Olive leaves have an antioxidant capacity, and olive leaf extract can protect the blood, spleen and hippocampus in lead-poisoned mice. However, little is known about the effects of olive leaf extract on lead-induced brain injury. This study was designed to determine whether olive leaf extract can inhibit lead-induced brain injury, and whether this effect is associated with antioxidant capacity....

S. Eliza Halcomb, Evan Schwarz, and Michael E. Mullins OVERDOSES Overdose, General GENERAL PRINC IPLES ü According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC), there were over 2 million exposures and 1,146 fatalities related to toxins in 2010 (Clin Toxicol 49(10):910). Overdoses are common in the emergency department, and although they are rarely fatal, it is important to foll...

Intensivists are confronted with poisoned patients on a routine basis, with clinical scenarios ranging from known drug overdose or toxic exposure, illicit drug use, suicide attempt, or accidental exposure. In addition, drug toxicity can also manifest in hospitalized patients from inappropriate dosing and drug interactions. In this review article, we describe the epidemiology of poisoning in the...

Context For the past 50 years, rodent eradications have been conducted worldwide to reverse devastating impacts of introduced rodents on island species. However, few studies quantitatively measured effects native Aims This study investigated a eradication Lord Howe Island two birds. Methods To mitigate risk currawongs being poisoned during baiting operations, 30–40% population were taken into c...

BACKGROUND Portable electrical generators have been responsible for over 800 accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning deaths in the United States from 1999-2012. OBJECTIVES Because mortality figures are typically the only data reported with regard to the adverse effects of generators, we describe a nonfatal segment of the poisoned population to further emphasize the significance of the probl...

Hanninen, H. (1971). Brit. J. industr. Med., 28, 374-381. Psychological picture of manifest and latent carbon disulphide poisoning. A battery of psychological tests was administered to 50 viscose workers with carbon disulphide (CS2) poisoning, 50 viscose workers exposed to CS2 without known poisoning, and 50 workers not exposed to CS2. There were large and statistically significant differences ...