Researchers create tool to predict kidney failure or death after injury
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have developed a risk score calculation that can help predict which patients with rhabdomyolysis (a condition that occurs due to muscle damage) may be at risk for the severe complication of kidney failure or death. This research was published online September 2, 2013 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Rhabdomyolysis occurs when muscles are crushed and rupture, leaking toxic compounds into the circulation and can be caused by any condition that damages skeletal muscle and causes injury... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news
New Tool to Predict Kidney Failure!
(Ivanhoe Newswire) –Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a risk score calculation that can help predict which patients with rhabdomyolysis (a condition that occurs due to muscle damage) may be at risk for the severe complication of kidney failure or death. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
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New Risk Score Predicts Outcome in RhabdomyolysisNew Risk Score Predicts Outcome in Rhabdomyolysis
A new tool for predicting kidney failure or death in rhabdomyolysis is highly effective, particularly for identifying low-risk patients who don't need aggressive care, new findings show. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
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Researchers create tool to predict kidney failure or death after injury
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a risk score calculation that can help predict which patients with rhabdomyolysis (a condition that occurs due to muscle damage) may be at risk for the severe complication of kidney failure or death. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Case series: 7 patients with confirmed exposure to hallucinogenic stimulant 25I-NBOMe (“N-Bomb”)
25I-NBOMe
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Severe clinical toxicity associated with analytically confirmed recreational use of 25I-NBOMe: case series. Hill SL et al. Clin Toxicol 2013 Jul;51:487-492.
Abstract
25I-NBOMe is a potent stimulant and serotonin agonist that has been associated with a number of fatalities. It appears under such street names as “N-Bomb”, “smiles”, “Solaris”, and 25-I.
Since I am aware of only one previous case of 25I toxicity described in the medical literature, I found this series of 7 laboratory-confirmed cases especially welcome. Major clinical features in these cases inc...
Source: The Poison Review - July 20, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical 25I designer drug hallucinogenic n-bomb NBOMe smiles solaris stimulant sympathomimetic Source Type: news
5 patients with bath salt intoxication
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Bath Salts Intoxication: A Case Series. Imam SF et al. J Emerg Med 2013 Jul 1 [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract
This case series, from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, describes 5 patients who presented with a history of using bath salts. There is not too much that is new here. As expected, frequent manifestations of toxicity included altered mental status, agitation, violent and/or paranoid behavior, hallucinations, tachycardia, and rhabdomyolysis. Surprisingly, none of the patients had hyperthermia — on wonders if core temperature was obtained.
Unfortunately, there were no tests done on either bio...
Source: The Poison Review - July 15, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical bath salts case series sympathomimetic Source Type: news
LC-MS/MS analysis of palytoxin analogues in blue humphead parrotfish Scarus ovifrons causing human poisoning in Japan - Suzuki T, Watanabe R, Matsushima R, Ishihara K, Uchida H, Kikutsugi S, Harada T, Nagai H, Adachi M, Yasumoto T, Murata M.
Since 1953, a total of 27 human poisoning cases caused by the consumption of blue humphead parrotfish, Scarus ovifrons, have been reported in Japan. Characteristic symptoms are severe muscle pain associated with rhabdomyolysis. Although it is believed that... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Acute Renal Injury in polytrauma patients - Romano TG, Tierno PF.
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in trauma is, in most cases, multifactorial. Factors related to the initial ressuscitation protocol, degree of the systemic inflamatory response to trauma, contrast nephropathy in diagnostic procedures, rhabdomyolysis and abdomina... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Benzene hexachloride poisoning with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury - Shah PR, Kute VB, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Patel MP, Yadav DK, Vanikar AV, Trivedi HL.
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Language: Eng... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Bilateral acute necrosis of the globi pallidi and rhabdomyolysis due to combined methadone and benzodiazepine toxicity - Corliss RF, Mandal R, Soriano BJ.
Methadone continues to be a widely used maintenance therapy for opiate dependence. However, methadone-related deaths have been reported frequently for over 4 decades now. Anoxic brain injury with pulmonary edema secondary to respiratory depression is the r... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Compartment syndrome after "bath salts" use: a case series - Levine M, Levitan R, Skolnik A.
In recent years, synthetic cathinones, often labeled as "bath salts" in an attempt to evade drug laws, have emerged as substances of abuse. Sympathomimetic drugs are well known to cause rhabdomyolysis but are rarely associated with acute compartment syndro... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Nephrology: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Assistant Professor at University of ChicagoCalciphylaxis is a syndrome of systemic medial calcification of arteries leading to tissue necrosis. Lancet, 3/3014.Bladder Stone. NEJM, 06/2012.Fordyce ' s Angiokeratomas. NEJM, 03/2012.Patent Urachus. NEJM, 10/2011.Renal Tuberculosis. NEJM, 09/2011.Agitation Associated with Acute Bladder Obstruction. NEJM, 10/2010.Bladder Diverticula. NEJM, 08/2010.Abdominal “Knocking” Due to Calcifications in a Continent Urinary Diversion. NEJM, 04/2010.Renal Failure from Vitamin C after Transplantation. NEJM, 01/2008.Green Urine. NEJM, 03/2008.Crystalluria from Acy...
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