Two fatal and four surviving cases after accidental infusion of ropivacaine

Analgesic efficacy of ropivacaine wound infusion after laparoscopic colorectal surgery

PURPOSE Local anesthetic wound infusion has been previously investigated in postoperative pain management. However, a limited number of studies have evaluated its use in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. This study aims to evaluate whether ropivacaine wound infusion is effective for postoperative pain management after laparoscopic surgery in patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS This prospe...

Two cases of fatal zopiclone overdose.

Two cases of death due to the ingestion of zopiclone are presented. Quantitative determinations of zopiclone yielded 1.4-3.9 mg/L in the blood, 0.81 and 8.7 mg/kg in the liver, and 13.5 and 133 mg in the stomach contents. Drug concentrations were interpreted relative to the case findings, published data, and a limited evaluation of therapeutic concentrations found in two cases of therapeutic zo...

Two fatal cases of septicaemia due to

Langford and Hansen (1954) have suggested that the genus Erysipelothrix possesses a single species Erysipelothrix insidiosa and that subdivision into further species is not justified; following their terminology E. insidiosa and E. rhusiopathiae in this account are considered synonymous. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is recognized as the pathogen causing the skin lesions of human erysipeloid. Th...

Two Fatal Cases of Cardiac Malaria

Two Fatal Cases of Snake Bite

a snake on the back of the left shoulder while he was sleeping soundly on the ground after a long journey on foot. When bitten the patient did not feel anything amiss except some tingling, which was thought to be due to some insect bite, until the snake was found under a box near by. Unfortunately the snake could not be caught as it went into a deep hole immediately. The snake was stated to hav...