Acute Chromium Intoxication Caused by Chromic Acid Burns.

[Eye burns caused by selenic acid].

Burns caused by dilute hydrofluoric acid in the bleach.

Two male cleaning workers aged 62 (patient 1) and 28-(patient 2) presented with red, swollen, aching hands and fingers. At the first interview, the fingers of the right hand of both patients were swollen from the proximal interphalangeal joint to the tip of the finger. The fingers were red and intensely painful. The bleach that both patients used contained 9.5% hydrofluoric acid, and therefore ...

Cardiac arrest caused by acute intoxication-insight from a registry.

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to evaluate the epidemiology and outcome after cardiac arrest caused by intoxication. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 1991 to 2010 medical record of patients experiencing cardiac arrest caused by self-inflicted, intentional intoxication was performed. The setting was an emergency department of a tertiary care university hospital. The primary end point...

Burns caused by domestic alkalis.

EVALUATION OF CEFTAZIDIME ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN INFECTIONS CAUSED BY BURNS

In vitro evaluation of ceftazidime antimicrobial activity in infections caused by burn and its comparison to the other antibiotics is presented. In vitro tests for susceptibility to ceftazidime and other antibiotics were carried out on 744 bacterial strains collected from burn infections. The results have shown that generally ceftazidime was more active against Pseudomollas aeruginosa an...