RECOVERY AFTER APPARENTLY FATAL CHLOROFORM NARCOSIS.

[Fitness for automobile driving after inhalation narcosis].

Carbon Dioxide, Narcosis,

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gaseous end product of the aerobic metabolism of oxygen. CO2 is highly soluble in body tissues, and readily diffuses from cells to blood, where circulation transports it to the lungs for elimination. Divers often ignore carbon dioxide, as CO2 is a normal part of life. However, CO2 may have definite and detrimental effects if a diver accumulates an excessive amount of...

Avertin Rectal Narcosis

Tiif, rectal route for anaesthesia has been long under consideration. The first efforts in this direction were made by F. Roux in1846. The undeniable advantages of the rectal route, the easiness of administration, the avoidance of choking and excitation, and freedom from complications, opened up the way for further research. Injury to the bowel wall was the great danger in the experiments of Ro...

Recovery from rabies, a universally fatal disease

BACKGROUND Rabies is a zoonosis transmitted via the bites of various mammals, primarily dogs and bats. Known since antiquity, this disease may have the deadliest human fatality rates and is responsible for approximately 65,000 deaths worldwide per year. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case details of a 13-year-old boy from India belonging to a South Asian ethnicity, who presented with altered...

Trend of Memory Recovery after Benzodiazepine Overdose

Because of difference in the toxicokinetic and pharmacokinetic characteristics of drugs and with respect to the high rate of benzodiazepine abuse in suicidal attempts, the trend of possible anterograde amnesia after recovery from benzodiazepine overdose were evaluated in Iranian patients. This was a prospective descriptive/analytic clinical trial, which was conducted, in Noor general teaching h...