Bollous Lesions in Acute Barbiturate Intoxication

Lawson: Bullous Lesions in Acute Barbiturate Intoxication

Chemical findings in patients with acute nonfatal barbiturate intoxication.

RECENT REPORT from this laboratory (1) disclosed that in the metron area of Cleveland barbiturate compounds are responsible for ximately one-third of all toxic reactions of sufficient severity to e hospitalization. That this situation is not unique to this corny is indicated by many recent reports from other localities in the d States as well as from abroad (2-7). smuch as the victim of barbitu...

Barbiturate protection in acute focal cerebral ischemia.

! Barbiturate Protection in Acute Focal Cerebral Ischemia • We have found that anesthetic technique modifies the neurological and pathological se-quelae of unilateral middle cerebral artery and internal carotid artery occlusion in dogs. Occlu-sion was performed in seven groups of six dogs during each of the following anesthetic regimens: light (0.8%) halothane, "awake," deep (1.9%) halothane, d...

CARDIAC ELECTRICAL DYSFUNCTION IN ACUTE BRAIN LESIONS

This study briefly reviews the heart abnormalities in diverse intracranial pathologies, including strokes, spontaneous and traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracranial hemorrhage, and presents the results of a one-year prospective study of heart abnormalities in patients with moderate to severe head injuries and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Different abnormalities such as: QT -interval, T...

Barbiturate blood levels found at necropsy in proven cases of acute barbiturate poisoning.

In order to determine whether blood barbiturate levels could be used to ascertain that death had been caused by barbiturate overdose, samples of blood from 128 subjects of coroners' necropsies were examined for barbiturate content. Sixty of these were well authenticated cases of barbiturate overdosage, and barbiturates were implicated, together with other factors such as alcohol and carbon mono...