ABSTRACT
Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication is the most common cause of death after acute smoke inhalation and may be the most common inhalation toxin overall. The central nervous system and heart are especially vulnerable to CO intoxication. The risk of acute and long-term neurologic effects unders-cores the importance of prompt treatment with high concentration of supplemental oxygen. The authors of this report present some statistical and epidemilogical considerations related to deaths due to carbon monoxide in the City of Buenos Aires. This is an experience of the Judicial Morgue during the decade between the years 1997 and 2007.
Subject(s)
Humans , Accidents, Home/mortality , Accidents, Home/prevention & control , Accidents, Occupational/mortality , Accidents, Occupational/prevention & control , Autopsy/statistics & numerical data , Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/mortality , EpidemiologyABSTRACT
Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication is the most common cause of death after acute smoke inhalation and may be the most common inhalation toxin overall. The central nervous system and heart are especially vulnerable to CO intoxication. The risk of acute and long-term neurologic effects unders-cores the importance of prompt treatment with high concentration of supplemental oxygen. The authors of this report present some statistical and epidemilogical considerations related to deaths due to carbon monoxide in the City of Buenos Aires. This is an experience of the Judicial Morgue during the decade between the years 1997 and 2007.(AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/mortality , Accidents, Home/mortality , Accidents, Home/prevention & control , Accidents, Occupational/mortality , Accidents, Occupational/prevention & control , Autopsy/statistics & numerical data , EpidemiologySubject(s)
Arsenic/isolation & purification , Seawater/analysis , Antarctic Regions , Argentina , Arsenic/toxicityABSTRACT
The presence of organochlorinated pesticides in water samples drawn in the Argentine Antarctic Sector and Atlantic coastline has been proved. In general, these samples showed quantities that varied between a few hundredths of a ppmm to slightly more than 1 ppmm, although in some cases and for certain pesticides, depending on the locations, the levels found were definitely higher. With the exception of Dieldrin, which appeared in only one sample/in what would seem to be its course few hundredths of a ppm, to slightly more than 1 ppmm, although in some cases and for certain pesticides found were the same as those reported in previous investigations. The isolated cases of high pesticide contents in water samples drawn at wharves and of snow in the vicinity of Almirante Brown Base show up clearly the influence of human activity on the contamination of the environment.
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Insecticides/isolation & purification , Seawater/analysis , Aldrin/isolation & purification , Antarctic Regions , Argentina , Chromatography, Gas , DDT/isolation & purification , Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/isolation & purification , Dieldrin/isolation & purification , Heptachlor/isolation & purification , Hexachlorobenzene/isolation & purificationSubject(s)
Argentina , Glacial Ecosystem , Fauna , Insecticides, Organochlorine , Environmental PollutionSubject(s)
Argentina , Environmental Pollution , Insecticides, Organochlorine , Fauna , Glacial EcosystemABSTRACT
Las cátedras de Toxicología de la Facultad de Medicina y Farmacia y Bioquímica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, contando con el apoyo del Instituto Antártico y la Armada Nacional, llevaron a cabo una serie de estudios tendentes a investigar la existencia de ciertos contaminantes en las aguas de nuestra plataforma marítima. Presenta los resultados de las determinaciones efectuadas para evaluar la contaminación por plaguicidas organo-clorados, mercurio y arsénico, en las aguas del litoral atlántico y antártico argentino
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Argentina , Arsenic , Mercury , Sea Water Pollution , PesticidesABSTRACT
Las cátedras de Toxicología de la Facultad de Medicina y Farmacia y Bioquímica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, contando con el apoyo del Instituto Antártico y la Armada Nacional, llevaron a cabo una serie de estudios tendentes a investigar la existencia de ciertos contaminantes en las aguas de nuestra plataforma marítima. Presenta los resultados de las determinaciones efectuadas para evaluar la contaminación por plaguicidas organo-clorados, mercurio y arsénico, en las aguas del litoral atlántico y antártico argentino
