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BACKGROUND: Successful organ donation has been reported after death from poisonings with cyanide, carbon monoxide, methanol, benzodiazepines, and tricyclic antidepressants. In this report, we describe a case of multiple organ donation from a previously healthy individual who died from poisoning with the long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide, brodifacoum. METHODS: Case report and review of the literature. RESULTS: All organs procured from the poisoned donor functioned adequately, and there were no hemorrhagic complications in any of the recipients. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates that brodifacoum poisoning is not an absolute contraindication to organ donation from brain-dead patients who have sustained a fatal ingestion.
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4-Hydroxycoumarins/poisoning , Anticoagulants/poisoning , Organ Transplantation , Poisoning , Tissue Donors , Adult , Corneal Transplantation , Fatal Outcome , Female , Heart Transplantation , Humans , Kidney Transplantation , Liver Transplantation , Lung Transplantation , Male , Middle Aged , Pancreas Transplantation , SuicideSubject(s)
Bacteria , Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/etiology , Complementary Therapies , Fungi , Tea , Yeasts , Fermentation , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
We report a case of organic tin exposure in a graduate chemistry student. The inhalational and transcutaneous exposure occurred following a laboratory explosion. The patient initially presented with first and second degree burns of the face and chest, and developed an acute loss of short-term memory 72 hours after exposure. The memory loss gradually improved over the course of several months.
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Memory, Short-Term/drug effects , Trimethyltin Compounds/poisoning , Acute Disease , Adult , Humans , Male , Memory Disorders/chemically induced , Psychoses, Substance-Induced/etiologyABSTRACT
A study of alcohol-related injuries presenting to the local emergency room and the campus health service indicated an annualized rate of 25.16 injuries per thousand students. Twenty-four percent of injuries presenting to the emergency room were assessed as alcohol-related; another 6% were listed as being "suspected." Less than 4% of the injuries presenting to the campus health service were assessed as alcohol-related, and a similar number were listed as "suspected." Males had a significantly higher rate of alcohol-related injuries than females, and undergraduates had a higher rate than graduate students. Differences among the undergraduate classes were not significant. An investigation of the time of presentation indicated that most alcohol-related injuries occurred after hours and on weekends.
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Alcohol Drinking , Student Health Services , Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Cohort Studies , Female , Humans , Male , New Hampshire , Wounds and Injuries/etiologyABSTRACT
A number of ocular and nonocular conditions may produce an acutely painful eye or orbit. A careful history and physical examination with special attention to the cornea, sclera, fundus, and cranial nerves will usually delineate the etiology of the pain. In particular, certain life- or vision-threatening conditions such as leaking internal carotid aneurysm, cavernous sinus thrombosis, orbital cellulitis, acute narrow-angle glaucoma, and temporal arteritis must be kept in mind.
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Eye Diseases/physiopathology , Pain/etiology , Acute Disease , Carotid Artery Diseases/complications , Eye Diseases/diagnosis , Giant Cell Arteritis/complications , Glaucoma/complications , Humans , Inflammation/complications , Iritis/complications , Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases/complications , Optic Neuritis/complications , Orbital Diseases/complicationsABSTRACT
Twenty-one woodstove-related burns of the hand and forearm in preschool-aged children were reviewed concerning nature and mechanism of injury, treatment, and clinical course. Two distinct patterns of injury were seen: with infants less than 14 months of age, burns occurred almost exclusively when the child touched the stove intentionally, unable to distinguish it from another piece of furniture; in older children burns were always "accidental." Most burns epithelialized spontaneously with surgical intervention and without functional disability. Protective devices are available and could prevent childhood burns from woodstoves.
