Life threatening water intoxication

Water Intoxication

Surviving a life-threatening 2,4-DNP intoxication: 'Almost dying to be thin'.

[Life-threatening theophylline intoxication: a variant of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy].

We report of a prematurely born infant, who was admitted to hospital at the age of 6 months due to seizures. The seizures continued despite of an improved electroencephalogram due to varying medications. The boy had episodes of hypokaliaemia, diarrhea, and tachycardia which were treated in critical care unit. Not before 3 months of continued treatment and diagnostic work up in three different h...

Life-threatening intoxication with methylene bis(thiocyanate): clinical picture and pitfalls. A case report

BACKGROUND Methylene bis(thiocyanate) (MBT) is a microbiocidal agent mainly used in industrial water cooling systems and paper mills as an inhibitor of algae, fungi, and bacteria. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the first case of severe intoxication following inhalation of powder in an industrial worker. Profound cyanosis and respiratory failure caused by severe methemoglobinemia developed with...

Life –threatening Necrotizing Fasciitis: a case report

Necrotizing fasciitis is characterized by a rapidly progressing necrosis of subcutaneous fat and fascia that rarely occurs in head and neck. It can be life threatening in the case of late diagnosis and antibiotic therapy and without surgical intervention. It is caused by group A streptococci or by a synergistic combination of aerobe and anaerobe microorganisms and bacterial synergy is an import...