Four hours after the consumption of raw goat milk, three Swiss children came down with emesis and diarrhea in July 2008. First investigations showed that the milk originated from a goat suffering from clinical mastitis (Staphylococcus aureus). In the milk ...
Selected Recommendations from the S3-Guidelines on Pharmacological Management of Acute Methamphetamine-Related Mental Disorders/ToxicityAbstract.Background: Consumption of methamphetamine (“crystal”) has spread ...
Abstract. The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like citalopram in the clinical treatment of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents has become increasingly common, although application ...
We describe a 64-year old patient who was admitted comatose to the medical emergency department. After excluding relevant differential diagnoses and considering the clinical picture of a "sedative toxidrome", a presumable diagnosis of an intoxication with ...
Poisoning is a frequent disease in an emergency division. During four years we observed patients with poisoning related to there reason of intoxication, the degree of severity, age group and sex, and tried to make conclusions about lethal outcome on ...
«Why am I Deaf and my Vision is Blurred?» Thinking of a Horse or a Zebra?Abstract. We present the case of a 66 year old patient with a heterogeneous clinical course over ten months, particularly worsening of vision, hearing and hip pain. She finally ...
Digitalis Purpurea: Attempted SuicideAbstract. We describe the case of a 23-year-old patient who ingested leaves of purple foxglove with suicidal intent. Although she took a relevant dose, she only had few symptoms. Poisoning with cardiac ...
Cause of Death: ’Intoxication’ – a Matter of the Concentration? Abstract. Elucidation of the cause of death is one of the main reasons for medico-legal investigations. In clinical toxicology, the severity of a given ...
CME: Ethylene Glycol IntoxicationAbstract. Ethylene glycol is a sweet-tasting alcohol used in common antifreeze and other industrial solutions. Without appropriate therapy, intoxication with ethylene glycol can result in ...
Abstract.Background: Over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics are frequently used in suicide attempts. Accessibility, toxicity, and unsupervised acquisition of large amounts may be facilitators. Aims: To identify patient ...