded P...

Summary Company Announcement Date: May 12, 2021 FDA Publish Date: May 13, 2021 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Presence of methanol Company Name: Global Sanitizers Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Medically Minded P...

Mar 16th, 2021 - Buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid-use disorder (OUD) may also mitigate the risk associated with concomitant benzodiazepine and Z-drug use, which is frequent in this patient population, new research suggests. A case-crossover study of more ...