Accidental Poisoning due to Sodium Tellurite

Severe Methemoglobinemia due to Sodium Nitrite Poisoning

Case. We report a case of severe methemoglobinemia due to sodium nitrite poisoning. A 28-year-old man was brought to our emergency department because of transient loss of consciousness and cyanosis. He was immediately intubated and ventilated with 100% oxygen. A blood test revealed a methemoglobin level of 92.5%. Outcome. We treated the patient with gastric lavage, activated charcoal, and methy...

Poisoning due to accidental ingestion of Dieffenbachia plant (Dumb cane).

Accidental ingestion of plants and seeds by children are not uncommon and can result in significant symptoms necessitating hospital admission and emergency treatment. Indian data on the exact proportion of poisoning due to these toxic plants are not available. The Araceae family of plants is the major cause of symptomatic plant ingestions in some developed countries (Dieffenbachia and Philodend...

Accidental digitalis poisoning due to drinking herbal tea.

It is well recognised that angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors may cause a profound drop in blood pressure when given to hypertensive patients, especially if the patients are receiving diuretic treatment or are salt depleted.' Profound hypotension may also occur in some patients with congestive heart failure.2 We used only a modest dose of background thiazide diuretic in our study; many hy...

Accidental poisoning.

Accidental poisoning in childhood.

A recent increase in the number of children brought to hospital with accidental poisoning has been noticed in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. In a study of this trend, which has also been recorded in Manchester (Holzel and James, 1951), we have tried to determine whether it reflects a true increase of poisoning in the child population. We have then compared the incidence of the individual toxic agents ...