Case of Camphor Poisoning

Camphor poisoning following ingestion of nose drops.

Camphor poisoning-An unusual cause of seizure.

advice of psychiatrist. Systemic examination revealed no further abnormality. Her metabolic parameters and CT head was within normal limits. On day 2, patient was in sedated state, but there was no seizure episode or violent behavior. On day three, she was fully alert and well oriented. Since she was a young healthy female without any obvious cause for seizures and psychotic behavior, she was a...

Camphor Poisoning: an evidence-based practice guideline for out-of-hospital management.

A review of national poison center data from 1990 through 2003 showed approximately 10,000 annual ingestion exposures to camphor-containing products. A guideline that determines the threshold dose for emergency department referral and need for pre-hospital decontamination could potentially avoid unnecessary emergency department visits, reduce health care costs, optimize patient outcome, and red...

Case of Strychnia Poisoning

About 1 p.m., on the afternoon of the 8th of September, I "was summoned to see one of the hospital servants, a Goorgah of H. M.'s 8th Bombay N. I., "who, it was alleged, had poisoned himself. On arriving at the hospital I found the would-be suicide lying on a cot in the medical ward, in a high state of excitement, and evidently suffering from very acute pain; his countenance wore an anxious exp...

An interesting case of aluminum phosphide poisoning

Ingestion and inhalation of phosphine are 2 forms of toxicity and their clinical manifestation is extremely wide. A 22-year-old girl was admitted with complaints of nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain after eating lunch. She had a history of celiac disease. On arrival, she was alert and hemody...