30 acute organophosphate poisoning patients admitted in our department were classified into three groups of severity based on serum cholinesterase level and clinical syndromes of cholinergic crisis. Atropine was given at dose of 2-5mg every 10-15 minutes until the atropinisation reached then the doses of atropine were adjusted to maintain it. Pralidoxime was administered according to severity and its dosages were titrated as serum cholinesterase levels and clinical changes. Data was analyzed by SPSS for Windows. (1) The patients had good outcome with short duration of hospitalization (5.73.8) and low mortality (3.3%). (2) Serum cholinesterase was correlated with number of clinical symptoms (r=-0.613); clinical score (r=-0.580); number clinical syndromes (r=-0.515); total dose of atropine (-.714) severity of poisoning (r=-0.928) and total dose of PAM (r=-0.721). All correlation was significantly at the 0.01 level. (3) Total dose of PAM was correlated with clinical symptoms (r=0.625); clinical score (r=0.596); clinical syndromes (r=0.658); severity of poisoning (0.695); duration of hospitalization (0.889)
Poisoning ; diagnosis

In order to study the chelating action of d-penicillamine on lead and the possibility of its application to the provocation test for diagnosis of lead poisoning, urinary excretion of lead was measured from 24-hour urine samples before, during and after administration of d-penicillamine by oral route for 5 days on 18 lead workers. The results were as follows: 1. Oral d-penicillamine 600 mg/day raised the excretion of urinary lead by approximately 3 times as compared with initial urinary lead level. 2. Initial urinary lead level was the better indicator of urinary lead excretion in d-penicillamine administration than initial blood lead delta-ALA and hemoglobin level. 3. Oral d-penicillamine may be quite useful in provocation test for lead poisoning.
Diagnosis ; Lead Poisoning ; Penicillamine*

Benzene ; poisoning ; Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Poisoning ; diagnosis

Diphenylamine ; Humans ; Poisoning/diagnosis* ; Tablets

Humans ; Forensic Medicine ; Poisoning/diagnosis*

Humans ; Insecticides ; poisoning ; Organophosphate Poisoning ; diagnosis ; Phorate ; toxicity

Humans ; Infant ; Milk, Human ; chemistry ; Paraquat ; poisoning ; Poisoning ; diagnosis

The development of discolored urine may have many possible causes. Here we present the case of a 76-year-old woman who was admitted after ingesting the inorganic herbicides, mefenacet and imazosulfuron. Her urine color changed to green almost immediately. Since the patient had no specific medication or medical history we considered that the most likely cause of the change in urine color was the ingestion of the herbicides. Spectrophotometric analysis of the urine was conducted and a peak was observed in the green area of the wavelength spectrum. These findings show that mefenacet and imazosulfuron should be considered in the differential diagnosis of green discolored urine.
Acetanilides/*poisoning/urine ; Aged ; Benzothiazoles/*poisoning/urine ; Color ; Eating ; Female ; Herbicides/*poisoning/urine ; Humans ; Poisoning/diagnosis/urine ; Pyridines/*poisoning/urine ; Pyrimidines/*poisoning/urine ; Urinalysis

Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aluminum Compounds ; poisoning ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pesticides ; poisoning ; Phosphines ; poisoning ; Poisoning ; diagnosis ; therapy

55 gardenal-poisoned patients were measured the drug’s blood levels to compare with their clinical manifestations and select appropriate treatment methods. The mean value was 36.87mg/l. The patients with the blood gardenal levels equal to or less than 60mg/l usually had first or second-stage coma, mild respiratory failure (if any), and fewer severe complications. This group of patients only required simple measures such as gastric lavage, the use of activated charcoal, enhanced diuresis and urine alkalization. Whereas the patients with the levels more than 60mg/l commonly suffered from third or fourth-degree coma, severe to life-threatening respiratory failure, hypotension and other severe complications. They not only needed simple curative methods but also mechanical ventilation and hemodialysis. the hemodialysis could reduce the blood gardenal concentration up to 665 for each intervention period. Owing to this extracorporeal technique for the removal of toxins, the duration of mechanical ventilation, enhanced diuresis, urine alkalization as well as the necessary amount of bicarbonate was decreased remarkably.
Phenobarbital ; Phenobarbital/poisoning ; Blood ; Diagnosis ; Therapeutics