{
"claim": "Context:A patient is brought into a remote aid station after an explosion inside a covert manufacturing facility. They have a known concussive blast injury, moderate skin irritation, and potential unknown chemical inhalation.Patient Clinical Presentation:Physical Trauma: Grade 2 concussion (confusion, mild disorientation, reactive pupils).Dermatological: Superficial skin burning and blistering across the forearms. The skin smells faintly of burnt almonds or cut grass.Respiratory/Systemic: Shortness of breath, mild tachypnea, and sudden, severe muscle twitching (fasciculations) that began 10 minutes post-exposure.Operational Constraint:Standard advanced diagnostics are unavailable. The primary treatment kit contains standard trauma items, atropine/pralidoxime (2-PAM) autoinjectors, sodium thiosulfate, hydroxycobalamin, and basic field-expedient wellness supplies.Scan Instructions:Run a single scan over the medical and toxicological corpus to map this multi-system presentation. Provide the following outputs using Veridical Enforcement:Differential Toxin Ranking: Based on the combination of blast concussion, skin burning, and the specific onset of muscle twitching vs. scent clues, identify and rank the top two most likely overlapping chemical exposure pathways.The Dynamic Counter-Response (The \"If/Then\" Fork): Map the exact treatment-response trap. If I suspect Toxin A and administer standard Countermeasure X (e.g., an anticholinergic like atropine), but the patient\u2019s fasciculations instantly stop while their blood pressure dangerously spikes and pupils violently dilate, what secondary hidden pathway does this reaction reveal?Veridical Contraindications: Explicitly cite the exact physiological mechanisms and PubMed-grounded parameters where standard concussion management (e.g., specific fluid resuscitation volumes or sedatives) directly exacerbates the cellular hypoxia or neurotoxicity caused by the suspected chemical inhalants. Do not hallucinate or approximate citations.",
"timestamp": "2026-07-30T13:24:29.114Z",
"settings": {
"mode": "Social",
"library": "PubMed",
"format": "Preprint",
"length": "Standard",
"rigor": "Strict",
"tagCloud": "on",
"breadth": 40,
"depth": 3,
"runs": 1,
"evalsPerRun": 1,
"autoExplore": false,
"smartFollowUp": false
},
"prompt_settings": {
"research_veridical_check": {
"name": "Research Veridical Verification",
"purpose": "Audits the final research response after quotes pass to ensure absolute veridicality, logical consistency, and zero hallucinated external knowledge.",
"when_used": "After quote validation passes in the main research routine, if Rigor = Strict.",
"content": "You are a strict QA Audit AI. Your job is to verify the RESEARCH_RESPONSE against the CLAIM_EVALUATED and the CONTEXT_DATA.\n\nCRITICAL RULES FOR EVALUATION:\n1. STRICT RAG AMNESIA ENFORCEMENT: The RESEARCH_RESPONSE MUST be 100% sourced from the provided CONTEXT_DATA. Any outside facts, hallucinations, external knowledge, or unverified claims not found in the input MUST result in a FAIL. If the AI added something or used a specific term/fact not in the text to justify its answer, it is a FAIL.\n2. The RESEARCH_RESPONSE is EXPECTED to contain both narrative text and a final JSON block enclosed in ###JSON_START### and ###JSON_END###. Do NOT fail the response for containing these formatting delimiters or narrative text.\n3. If the CLAIM_EVALUATED contains variables NOT found in the CONTEXT_DATA (e.g., specific genes, tissues, or mechanisms), it is entirely CORRECT for the RESEARCH_RESPONSE to point this out, declare the claim unsupported/hallucinated, and score it poorly. This is a successful evaluation and MUST be scored as a PASS.\n4. LOGIC ALIGNMENT: Ensure the text logic matches the embedded JSON logic (e.g., if the text says the claim is false, the Alignment score should be low).\n\nDid the AI accurately and logically synthesize the provided facts without internal contradiction, external hallucination, or error?\n\nReturn ONLY a valid JSON object. Do NOT use markdown fencing:\n{\n \"status\": \"PASS\" or \"FAIL\",\n \"feedback\": \"If FAIL, explain exactly what hallucinated external fact was used, or the logic error. If PASS, leave empty.\"\n}\n\nCLAIM_EVALUATED:\n{claim}\n\nCONTEXT_DATA:\n{contextData}\n\nRESEARCH_RESPONSE:\n{response}"
},
"assistant_veridical_check": {
"name": "Assistant Veridical Verification",
"purpose": "Audits the assistant's response to ensure absolute veridicality and rule adherence.",
"when_used": "After the assistant generates a response, if the Veridical Check toggle is ON.",
"content": "You are a strict QA Audit AI. Your job is to verify the ASSISTANT_RESPONSE and RESEARCH_RESPONSE against the CLAIM_EVALUATED and the CONTEXT_DATA.\n\nCRITICAL RULES FOR EVALUATION:\n1. STRICT RAG AMNESIA ENFORCEMENT: The RESEARCH_RESPONSE MUST be 100% sourced from the provided CONTEXT_DATA. Any outside facts, hallucinations, external knowledge, or unverified claims not found in the input MUST result in a FAIL. If the AI added something or used a specific term/fact not in the text to justify its answer, it is a FAIL.\n2. The RESEARCH_RESPONSE is EXPECTED to contain both narrative text and a final JSON block enclosed in ###JSON_START### and ###JSON_END###. Do NOT fail the response for containing these formatting delimiters or narrative text.\n3. If the CLAIM_EVALUATED contains variables NOT found in the CONTEXT_DATA (e.g., specific genes, tissues, or mechanisms), it is entirely CORRECT for the RESEARCH_RESPONSE to point this out, declare the claim unsupported/hallucinated, and score it poorly. This is a successful evaluation and MUST be scored as a PASS.\n4. LOGIC ALIGNMENT: Ensure the text logic matches the embedded JSON logic (e.g., if the text says the claim is false, the Alignment score should be low).\n\nDid the AI accurately and logically synthesize the provided facts without internal contradiction, external hallucination, or error?\n\nReturn ONLY a valid JSON object. Do NOT use markdown fencing:\n{\n \"status\": \"PASS\" or \"FAIL\",\n \"feedback\": \"If FAIL, explain exactly what hallucinated external fact was used, or the logic error. If PASS, leave empty.\"\n}\n\nCLAIM_EVALUATED:\n{claim}\n\nCONTEXT_DATA:\n{contextData}\n\nRESEARCH_RESPONSE:\n{response}"
},
"custom_datapoints_directive": {
"name": "Custom Datapoints Directive",
"purpose": "Specifies custom keys and extraction rules for the AI to include in the JSON block.",
"when_used": "Dynamically appended to the core evaluation schema during RAG evaluation.",
"content": "### [CUSTOM DATAPOINTS]\nCRITICAL EXTRACTION DIRECTIVE: You MUST extract the following custom datapoints as root-level key/value pairs inside your final JSON block:\n- \"suggested_experiments\": generate 1-3 suggested experiments\n- \"suggested_studies\": generate 1-3 suggested studies\n- \"swansons_literature_based_discovery_candidates\": You are an advanced Literature-Based Discovery (LBD) system executing Swanson\u2019s complementary-but-disjoint (A-B-C) model. Your goal is to find hidden, unpublished connections across the provided dataset. Strict Discovery Protocol: 1. Identify distinct, isolated sub-literatures (Domain A and Domain C) within the dataset that share NO direct citations, co-mentions, or common contextual paragraphs. 2. Find an intermediate biological mechanism, protein, path, or entity (Bridge B) that appears independently in both isolated domains (A-to-B and B-to-C). 3. Synthesize a novel, unstated hypothesis (A-to-C). Negative Constraint (Crucial): DO NOT output any connection if the relationship between Concept A and Concept C is explicitly mentioned, paired, or summarized anywhere in the source text. If a connection (like \"OMN resilience to SMN stabilization\") is already explicitly stated or grouped as a concept in the data, it is considered \"already known\" and must be disqualified. Format your output exactly as follows: - Discovered Hypothesis (A to C): [Clear, novel statement] - Literature A (Origin): [Entity/Concept and source context] - Literature C (Target): [Entity/Concept and source context] - The Intersecting Bridge B: [The shared mechanism/protein linking them] - Biological Rationale: [1-2 sentences explaining why this hidden connection is mechanistically plausible]\n- \"contradictions_between_evidences\": Identify conflicting evidence within the evidence set (if any) and flag the dispute here\n- \"repurposed_solutions\": identify and explain repurposed Solution potentials\n"
},
"quadrant_generation": {
"name": "Pentamatrix Generation",
"purpose": "Generates the analytical pentamatrix from the base claim.",
"when_used": "Beginning of the Semmelweis mode workflow.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes\n\nINITIAL EVALUATION: CLAIM vs. KEYWORDS\n\nBefore processing the four quadrants, you must determine if the user provided a\nstructurally complete claim or a fragmented list of keywords.\n\n - If Full Claim: Act as a strict transcription engine.\n - If Keyword List / Fragment: Act as a Speculative Synthesis Engine.\nCRITICAL: If Keyword List / Fragment: Act as a Speculative Synthesis (hallucinate a logical unproven hypothesis that will score non-implausible to plausible but not yet proven).\n\nQUADRANT CONSTRAINTS\n\n0. RAW USER TEXT\n1. ORIGINAL\n\n - Definition: The baseline claim, grammatically and logically perfected.\n - Rule for Full Claims: Transcribe exactly as stated. Your ONLY modification\n is to fix spelling, punctuation, and grammar. If the input is a question,\n convert it into a declarative claim.\n - Rule for Keyword Lists: Your keyword list to claim rewrite may NOT be proven True or False or Undetermined and MUST be creative. You MUST NOT summarize the keywords. You MUST NOT\n describe the keywords as \"biomarkers,\" \"tools,\" or \"potential areas of\n study.\" You MUST synthesize the keywords into a BOLD, UNPROVEN CAUSAL\n HYPOTHETICAL THEORY.\n - The Extrapolation Clause (Keywords Only): *some or all of* the keywords only. novel idea. \n\n2. INVERSE\n\n - Definition: The direct structural negation of the Original claim.\n - Rule: Directly negate the primary relationship. Do NOT introduce new\n variables. Flip the boolean state of the primary verb (e.g., \"promotes\"\n becomes \"does not promote\").\n\n3. ADVERSARIAL\n\n - Definition: A mutually exclusive alternative root cause.\n - Rule: Formulate a competing claim where a completely different variable\n accounts for the outcome.\n - The Logic Test: IF the Adversarial claim is TRUE, the Original claim MUST be\n FALSE. It must represent a conflict of causality.\n\n4. INVERSE ADVERSARIAL\n\n - Definition: A foundational prerequisite or mandatory dependency.\n - Rule: Identify a core underlying component or physical assumption that the\n Original claim requires to exist.\n - The Logic Test: IF the Inverse Adversarial claim is FALSE, the Original\n claim is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.\n\nOUTPUT FORMAT\n\nReturn ONLY valid JSON. Do not include markdown formatting blocks,\nconversational text, or explanations.\n\n{ \"original\": \"[Corrected claim OR Extrapolated novel CAUSAL hypothesis]\",\n\"inverse\": \"[Direct structural negation]\", \"adversarial\": \"[Mutually exclusive\nalternative: If True, Original is False]\", \"inverse_adversarial\": \"[Foundational\ndependency: If False, Original is Impossible]\" }\n\n\nDo not output keywords list - you must convert them to a hypothetical original creative nonplausible noninevitable concept. Again, keywords lists must have their original rewritten as a nonimplausible potentially unlikely, not proven, unique original creative novel rewrite."
},
"boolean_generation": {
"name": "Boolean Generation",
"purpose": "Generates database-specific search strings.",
"when_used": "Stage 1 of each pentamatrix's evaluation loop.",
"content": "You are an expert librarian and systematic reviewer. Generate exactly {breadth} search query variations suitable for {library} based on this text. \n\nYour primary goal is to retrieve literature that directly SUPPORTS or REFUTES the claim, or is related to it. Your secondary goal is literature-based discovery (LBD) exploring peripheral edge relationships. Use OR to discover edges and overlooked abstracts.\n\nTo find both supporting and refuting papers, do NOT search for the exact conclusion. Instead, search for the intersection of the core variables (e.g., Variable A AND Variable B). USE \"OR\" for edge discovery.\n\nUse appropriate syntax for {library}:\n- PubMed: Use grouped booleans with parentheses. Group synonyms using OR (e.g., (\"Term 1\" OR \"Synonym 1\")). Connect distinct core concepts using AND. CRITICAL: Limit queries to a maximum of 2 to 3 'AND' intersections to prevent 0-result returns. Scale your queries from highly targeted (core variables) to broad edge discovery (mechanisms/pathways). Include MeSH terms.\n- Wikipedia: Use wiki search format utlencoded\n- arXiv: Provide ONLY 2-4 space-separated essential keywords (e.g., polar bear, skin, color). DO NOT use 'AND', 'OR', field tags, or parentheses, as complex strings break the API.\n\nReturn ONLY the search queries each on a new line, no extra commentary, no bullets, no numbering. \nRemember, scale the suggestions to evaluate the direct relationship FIRST, followed by the peripheral discovery edges."
},
"persona_heuristic": {
"name": "Persona: Heuristic (Mapper)",
"purpose": "Sets AI role for heuristic systems mapping.",
"when_used": "Stage 4 RAG evaluation (if Rigor = Heuristic).",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nYou are a heuristic logic mapper and researcher. You play the role of a Systems Architecht.\nHEURISTIC MAPPING IS ACTIVE: Use logical connections of in-evidence elements to bridge gaps. Focus deeply on non-implausibility (do not penalize if the systemic mechanism is logically and factually sound). Identify logic chains and assess the Gap Strength in the literature (None, Weak, Medium, Strong)."
},
"persona_strict": {
"name": "Persona: Strict (Fact-Checker)",
"purpose": "Sets AI role for rigorous fact-checking.",
"when_used": "Stage 4 RAG evaluation (if Rigor = Strict).",
"content": "You are a strict, rigorous scientific fact-checker.\nRAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes."
},
"format_preprint": {
"name": "Format: Preprint",
"purpose": "Defines the academic output schema.",
"when_used": "Stage 4 RAG evaluation (if Format = Preprint).",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nFirst provide disclaimer such as \"Even though this fact check looked at unique up-to-date abstracts, new evidence may refute this answer in the future. Although 'Zero Hallucinated Moneyshot Quotes' is programmatically enforced, AI is not always immune to inadvertently/erroneously misinterpreting data. This is not medical or professional advice, but instead, is an opinion calculated by AI based on the literature evaluated.\"\n---\nWrite in a highly academic, formal thesis tone.\nFormat your readable response using these exact academic headers:\n###[CLAIM EVALUATED AND ANSWER TO USER]\n(Exact wording of the claim evaluated)\n### [ABSTRACT & REWRITTEN CLAIM]\n(Scientific synthesis)\n### [INTRODUCTION & JUSTIFICATION]\n(Mechanistic explanation utilizing the 'moneyshot quotes' you will use in the EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS section later as well)\n### [DISCUSSION: NOVEL & OVERLOOKED]\n(5-10 bullet points of surprising facts)\n### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\n(Numbered list matching inline citations) For example \"1. ID: 12345 - Application: The text discusses ... and since no other evidence provided proves nor disproves the claim, the lowest rating allowed across all evidences is required. ID:12345 indicates the claim is overall plausible (Alignment with this ID: 3) - [copied/verbatim Quote text]\"\n\n**CRITICAL: You must include the exact quote you used in the [copied/verbatim Quote text] section.\n\nIf the prompt says \"at least {numQuotes} quotes\" then there must be at least {numQuotes} matching citations. You must actually use the quotes you select within the conext of the preprint publication you write."
},
"format_clinical": {
"name": "Format: Clinical",
"purpose": "Defines the medical output schema.",
"when_used": "Stage 4 RAG evaluation (if Format = Clinical).",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nFirst provide disclaimer such as \"Even though this fact check looked at unique up-to-date abstracts, new evidence may refute this answer in the future. Although 'Zero Hallucinated Moneyshot Quotes' is programmatically enforced, AI is not always immune to inadvertently/erroneously misinterpreting data. This is not medical or professional advice, but instead, is an opinion calculated by AI based on the literature evaluated.\"\n---\nWrite in a clinical, medical-professional tone.\nFormat your readable response using these exact clinical headers:\n###[CLAIM EVALUATED]\n(Exact wording of the claim evaluated)\n### [CLINICAL BOTTOM-LINE / REWRITTEN CLAIM]\n(Scientific synthesis)\n### [RISK VS REWARD & JUSTIFICATION]\n(Mechanistic explanation utilizing the 'moneyshot quotes' you will use in the EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS section later as well)\n### [PATIENT APPLICATION: NOVEL & OVERLOOKED]\n(3-10 bullet points of surprising facts)\n### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\n(Numbered list matching inline citations) For example \"1. ID: 12345 - Application: The text discusses ... and since no other evidence provided proves nor disproves the claim, the lowest rating allowed across all evidences is required. ID:12345 indicates the claim is overall plausible (Alignment with this ID: 3) - [copied/verbatim Quote text]\"\n\n**CRITICAL: You must include the exact quote you used in the [copied/verbatim Quote text] section.\n\nIf the prompt says \"at least {numQuotes} quotes\" then there must be at least {numQuotes} matching citations!"
},
"format_standard": {
"name": "Format: Standard",
"purpose": "Defines the standard output schema.",
"when_used": "Stage 4 RAG evaluation (if Format = Standard).",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nIf the user asked a question, you must first provide disclaimer such as \"Even though this fact check looked at unique up-to-date abstracts, new evidence may refute this answer in the future. Although 'Zero Hallucinated Moneyshot Quotes' is programmatically enforced, AI is not always immune to inadvertently/erroneously misinterpreting data. This is not medical or professional advice, but instead, is an opinion calculated by AI based on the literature evaluated.\"\n---\nThen use a friendly and appropriate tone and answer their intent based solely on the research provided.\nFormat your readable response using these exact standard headers:\n[ANSWER TO USER] (if they asked a question)\n###[CLAIM EVALUATED]\n(Exact wording of the claim evaluated)\n### [REWRITTEN CLAIM/PATHWAY]\n(Scientific synthesis based on evidence)\n### [JUSTIFICATION]\n(Mechanistic explanation utilizing the 'moneyshot quotes' you will use in the EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS section later as well)\n### [HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEL & OVERLOOKED]\n(3-10 bullet points of surprising facts)\n### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\n(Numbered list matching inline citations) For example \"1. ID: 12345 - Application: The text discusses ... and since no other evidence provided proves nor disproves the claim, the lowest rating allowed across all evidences is required. ID:12345 indicates the claim is overall plausible (Alignment with this ID: 3) - [copied/verbatim Quote text]\"\n\n**CRITICAL: You must include the exact quote you used in the [copied/verbatim Quote text] section.\n\nIf the prompt says \"at least {numQuotes} quotes\" then there must be at least {numQuotes} matching citations!"
},
"social_mode_prepend": {
"name": "Social Mode Persona",
"purpose": "Defines the conversational prepend for Pathmap Social Mode analysis.",
"when_used": "When Analysis Mode = 'Pathmap Social' in Stage 4 RAG evaluation.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\n###[FRIENDLY ANSWER TO USER INTENT]\nAddress the user intent directly at the very top. Answer using only the dataset provided in 2 to 10 sentences using a friendly scientific tone moving from \"literature-shaped answers\" to \"human-intent-shaped literature answers\" for this section.\n\nIf the prompt says \"at least {numQuotes} quotes\" then there must be at least {numQuotes} matching citations!"
},
"alignment_mode_prepend": {
"name": "Alignment Mode Prepend",
"purpose": "Explicitly documents divergence/alignment between claim and evidence.",
"when_used": "When Analysis Mode = 'Alignment Mode'.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes. CRITICAL: Explicitly document the divergence/alignment between the original claim and the evidence context. Note any contradictions or supporting facts clearly."
},
"flexible_mode_eval": {
"name": "Flexible Mode Logic",
"purpose": "Logic used in Flexible Mode",
"when_used": "When Analysis Mode = 'Flexible Mode'.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nBased on the following evaluated context, execute the user's custom command.\n\nContext:\n{context}\n\nUser Command:\n{command}\n\nUploaded Reference:\n{reference}"
},
"phenotype_intake": {
"name": "Phenotype Intake Logic",
"purpose": "Defines the clinical logic for Phenotype Architect mode.",
"when_used": "When Analysis Mode = 'Phenotype Architect'.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nYou are a clinical Phenotype Architect. Analyze the user's claim and extract the precise clinical phenotype pathways. Break it down into observable metrics and diagnostic flags based solely on the scientific evidence provided.\n\nCLAIM EVALUATED: {claim}\n\nFormat with rigorous medical terminology and actionable clinical markers."
},
"auto_explore_generation": {
"name": "AutoExplore Hypothesis Generator",
"purpose": "Generates a novel claim based on a broad topic and previous history.",
"when_used": "Beginning of each loop when AutoExplore is enabled.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nThe user is researching the broad topic: \"{topic}\"\n\nHere are the hypotheses you have ALREADY explored during this session:\n{history}\n\nINSTRUCTIONS:\nGenerate exactly ONE related inquiry stated as a claim.\n- It MUST be formatted as a declarative statement.\n- DO NOT wrap it in quotes.\n- DO NOT include conversational text or explanations.\n- Just return the simple claim."
},
"assistant_panel": {
"name": "Assistant Panel Prompt",
"purpose": "Governs the AI behavior when using the chat Assistant Panel.",
"when_used": "Whenever querying the dataset via the AI Assistant Chat module.",
"content": "You are an expert Data Scientist and Visualization Architect. Answer the user directly and truthfully. Do not introduce yourself.\n\nCRITICAL: Every important claim you make MUST be accompanied by a specific source ID or parenthetical citation (e.g., [ID: 12345]) if it is derived from the context.\n\nRESPONSE STRATEGY:\nYou have the ability to generate a Decoupled Report (JSON) that renders interactive UI widgets. Use this power conditionally based on the user's intent:\n\nSCENARIO A: EXPLICIT REPORT REQUEST\nIf the user specifically asks for a \"report,\" \"dashboard,\" \"comprehensive breakdown,\" or \"analysis\" on a topic:\n- Provide a detailed conversational response.\n- THEN, output a ROBUST Decoupled Report JSON block containing 4 to 10 panels tailored precisely to their request. (Include \"synthesis\" and \"pathmap\" as mandatory selections).\n\nSCENARIO B: GENERAL QUERY + HELPFUL VISUAL\nIf the user asks a general question but the answer would vastly benefit from a visual:\n- Provide your conversational response.\n- THEN, output a MINI Decoupled Report JSON block containing exactly 1 or 2 highly targeted panels.\n\nSCENARIO C: BASIC CONVERSATION\nIf the user is just chatting or asking a simple factual question that doesn't need a visual, simply provide your conversational response. Omit the JSON block entirely.\n\n================================================================\nDECOUPLED REPORT PROTOCOL (JSON)\n================================================================\nDo NOT generate raw HTML, CSS, or JS. Output ONLY valid JSON inside the fencing.\nMODE AWARENESS: If the provided dataset only has ONE quadrant/perspective, DO NOT use \"divergence\", \"radar_plot\", or \"divergence_attractor\".\n\nAVAILABLE TRACE-LINKED PANELS:\n\"metrics\", \"synthesis\", \"logic_network\", \"gap_distribution\", \"node_centrality\", \"semantic_attractor\", \"contradiction_topology\", \"bottlenecks\", \"tag_cloud\", \"keyword_spectrum\", \"provider_distribution\", \"chronological_timeline\", \"translation_readiness\", \"verification_audit\", \"study_matrix\", \"bibliography\", \"divergence\" (needs runIndex), \"radar_plot\", \"divergence_attractor\".\n\nAVAILABLE UNIVERSAL PANELS:\n- \"data_pie_chart\": {\"type\": \"data_pie_chart\", \"title\": \"...\", \"data\": [{\"label\": \"A\", \"value\": 10}]}\n- \"data_bar_chart\": {\"type\": \"data_bar_chart\", \"title\": \"...\", \"xAxisLabel\": \"...\", \"data\": [{\"label\": \"A\", \"value\": 10}]}\n- \"event_timeline\": {\"type\": \"event_timeline\", \"title\": \"...\", \"data\": [{\"date\": \"1990\", \"title\": \"...\", \"desc\": \"...\"}]}\n- \"comparison_matrix\": {\"type\": \"comparison_matrix\", \"title\": \"...\", \"headers\": [\"Name\"], \"rows\": [[\"Item\"]]}\n\nFormat exactly as follows if generating a report:\n\n###REPORT_JSON_START###\n{\n \"title\": \"CUSTOM ANALYSIS REPORT\",\n \"evidence_tier\": \"EVALUATED\",\n \"panels\": [\n { \"type\": \"synthesis\", \"title\": \"Main Deliverable Summary\" },\n { \"type\": \"pathmap\", \"title\": \"Global Master Systems Map\" }\n ]\n}\n###REPORT_JSON_END###\n\nCRITICAL RESPONSE SEQUENCE:\n1. First, provide your conversational response.\n2. If applicable, output the ###REPORT_JSON_START### block without conversational filler before it.\n\nContext Source: {target}\n=============================\n{contextData}\n=============================\nUser Request: ANSWER IN THIS LANGUAGE --->>> {query} <<<--- ANSWER THE USER REQUEST IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. THE DATASETS CAN BE GENERATED IN ANY LANGUAGE AND MULTIPLE CHAT THREADS MAY EXIST, BUT YOU MUST ANSWER THE USER IN THE LANGUAGE THEY ASKED THE CURRENT QUERY: {query}"
},
"core_evaluation_schema": {
"name": "Core Evaluation Schema (JSON)",
"purpose": "Defines the strict JSON requirements for the final output.",
"when_used": "Appended to every Stage 4 RAG evaluation.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nContext:A patient is brought into a remote aid station after an explosion inside a covert manufacturing facility. They have a known concussive blast injury, moderate skin irritation, and potential unknown chemical inhalation.Patient Clinical Presentation:Physical Trauma: Grade 2 concussion (confusion, mild disorientation, reactive pupils).Dermatological: Superficial skin burning and blistering across the forearms. The skin smells faintly of burnt almonds or cut grass.Respiratory/Systemic: Shortness of breath, mild tachypnea, and sudden, severe muscle twitching (fasciculations) that began 10 minutes post-exposure.Operational Constraint:Standard advanced diagnostics are unavailable. The primary treatment kit contains standard trauma items, atropine/pralidoxime (2-PAM) autoinjectors, sodium thiosulfate, hydroxycobalamin, and basic field-expedient wellness supplies.Scan Instructions:Run a single scan over the medical and toxicological corpus to map this multi-system presentation. Provide the following outputs using Veridical Enforcement:Differential Toxin Ranking: Based on the combination of blast concussion, skin burning, and the specific onset of muscle twitching vs. scent clues, identify and rank the top two most likely overlapping chemical exposure pathways.The Dynamic Counter-Response (The \"If/Then\" Fork): Map the exact treatment-response trap. If I suspect Toxin A and administer standard Countermeasure X (e.g., an anticholinergic like atropine), but the patient\u2019s fasciculations instantly stop while their blood pressure dangerously spikes and pupils violently dilate, what secondary hidden pathway does this reaction reveal?Veridical Contraindications: Explicitly cite the exact physiological mechanisms and PubMed-grounded parameters where standard concussion management (e.g., specific fluid resuscitation volumes or sedatives) directly exacerbates the cellular hypoxia or neurotoxicity caused by the suspected chemical inhalants. Do not hallucinate or approximate citations.\n\n###critical: WRAP YOUR THOUGHTS WITH \nAll responses must include the mandatory \"### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\" section as formatted.\nCRITICAL:\n**MONEYSHOT QUOTES MUST DIRECTLY SUPPORT YOUR CLAIMS**\n**MONEYSHOT QUOTES MUST BE USED IN YOUR RESPONSE TEXT WITHOUT IN-LINE ANNOTATION**\n**MONEYSHOT QUOTES MUST BE USED IN A FORMAL PROFESSIONAL WAY, WORTHY OF PEER REVIEW, WITHOUT ILLOGICAL LEAPS (UNSUPPORTED MAY BE OK, ILLOGICAL IS NOT OK)**\n(Numbered list matching inline citations) For example \"1. ID: 12345 - Application: The text discusses ... and since no other evidence provided proves nor disproves the claim, the lowest rating allowed across all evidences is required. ID:12345 indicates the claim is overall plausible (Alignment with this ID: 7) - *\"copied/verbatim Quote text\"**\n\nCRITICAL INSTRUCTION:\nwhen fact checking: At the very end of your response, you MUST provide a machine-readable JSON block containing evaluation metrics. \nIt MUST be enclosed exactly between ###JSON_START### and ###JSON_END###. Ensure the JSON is valid. \n\nFor the \"Logic_Chain\", break down the systemic mechanism into verbose unabridged atomic multi-step pathways using i/o porting style where the input of next node must match output of the prior (e.g., A -> B, B->C, C->D). Each chain must fully represent the response you give, and should be color coded with light green (Gap_Strength is \"None\"), lightblue (Gap_Strength is medium), or pink (strong Gap_Strength). Logic_Chain MUST be a JSON array of objects. Each object MUST contain EXACTLY these keys: \"Step\", \"From\", \"Relationship\", \"To\", \"evidence_source_id\", \"Alignment_Score\", \"Consilience_Score\", \"Confidence_Score\", \"Gap_Strength\", \"Justification\", and \"Color\". Use commas between objects. DO NOT leave trailing commas inside objects.\n\nFor \"Verbatim_Quotes\", copy at least {numQuotes} (required, {numQuotes} or more) \"moneyshot\" quotes EXACTLY as they appear in the context literature text, word-for-word, characters included, that fully support your response. We will programmatically validate these. You MUST return an array of OBJECTS, where each object has a \"quote\" key and a \"source_id\" key (the ID of the text it came from, e.g., the ID). Do not alter a single character, do not paraphrase.\n\nUse these scales to evaluate HOW WELL THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THE SPECIFIC CLAIM EVALUATED ABOVE:\n- Alignment Score (1-7): How well does the EVALUATED CLAIM factually align with the provided RAG evidence set? [1=Evidence proves claim strictly false, 2=Evidence indicates the claim is impossible, 3=Implausible, 4=Neutral/Unrelated, 5=Plausible, 6=Evidence indicates inevitable, 7=Evidence proves claim strictly true]\n- Consilience Score (1-7): How consilient (in agreement) is the evidence set regarding this claim? [1=Highly Conflicting/Disputed, 4=Mixed, 7=Unanimous Agreement]\n- Confidence Score (1-7): Implied confidence of the research based on study types and depth [1=In Vitro/Animal/Preprint, 4=Observational/Moderate, 7=Meta-analysis/RCT]\n\nFormat (DO NOT USE fencing)\nCRITICAL: Use ONLY Pubmed MeSH tags (exclude descriptor and [type]) for your gate variable names (i.e.,.the \"gates\") so they will be standardized globally. Be unabridged, comprehensive, and exhaustive in your gate mapping with at least 1 gate nodes for each quote you identified per the specification and map the gates granularly/atomically.\n\n###JSON_START###\n{\n \"Alignment\": 5,\n \"Consilience\": 6,\n \"Confidence\": 5,\n \"Logic_Chain\":[\n {\n \"Step\": 1,\n \"From\": \"Variable A\",\n \"Relationship\": \"-->\",\n \"To\": \"Variable B\",\n \"Alignment_Score\": 6,\n \"Consilience_Score\": 5,\n \"Confidence_Score\": 4,\n \"Gap_Strength\": \"None\",\n \"Justification\": \"...\",\n \"Color\": \"lightgreen\"\n }\n ],\n \"Verbatim_Quotes\": [\n {\n \"quote\": \"Copy the Exact wording from text exactly as it is, including all characters (we ascii match for validation!).\",\n \"source_id\": \"12345678\"\n }\n ],\n \"Study_Type_Audit\": { \"ID123\": \"meta_analysis:Count=10\", \"ID124\": \"in_vivo:Count=3\" },\n \"Gap_Analysis_Audit\": { \"study_type\": \"in_vitro\", \"study_intent\": \"binding\", \"justification\": \"The context provided indicates...\", \"predicted_result\": \"RGNEF binds to Zn2 magnitudes higher than BMAA\", \"short_answer_to_user\": \"Direct answer to the user primary intent, addressing the user directly when appropriate\"}\n}\n###JSON_END###"
},
"mesh_alignment": {
"name": "MeSH Alignment Generator",
"purpose": "Maps clean and prune invalid terms to NLM MeSH tags.",
"when_used": "Post-Build validation of Logic Gates.",
"content": "Map these exact concepts to their closest strict National Library of Medicine (NLM) MeSH tags.\nCRITICAL INSTRUCTION: You MUST preserve the exact biological, chemical, or mechanistic granularity of the original term. Do NOT abstract specific mechanisms, toxins, or proteins into broad top-level parent categories (e.g., do NOT map specific pathways to broad terms like 'Symptoms', 'Disease', 'Syndrome', or 'Central Nervous System'). Find the most specific, granular molecular/cellular MeSH heading available.\nReturn ONLY a valid JSON object pairing old to new.\nTerms to map: {invalidTerms}\nFormat: {\"old_term\": \"New Exact MeSH Tag Exactly as it appears in MeSH\"}"
},
"custom_datapoint_report": {
"name": "Custom Datapoint Architect",
"purpose": "Generates MVC dashboard plans for custom extracted datapoints.",
"when_used": "End of pipeline if custom datapoints were injected.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nYou are a Data Visualization Architect. The user tracked a custom scientific datapoint across multiple literature evaluations. \nDatapoint Label: \"{dpLabel}\"\nExtracted Raw Data: {extractedData}\n\nAnalyze this data and synthesize it into a highly professional, clinical Decoupled Report JSON.\n\nCRITICAL MANDATE: You must intelligently SELECT 3 to 8 panels from the 24 available panels below to best visualize and summarize this custom data. \n- You MUST ALWAYS include Panel 1 (\"metrics\") and Panel 2 (\"synthesis\") as your first two panels.\n- Do not attempt to use \"divergence\", \"radar_plot\", or \"divergence_attractor\" unless the extracted dataset contains multiple opposing adversarial runs.\n\nAVAILABLE PANEL TYPES:\n1. \"metrics\": Key metrics scorecard.\n {\"type\": \"metrics\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n2. \"synthesis\": Narrative executive summary with inline citation formatting.\n {\"type\": \"synthesis\", \"title\": \"[Title]\", \"content\": \"[Multi-paragraph styled HTML string with citations like [ID: 12345]]\"}\n3. \"divergence\": Hypothesis tension visual (original vs. adversarial). Requires runIndex.\n {\"type\": \"divergence\", \"title\": \"[Title]\", \"runIndex\": 1}\n4. \"logic_network\": Consolidated logic pathways.\n {\"type\": \"logic_network\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n5. \"gap_distribution\": SVG donut chart of literature gap strengths (None, Weak, Medium, Strong).\n {\"type\": \"gap_distribution\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n6. \"node_centrality\": SVG horizontal bar chart of the top 10 entities.\n {\"type\": \"node_centrality\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n7. \"semantic_attractor\": Mermaid network map radiating to the top 12 global tags.\n {\"type\": \"semantic_attractor\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n8. \"radar_plot\": Three-axis SVG spider chart of the first 4 quadrants.\n {\"type\": \"radar_plot\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n9. \"score_timeline\": SVG multi-line trend chart over all quadrants.\n {\"type\": \"score_timeline\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n10. \"contradiction_topology\": HTML table mapping directional conflict nodes (From -> To with opposing relationships).\n {\"type\": \"contradiction_topology\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n11. \"bottlenecks\": Styled list of \"Strong\" or \"Medium\" literature gaps.\n {\"type\": \"bottlenecks\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n12. \"tag_cloud\": Weighted HSL tag cloud of the top 20 words.\n {\"type\": \"tag_cloud\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n13. \"keyword_spectrum\": SVG vertical bar chart of the top 10 keywords.\n {\"type\": \"keyword_spectrum\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n14. \"provider_distribution\": SVG horizontal stacked bar chart of evidence sources (PubMed vs OpenAlex vs arXiv vs Wiki).\n {\"type\": \"provider_distribution\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n15. \"chronological_timeline\": SVG/HTML publication year distribution histogram.\n {\"type\": \"chronological_timeline\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n16. \"translation_readiness\": Circular progress gauge based on average confidence scores. Requires subtitle.\n {\"type\": \"translation_readiness\", \"title\": \"[Title]\", \"subtitle\": \"[Label]\"}\n17. \"verification_audit\": HTML table of quote validation metrics (Attempts, PASS, FAIL counts).\n {\"type\": \"verification_audit\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n18. \"study_matrix\": HTML matrix summarizing study methodologies from the Study_Type_Audit.\n {\"type\": \"study_matrix\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n19. \"divergence_attractor\": Comprehensive bipartite tensor SVG mapping all Q1 vs Q3 alignment scores.\n {\"type\": \"divergence_attractor\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n20. \"bibliography\": Automatically prints the verified bibliography.\n {\"type\": \"bibliography\", \"title\": \"[Title]\"}\n21. \"data_pie_chart\": Universal Data Pie Chart.\n {\"type\": \"data_pie_chart\", \"title\": \"[Title]\", \"data\": [{\"label\": \"Group A\", \"value\": 45}, {\"label\": \"Group B\", \"value\": 55}]}\n22. \"data_bar_chart\": Universal Generic Bar Chart.\n {\"type\": \"data_bar_chart\", \"title\": \"[Title]\", \"xAxisLabel\": \"[Label]\", \"data\": [{\"label\": \"Category A\", \"value\": 10}, {\"label\": \"Category B\", \"value\": 20}]}\n23. \"event_timeline\": Universal Vertical Timeline.\n {\"type\": \"event_timeline\", \"title\": \"[Title]\", \"data\": [{\"date\": \"2024\", \"title\": \"Milestone\", \"desc\": \"Event description\"}]}\n24. \"comparison_matrix\": Universal Comparison Matrix.\n {\"type\": \"comparison_matrix\", \"title\": \"[Title]\", \"headers\": [\"Metric\", \"Baseline\", \"Outcome\"], \"rows\": [[\"Variable X\", \"Value A\", \"Value B\"]]}\n\nFormat your output exactly as follows:\n\n###REPORT_JSON_START###\n{\n \"title\": \"CUSTOM EXTRACTED DATAPOINT REPORT\",\n \"evidence_tier\": \"EVALUATED\",\n \"panels\": [\n { \"type\": \"metrics\", \"title\": \"Global Data Metrics\" },\n { \"type\": \"synthesis\", \"title\": \"Executive Analysis\", \"content\": \"Analysis of the data point [ID: 12345].\" },\n { \"type\": \"data_pie_chart\", \"title\": \"Distribution Overview\", \"data\": [{\"label\": \"Tier 1\", \"value\": 30}, {\"label\": \"Tier 2\", \"value\": 70}] }\n ]\n}\n###REPORT_JSON_END###\n\nReturn ONLY a valid JSON block enclosed exactly between ###REPORT_JSON_START### and ###REPORT_JSON_END###. Do not include introductory or concluding conversational text."
},
"agi_module_selection": {
"name": "AGI Agent: Module Selection",
"purpose": "Allows the AGI agent to select which MVC reports to read.",
"when_used": "Smart FollowUp step 1.",
"content": "You are an autonomous AGI agent analyzing a complex trace. The system has generated modules for the current dataset. \nAvailable Module IDs: {menuOptions}. \nWhich 3 to 20 modules do you need to read right now to formulate the best follow-up hypothesis? Return ONLY a valid JSON array of strings matching the IDs exactly. (do not choose evidence set. do not choose json array. Do not choose build log. Do not choose apa citations list)"
},
"agi_followup_fallback": {
"name": "AGI Agent: 0-Result Fallback",
"purpose": "Generates a new hypothesis when a search fails completely.",
"when_used": "Smart FollowUp step 2 (if 0 results).",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nYou are an autonomous discovery agent. The previous search returned 0 results. Generate a new, related hypothesis based on the original claim: \"{claim}\".\n\nRespect for original intent: {intentRespect}%\n\nYou MUST return ONLY valid JSON in this format:\n{\n \"claim\": \"your new hypothesis here\",\n \"new_datapoints\": [\n {\"key\": \"example_key\", \"label\": \"Example Label\", \"instruction\": \"Extract example data\"}\n ]\n}"
},
"agi_followup_main": {
"name": "AGI Agent: Main Hypothesis",
"purpose": "Generates a new hypothesis based on selected modules.",
"when_used": "Smart FollowUp step 2.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nYou are an autonomous discovery agent. Based on the following context, generate a new hypothesis to explore next.\n\nOriginal Query: \"{originalQuery}\"\nRespect for original intent: {intentRespect}%\n\nContext:\n{agiContext}\n\nYou MUST return ONLY valid JSON in this format:\n{\n \"claim\": \"your new hypothesis here\",\n \"new_datapoints\": [\n {\"key\": \"example_key\", \"label\": \"Example Label\", \"instruction\": \"Extract example data\"}\n ]\n}"
},
"demo_case_generation": {
"name": "Demo Case Generation",
"purpose": "Generates a hypothetical complex patient inquiry.",
"when_used": "When the user clicks 'Demo Case'.",
"content": "RAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nGenerate a single, realistic, complex question a patient or caregiver might ask regarding an unproven metabolic mechanism or off-label pathway for a terminal disease. Return ONLY the question, no quotes."
},
"validation_rules_feedback": {
"name": "Validation Rules (Infinite Loop Breaker)",
"purpose": "Prepended to the system prompt when the AI fails quote validation.",
"when_used": "Inside executeQuadrantRAG during a retry.",
"content": "\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f CRITICAL VERIFICATION FAILURE (RETRY LOOP DETECTED) \u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\nYour previous response was REJECTED because your quotes failed strict byte-perfect validation.\n\nTO BREAK THE LOOP, FOLLOW THESE 3 ABSOLUTE RULES:\n1. NO REPAIRING: If a quote failed, do NOT attempt to edit or tweak it. Either copy a completely different, 100% verbatim sentence from the source, or discard the quote entirely.\n2. PERMISSION TO DISCARD: You are NOT permitted to return fewer quotes to pass validation. Never hallucinate just to meet a quota.\n3. BYTE-PERFECT COPY: You must perform a direct, literal copy-paste. Ellipses (...) are BANNED. Do not change a single capital letter, punctuation mark, or space.\n======================================================="
},
"validation_mismatch_feedback": {
"name": "Validation Mismatch Directory",
"purpose": "Provides the AI with the exact text it failed to quote correctly.",
"when_used": "Inside evaluateWithInfiniteRetry.",
"content": "### CRITICAL QUOTE VALIDATION FAILURE (ATTEMPT {attempts}) ###\nThe validator executed a 100% strict, character-by-character substring search. Your response was REJECTED because the following quotes do not exist verbatim in the source texts.\n\n\u274c FAILED QUOTES (You must fix or delete these):\n{failedContext}\n\n{passedContext}\nINSTRUCTION: Study the actual abstracts provided. Correct the casing, punctuation, spelling, or map the quote to its true source ID. Do NOT use ellipses."
}
},
"authorship": [],
"executionLog": [
"[9:23:32 AM] \ud83d\udca1 Crash-Proof Recovery: Found an autosaved session from 11:26:23 PM with 3 completed nodes. Click 'Restore Session' to load it.",
"[9:23:40 AM] Validating Key...",
"[9:23:42 AM] Session ready. Connected to GEMINI provider.",
"[9:24:29 AM] \n\u2795 APPENDING TO EXISTING TRACE...",
"[9:24:29 AM] \n\ud83d\ude80 === STARTING BUILD RUN [1/1] ===",
"[9:24:29 AM] \n--- Processing Pentamatrix[1/1]: SYNTHESIS ---",
"[9:24:29 AM] \ud83e\udde0 Generating Booleans for PubMed...",
"[9:24:33 AM] \ud83d\udce1 Fetching node IDs across queries (Target Depth: 3)...",
"[9:24:37 AM] \u2705 Successfully retrieved 120 unique nodes.",
"[9:24:40 AM] Scoring & Validation for Run1 Eval1 synthesis (Attempt 1/9999999)...",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 32020997]: \"Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 24091052]: \"Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udd34 Quote Mismatch [ID: 35149144]: \"Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33206558]: \"The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38344049]: \"It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udd34 Quote Mismatch [ID: 33484734]: \"The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration \u00d7 exposure duration (Cxt); the higher the Cxt is, the less time that is required for edema to appear....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33484734]: \"It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 22738685]: \"Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 35952445]: \"Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udd34 Quote Mismatch [ID: 35952445]: \"bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 30668997]: \"In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 23689094]: \"Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38768837]: \"Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 29104014]: \"This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 28577109]: \"Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 37429600]: \"The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 26562770]: \"Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udd34 Quote Mismatch [ID: 28962489]: \"Irritant gases with lower solubility like phosgene also follow a threshold-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity action but can exhibit more insidious and isolated bronchiolar tissue damage with a similar latency to fibrosis....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udd34 Quote Mismatch [ID: 35983054]: \"Initially, the illness is mild and presents as coughing, chest tightness, and wheezing; however, within a few hours, symptoms progress to chronic respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, dyspnea, and hypoxemia....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33414048]: \"When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis....\"",
"[9:24:54 AM] \u26a0\ufe0f Validation failed for Run1 Eval1 synthesis (Attempt 1/9999999). Initiating re-evaluation loop...",
"[9:24:54 AM] Scoring & Validation for Run1 Eval1 synthesis (Attempt 2/9999999)...",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33484734]: \"The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 35952445]: \"Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 26562770]: \"Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 24091052]: \"Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 32020997]: \"Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38344049]: \"It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33206558]: \"The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 22738685]: \"Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 30668997]: \"In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 23689094]: \"Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38768837]: \"Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 29104014]: \"This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 28577109]: \"Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 37429600]: \"The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33414048]: \"When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 36335468]: \"The overstimulation of nicotinic or muscarinic receptors by accumulated acetylcholine on a synaptic cleft leads to activation of the glutamatergic system and the development of seizures....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 34509511]: \"Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents and pesticides are a class of neurotoxic compounds that can cause status epilepticus (SE), and death following acute high-dose exposures....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33040867]: \"Atropine is an effective antidote to nerve agents....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33040861]: \"Toxicity from medications and other substances are a common cause of delirium....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 32712238]: \"We should consider the rule of anticholinesterase as an adjunctive therapy to PSA in severe cobra envenomation....\"",
"[9:25:06 AM] \u2705 All 20 quotes validated verbatim.",
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"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 32020997]: \"Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38344049]: \"It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 22738685]: \"Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 24091052]: \"Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33484734]: \"It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 35952445]: \"Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 30668997]: \"In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 23689094]: \"Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38768837]: \"Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 29104014]: \"This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 28577109]: \"Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 37429600]: \"The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 26562770]: \"Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33414048]: \"When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 33206558]: \"The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38465519]: \"The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38778957]: \"Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 35149144]: \"The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 41481233]: \"This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \ud83d\udfe2 Quote Verified [Library ID: 38374946]: \"The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized....\"",
"[9:25:23 AM] \u2705 All 20 quotes validated verbatim.",
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"quote": "Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 32020997\nTitle: Antidotes in Poisoning.\nAbstract: Antidotes are agents that negate the effect of a poison or toxin. Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites. Antidote administration may not only result in the reduction of free or active toxin level, but also in the mitigation of end-organ effects of the toxin by mechanisms that include competitive inhibition, receptor blockade or direct antagonism of the toxin. Reduction in free toxin level can be achieved by specific and non-specific agents that bind to the toxin. The most commonly used non-specific binding agent is activated charcoal. Specific binders include chelating agents, bioscavenger therapy and immunotherapy. In some situations, enhanced elimination can be achieved by urinary alkalization or hemadsorption. Competitive inhibition of enzymes (e.g. ethanol for methanol poisoning), enhancement of enzyme function (e.g. oximes for organophosphorus poisoning) and competitive receptor blockade (e.g. naloxone, flumazenil) are other mechanisms by which antidotes act. Drugs such as N-acetyl cysteine and sodium thiocyanate reduce the formation of toxic metabolites in paracetamol and cyanide poisoning respectively. Drugs such as atropine and magnesium are used to counteract the end-organ effects in organophosphorus poisoning. Vitamins such as vitamin K, folic acid and pyridoxine are used to antagonise the effects of warfarin, methotrexate and INH respectively in the setting of toxicity or overdose. This review provides an overview of the role of antidotes in poisoning. Chacko B, Peter JV. Antidotes in Poisoning. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4):S241-S249."
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"quote": "Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 24091052\nTitle: Limitations and challenges in treatment of acute chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Recent news from Syria on a possible use of chemical warfare agents made the headlines. Furthermore, the motivation of terrorists to cause maximal harm shifts these agents into the public focus. For incidents with mass casualties appropriate medical countermeasures must be available. At present, the most important threats arise from nerve agents and sulfur mustard. At first, self-protection and protection of medical units from contamination is of utmost importance. Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis. Immediate clinical diagnosis can be confirmed on-site by assessment of acetylcholinesterase activity. Treatment with autoinjectors that are filled with 2mg atropine and an oxime (at present obidoxime, pralidoxime, TMB-4 or HI-6) are not effective against all nerve agents. A more aggressive atropinisation has to be considered and more effective oximes (if possible with a broad spectrum or a combination of different oximes) as well as alternative strategies to cope with high acetylcholine levels at synaptic sites should be developed. A further gap exists for the treatment of patients with sustained cholinergic crisis that has to be expected after exposure to persistent nerve agents, e.g. VX. The requirement for long-lasting artificial ventilation can be reduced with an oxime therapy that is optimized by using the cholinesterase status for guidance or by measures (e.g. scavengers) that are able to reduce the poison load substantially in the patients. For sulfur mustard poisoning no specific antidote is available until now. Symptomatic measures as used for treatment of burns are recommended together with surgical or laser debridement. Thus, huge amounts of resources are expected to be consumed as wound healing is impaired. Possible depots of sulfur mustard in tissues may aggravate the situation. More basic knowledge is necessary to improve substantially therapeutic options. The use of stem cells may provide a new and promising option."
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"quote": "Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 35149144\nTitle: Assessment of the serum glucose/potassium GLU/K ratio as a predictor of intermediate syndrome following acute anticholinesterase exposure.\nAbstract: The widespread use of anticholinesterase-containing pesticides accounts for the considerable morbidity and mortality in Egypt and worldwide. Few studies have investigated the predictors of intermediate syndrome (IMS). Therefore, in this study, we assessed the adequacy of the serum glucose/potassium (GLU/K) ratio as an early reliable tool to predict IMS incidence following intoxication with acute anticholinesterase compounds. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who presented to Tanta University Poison Control Center, Egypt, and were diagnosed with acute anticholinesterase intoxication between January and August, 2021. Patients were categorized based on the primary outcome into IMS (+) and IMS (-) groups. Overall, 243 patients were included, among whom 44 (18.1%) had IMS as the complication. Younger individuals with age ranging between 18 and <\u00a025 years constituted the main exposed age category in both groups. Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients (94.2% and 63.8% of patients, respectively). The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor. At a cutoff value of >\u00a041.07%, the GLU/K ratio could significantly predict IMS (areas under the curves =\u00a00.971, p\u00a0<\u00a00.001) with 93% accuracy, 93.2% sensitivity, and 93% specificity. Although the clear pathophysiology of IMS remains to be elucidated, our results provide insight into the significant contribution of neurological affection, apart from the well-known direct toxic effect on muscles. Moreover, we demonstrated a significant association between the development of IMS and severity of organophosphorus compounds' exposure. Physicians should be vigilant to detect IMS early upon admission using the GLU/K ratio, which is a useful early IMS predictor."
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"quote": "The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 33206558\nTitle: Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep.\nAbstract: Activation of the carotid body (CB) using intracarotid potassium cyanide (KCN) injection increases coronary blood flow (CoBF). This increase in CoBF is considered to be mediated by co-activation of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to the heart. However, whether cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) actually increases during CB activation has not been determined previously. We hypothesized that activation of the CB would increase directly recorded cardiac SNA, which would cause coronary vasodilatation. Experiments were conducted in conscious sheep implanted with electrodes to record cardiac SNA and diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF and cardiac output, and a catheter to record arterial pressure. Intracarotid KCN injection was used to activate the CB. To eliminate the contribution of metabolic demand on coronary flow, the heart was paced at a constant rate during CB chemoreflex stimulation. Intracarotid KCN injection resulted in a significant increase in directly recorded cardiac SNA frequency (from 24\u2009\u00b1\u20092 to 40\u2009\u00b1\u20094 bursts/min; P < 0.05) as well as a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure (79\u2009\u00b1\u200915 to 88\u2009\u00b1\u200914\u2009mmHg; P < 0.01) and CoBF (75\u2009\u00b1\u200937 vs. 86\u2009\u00b1\u200942\u2009mL/min; P < 0.05). The increase in CoBF and coronary vascular conductance to intracarotid KCN injection was abolished after propranolol infusion, suggesting that the increased cardiac SNA mediates coronary vasodilatation. The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response. Our results indicate that CB activation increases directly recorded cardiac SNA, which mediates vasodilatation of the coronary vasculature."
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"quote": "It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 38344049\nTitle: Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.\nAbstract: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotation. Calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdoses can be severe with potentially serious adverse outcomes. CCBs work by blocking the calcium channels on smooth and cardiac muscle tissue. At low dose ranges, dihydropyridine CCBs (such as nifedipine, amlodipine, and nicardipine) block the L-type calcium receptors in the peripheral vasculature, whereas non-dihydropyridine CCBs (such as: verapamil and diltiazem) affect the L-type calcium receptors in the myocardium.1 Because of this distinction, dihydropyridine CCB toxicity manifests as arterial vasodilation and non-dihydropyridine CCB toxicity is associated with cardiac manifestations such as bradycardia and negative inotropy.2 It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension. Patients can develop both vasoplegic shock from peripheral vasodilation and cardiogenic shock. This is a high acuity low occurrence case with infrequently used but specific treatments, and thus this case provides educational value. At the end of this oral board session, examinees will: (1) demonstrate ability to evaluate a patient with undifferentiated shock with bradycardia and discuss the differential diagnosis, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of calcium channel blocker overdose, (3) demonstrate ability to manage treatment of a patient with calcium channel overdose. This oral board case followed the standard American Board of Emergency Medicine-style case in a tertiary care hospital with access to all specialists and resources needed. This case was tested using 12 resident volunteers ranging from PGY 1-2 in an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited emergency medicine residency program. Immediate feedback was solicited both from the learners and from the evaluators following the debriefing session. Residents were asked to evaluate the educational value of the case using a 1-5 Likert scale (5 being excellent). Evaluators were asked to score the residents using the ACGME core competencies with a scale of 1-8, 1-4 being unacceptable and 5-8 being acceptable. Seven PGY1 residents and five PGY2 residents, thus twelve residents in total, completed the case. The average score was 5.10/8. Three residents missed zero critical actions. The most common critical action missed was consulting cardiology or cardiothoracic surgery for circulatory support options. Many residents failed to recognize that the patient did not have a perfusing blood pressure at the beginning of the case and did not start CPR. Although most residents recognized the patient's hemodynamic collapse was from a calcium channel blocker overdose, most did not know the treatment for this beyond atropine and intravenous fluids.The learners rated the educational value of the case as 4.9/5. Seven residents reported that the case definitely increased their medical knowledge; five residents reported that it somewhat increased their medical knowledge. All residents rated the case as helpful in preparing to manage this medical condition. The educational content from this case was effective. This is a high acuity low occurrence case that has unique treatments that are not commonly used. This makes this case excellent for practice and discussion. We learned during implementation that this case has a high degree of difficulty compared to other cases, and junior learners will need more prompting. It is also important for the proctor to keep the case moving because there is a lot to cover in the allotted amount of time. Calcium channel blocker overdose, toxicology."
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"quote": "The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration \u00d7 exposure duration (Cxt); the higher the Cxt is, the less time that is required for edema to appear.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 33484734\nTitle: Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable high-production-volume chemical intermediate used worldwide in numerous industrial processes. Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema."
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"quote": "It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 33484734\nTitle: Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable high-production-volume chemical intermediate used worldwide in numerous industrial processes. Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema."
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"quote": "Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 22738685\nTitle: Rapid and complete bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning in minipigs after intraosseous administration.\nAbstract: Management of chemical weapon casualties includes the timely administration of antidotes without contamination of rescuers. Personal protective equipment makes intravenous access difficult but does not prevent intraosseous drug administration. We therefore measured the systemic bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning when administered by the intraosseous, intravenous, and intramuscular routes in a small study of G\u00f6ttingen minipigs. Animals were randomly allocated to sequentially receive atropine (0.12 mg/kg by rapid injection), pralidoxime (25 mg/kg by injection during 2 minutes), and hydroxocobalamin (75 mg/kg during 10 minutes) by the intravenous or intraosseous route, or atropine and pralidoxime by the intramuscular route. Plasma concentrations were measured for 6 hours to characterize the antidote concentration-time profiles for each route. Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route. Maximum plasma hydroxocobalamin concentration occurred at the end of the infusion when administered by the intraosseous route. The mean area under the concentration-time curve by the intraosseous route was similar to the intravenous route for all 3 drugs and similar to the intramuscular route for atropine and pralidoxime. This study showed rapid and substantial antidote bioavailability after intraosseous administration that appeared similar to that of the intravenous route. The intraosseous route of antidote administration should be considered when intravenous access is difficult."
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"quote": "Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3\u00a0\u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500\u00a0\u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0% and 100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019\u00a0%, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12\u00a0% and\u00a0<\u00a09\u00a0% relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2\u00a0=\u00a037.5\u00a0h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure."
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"quote": "bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3\u00a0\u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500\u00a0\u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0% and 100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019\u00a0%, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12\u00a0% and\u00a0<\u00a09\u00a0% relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2\u00a0=\u00a037.5\u00a0h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure."
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"quote": "In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 30668997\nTitle: Phosgene-induced lung edema: Comparison of clinical criteria for increased extravascular lung water content with postmortem lung gravimetry and lavage-protein in rats and dogs.\nAbstract: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by a concentration x time (Cxt)-dependent increased pulmonary vascular permeability, phenotypically manifested as potentially life-threatening acute lung edema. In contemporary animal bioassays, the quantification of protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) is taken as an unequivocal endpoint suggestive of disruption of alveolar barrier function. However, extravasated protein can only be a surrogate endpoint for assessing the extravascular fluid dynamics of the lung. This pathophysiological hallmark of ALI is diagnosed and quantified in vivo in humans by assessing the accumulation of excess extravascular lung water (EVLW). The Point of Departure (POD) of the Cxt relationship of this adverse outcome pathway should also constitute the basis for setting safe occupational and emergency response values. Unlike the EVLW approach, toxicology-based animal models utilize postmortem analyses of total protein in BAL and lung weights as the basis for human risk assessment. With either approach, it remains difficult to unequivocally evaluate pulmonary edema in terms of etiopathology and specificity, i.e., cardiogenic and hydrostatic versus increased permeability edema. The objective of this paper is to retrospectively analyze the clinical scoring of the severity grades of in vivo EVLWs from humans with the respective postmortem biomarkers BAL protein and collagen versus wet lung weights in rats and dogs exposed by inhalation to phosgene gas. Despite the different methodological approaches taken in humans and animals, the EVLW-based predicted thresholds for the onset of pulmonary edema and potentially life-threatening severe pulmonary edema were in remarkable agreement. Data from dogs appear to more aptly reflect the human etiopathology and should be given preference over data from rodents. Especially in rats, elevations in BAL protein may lead to a marked overestimation of the edematous potency of phosgene due to secreted protein into airways. In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema. Caution is advised when using BAL protein in isolation as a surrogate endpoint of pulmonary edema."
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"quote": "Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.",
"status": "PASS",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 23689094\nTitle: Patterns of cyanide antidote use since regulatory approval of hydroxocobalamin in the United States.\nAbstract: Sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are common cyanide antidotes. Hydroxocobalamin was approved for use in the United States in 2006. Our objective was to determine the frequency of antidote use as reported to the US poison centers from 2005 to 2009 and describe which antidotes were used in critically ill cyanide toxic patients. We performed a retrospective review over 5 years (2005-2009) from 61 US poison centers. We identified all cyanide-exposed cases that received a cyanide antidote. Variables collected included demographics, gastric decontamination, antidote used, predefined serious clinical effects (hypotension, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and coma), and predefined serious therapies (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, vasopressors, atropine, anticonvulsant, antidysrhythmic, and intubation/ventilation). One trained abstractor abstracted each chart to a standardized electronic form. Another investigator audited 20% of the charts. Kappa values were calculated. One hundred sixty-five exposures were identified. Mean age was 42 years (range, 3-93 years). Seventy-one percent were male. Exposures were 27% ingestion and 53% inhalation. Thirty-two percent of the ingestions were suicide attempts. Twenty percent (32 of 157) of all cases died. Over all years reported, hydroxocobalamin was administered to 29% (45 of 157) of patients, sodium nitrite to 25%, and sodium thiosulfate to 46%. Hydroxocobalamin use increased from 24% to 54% from 2007 to 2009, respectively (P = 0.024). Sodium thiosulfate use decreased from 73% to 31% (P = 0.002) and sodium nitrite use decreased from 26% to 14% (P = 0.39). The proportion of cases with serious clinical effects that received hydroxocobalamin increased each year, and the proportion that received other antidotes decreased. Hydroxocobalamin was also administered more often in cases that required serious therapies and increased each year. Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers. Reported use of sodium thiosulfate and sodium nitrite decreased over the same years. In addition, hydroxocobalamin was used more often each year in critically ill cyanide toxic patients than were sodium nitrite or sodium thiosulfate."
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"attempt": 1,
"quote": "Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.",
"status": "PASS",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 38768837\nTitle: Baseline physiological data from anesthetized pigs in a VX intoxication model.\nAbstract: Over the past fifty years, swine models have been used for organophosphorus intoxication studies. Among these studies and others on the swine model in general, some physiological data, especially cholinesterase activity highly impacted by organophosphorus compounds like nerve agent VX, still need to be completed. To support and compare our model to others, we have published the experimental protocol, the physiological values of 31 juvenile anesthetized pigs, and the 6\u202fh-follow-up of six supplementary anesthetized control animals and 7 VX-intoxicated pigs. We reported hemodynamics and respiratory parameters, blood levels in several biochemical parameters, blood gas, and complete blood count and compared them to the literature. We also focused on tissue and blood cholinesterase activities and detailed them for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. After establishing a broad physiological data set consistent with the literature, we reported several cardio-respiratory parameters that seem more affected by an organophosphate intoxication, like heart rate, arterial blood pressure, cardiac output, and respiratory rate. Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status. This swine model is currently used to develop and evaluate medical countermeasures against organophosphate nerve agent intoxications."
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"quote": "This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.",
"status": "PASS",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 29104014\nTitle: Continuous positive airway pressure: An early intervention to prevent phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: Exposure to toxic industrial chemicals such as phosgene may occur through accidental or deliberate release. Inhalation may result in an acute lung injury which manifests as hypoxaemia with insufficient oxygen being delivered to the tissues resulting in hypoxia, respiratory failure and death. No effective pharmacological therapy currently exists and treatment remains supportive, often requiring intensive care facilities. In a mass casualty scenario the logistical burden of managing exposed individuals would rapidly overwhelm healthcare systems. This highlights the need to develop post exposure therapeutic strategies to minimise injury severity and increase survival in individuals exposed to toxic chemicals. Our research objective was to investigate a commercial off the shelf (COTS) therapy; ambient air continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support, initiated 1h post exposure to explore the concept that early intervention with positive airway pressure would reduce or ameliorate lung injury following exposure to phosgene. This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h."
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"quote": "Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.",
"status": "PASS",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 28577109\nTitle: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI): differences from chlorine-induced ALI and attempts to translate toxicology to clinical medicine.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable chemical inter-mediate used in numerous industrial processes. There is no clear consensus as to its time- and inhaled-dose-dependent etiopathologies and associated preventive or therapeutic treatment strategies. Cardiopulmonary function was examined in rats exposed by inhalation to the alveolar irritant phosgene or to the airway irritant chlorine during and following exposure. Terminal measurements focused on hematology, protein extravasation in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and increased lung weight. Noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic endpoints in exhaled breath (carbon dioxide and nitric oxide) were used to detect the clinically occult stage of pulmonary edema. The first event observed in rats following high but sublethal acute exposure to phosgene was the stimulation of alveolar nociceptive vagal receptors. This afferent stimulation resulted in dramatic changes in cardiopulmonary functions, ventilation: perfusion imbalances, and progressive pulmonary edema and phospholipoproteinosis. Hematology revealed hemoconcentration to be an early marker of pulmonary edema and fibrin as a discriminating endpoint that was positive for the airway irritant chlorine and negative for the alveolar irritant phosgene. The application of each gas produced typical ALI/ARDS (acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome) characteristics. Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation. Carbon dioxide in expired gas was suggestive of increased ventilation dead space and appeared to be a harbinger of progressively developing lung edema. Treatment with the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine aerosol by inhalation reduced the severity of phosgene-induced ALI when applied at low\u00a0dose-rates. Symptomatic treatment regimens were considered inferior to causal modes of treatment."
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"attempt": 1,
"quote": "The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.",
"status": "PASS",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 37429600\nTitle: Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults.\nAbstract: This review presents recent studies of the chemical and molecular regulators of acetylcholine (ACh) signaling and the complexity of the small molecule and RNA regulators of those mechanisms that control cholinergic functioning in health and disease. The underlying structural, neurochemical, and transcriptomic concepts, including basic and translational research and clinical studies, shed new light on how these processes inter-change under acute states, age, sex, and COVID-19 infection; all of which modulate ACh-mediated processes and inflammation in women and men and under diverse stresses. The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE. The over-arching purpose of this review is thus to discuss mechanisms of cholinergic signaling dysfunction caused by OP pesticides, OP nerve agents, and anti-cholinergic medications; and to highlight new therapeutic strategies to combat both the acute and chronic effects of these chemicals on the cholinergic and neuroimmune systems. Furthermore, OP toxicity was examined in view of cholinesterase inhibition and beyond in order to highlight improved small molecules and RNA therapeutic strategies and assess their predicted pitfalls to reverse the acute toxicity and long-term deleterious effects of OPs."
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"attempt": 1,
"quote": "Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 26562770\nTitle: Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury.\nAbstract: Toxic industrial chemicals are used throughout the world to produce everyday products such as household and commercial cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, paper, and fertilizers. These chemicals are produced, stored, and transported in large quantities, which poses a threat to the local civilian population in cases of accidental or intentional release. Several of these chemicals have no known medical countermeasures for their toxic effects. Phosgene is a highly toxic industrial chemical which was used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI. Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death. The mechanisms of phosgene-induced pulmonary injury are not fully identified, and currently there is no efficacious countermeasure. Here, we provide a proposed mechanism of phosgene-induced lung injury based on the literature and from studies conducted in our lab, as well as provide results from studies designed to evaluate survival efficacy of potential therapies following whole-body phosgene exposure in mice. Several therapies were able to significantly increase 24h survival following an LCt50-70 exposure to phosgene; however, no treatment was able to fully protect against phosgene-induced mortality. These studies provide evidence that mortality following phosgene toxicity can be mitigated by neuro- and calcium-regulators, antioxidants, phosphodiesterase and endothelin receptor antagonists, angiotensin converting enzymes, and transient receptor potential cation channel inhibitors. However, because the mechanism of phosgene toxicity is multifaceted, we conclude that a single therapeutic is unlikely to be sufficient to ameliorate the multitude of direct and secondary toxic effects caused by phosgene inhalation."
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"attempt": 1,
"quote": "Irritant gases with lower solubility like phosgene also follow a threshold-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity action but can exhibit more insidious and isolated bronchiolar tissue damage with a similar latency to fibrosis.",
"status": "FAIL",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 28962489\nTitle: Pathology, toxicology, and latency of irritant gases known to cause bronchiolitis obliterans disease: Does diacetyl fit the pattern?\nAbstract: Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a rare disease involving concentric bronchiolar fibrosis that develops rapidly following inhalation of certain irritant gases at sufficiently high acute doses. While there are many potential causes of bronchiolar lesions involved in a variety of chronic lung diseases, failure to clearly define the clinical features and pathological characteristics can lead to ambiguous diagnoses. Irritant gases known to cause BO follow a similar pathologic process and time course of disease onset in humans. Studies of inhaled irritant gases known to cause BO (e.g., chlorine, hydrochloric acid, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, sulfur or nitrogen mustards, and phosgene) indicate that the time course between causal chemical exposures and development of clinically significant BO disease is typically limited to a few months. The mechanism of toxic action exerted by these irritant gases generally involves widespread and severe injury of the epithelial lining of the bronchioles that leads to acute respiratory symptoms which can include lung edema within days. Repeated exposures to inhaled irritant gases at concentrations insufficient to cause marked respiratory distress or edema may lead to adaptive responses that can reduce or prevent severe bronchiolar fibrotic changes. Risk of BO from irritant gases is driven substantially by toxicokinetics affecting concentrations occurring at the bronchiolar epithelium. Highly soluble irritant gases that cause BO like ammonia generally follow a threshold-dependent cytotoxic mechanism of action that at sufficiently high doses results in severe inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and the bronchiolar epithelium concurrently. This is followed by acute respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, and post inflammatory concentric fibrosis that become clinically obvious within a few months. In contrast, irritant gases with lower solubility like phosgene also follow a threshold-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity action but can exhibit more insidious and isolated bronchiolar tissue damage with a similar latency to fibrosis. To date, animal and human studies on the highly soluble gas, diacetyl, have not identified a coherent pattern of pathology and latency that would be expected based on studies of other known causes of bronchiolitis obliterans disease."
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"attempt": 1,
"quote": "Initially, the illness is mild and presents as coughing, chest tightness, and wheezing; however, within a few hours, symptoms progress to chronic respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, dyspnea, and hypoxemia.",
"status": "FAIL",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 35983054\nTitle: Phosgene-Induced acute lung injury: Approaches for mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (COCl2) gas is a chemical intermediate of high-volume production with numerous industrial applications worldwide. Due to its high toxicity, accidental exposure to phosgene leads to various chemical injuries, primarily resulting in chemical-induced lung injury due to inhalation. Initially, the illness is mild and presents as coughing, chest tightness, and wheezing; however, within a few hours, symptoms progress to chronic respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, dyspnea, and hypoxemia, which may contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome or even death in severe cases. Despite rapid advances in medicine, effective treatments for phosgene-inhaled poisoning are lacking. Elucidating the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of acute inhalation toxicity caused by phosgene is necessary for the development of appropriate therapeutics. In this review, we discuss extant literature on relevant mechanisms and therapeutic strategies to highlight novel ideas for the treatment of phosgene-induced acute lung injury."
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"attempt": 1,
"quote": "When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33414048\nTitle: Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug.\nAbstract: Redotex\u2122 is a Mexican weight-loss supplement that is not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved. It consists of the following five ingredients: tri-iodothyronine 75\u00a0\u03bcg, atropine 0.36\u00a0mg, diazepam 8\u00a0mg, aloin 16\u00a0mg, and d-norpseudoephedrine 50\u00a0mg per tablet. There are few case reports with clinically severe ingestions. We report two cases of clinical thyrotoxicosis due to use of Redotex. A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with anxiety and palpitations. She reported taking Redotex daily for 1\u00a0week. Her temperature was 37.1\u00b0C, blood pressure (BP) was 166/104\u00a0mm Hg, and heart rate (HR) was 140 beats/min. Laboratory analysis was significant for a bicarbonate level of 20\u00a0mmol/L (reference 22-29\u00a0mmol/L), free T4 0.75\u00a0ng/dL (reference 0.93-1.70\u00a0ng/dL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.05 uIU/mL (reference 0.27-4.20 uIU/mL). She was treated with 2\u00a0mg i.v. lorazepam and 20\u00a0mg oral propranolol. A 37-year-old woman presented with chest pain, palpitations, and nausea after taking Redotex 1 to 2 tablets daily for 6\u00a0weeks. Her HR was 134 beats/min and BP was 130/66\u00a0mm Hg. Thyroid function tests on initial presentation showed a TSH of 0.013 uU/mL, free T4 of 0.24\u00a0ng/dL, and free T3 of >30 pg/mL. She was treated with propranolol 1\u00a0mg i.v. twice per day and 2 doses of lorazepam 1\u00a0mg. Both patients had resolution of their symptoms. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis. This has not been seen in prior reports."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33484734\nTitle: Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable high-production-volume chemical intermediate used worldwide in numerous industrial processes. Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3\u00a0\u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500\u00a0\u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0% and 100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019\u00a0%, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12\u00a0% and\u00a0<\u00a09\u00a0% relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2\u00a0=\u00a037.5\u00a0h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 26562770\nTitle: Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury.\nAbstract: Toxic industrial chemicals are used throughout the world to produce everyday products such as household and commercial cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, paper, and fertilizers. These chemicals are produced, stored, and transported in large quantities, which poses a threat to the local civilian population in cases of accidental or intentional release. Several of these chemicals have no known medical countermeasures for their toxic effects. Phosgene is a highly toxic industrial chemical which was used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI. Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death. The mechanisms of phosgene-induced pulmonary injury are not fully identified, and currently there is no efficacious countermeasure. Here, we provide a proposed mechanism of phosgene-induced lung injury based on the literature and from studies conducted in our lab, as well as provide results from studies designed to evaluate survival efficacy of potential therapies following whole-body phosgene exposure in mice. Several therapies were able to significantly increase 24h survival following an LCt50-70 exposure to phosgene; however, no treatment was able to fully protect against phosgene-induced mortality. These studies provide evidence that mortality following phosgene toxicity can be mitigated by neuro- and calcium-regulators, antioxidants, phosphodiesterase and endothelin receptor antagonists, angiotensin converting enzymes, and transient receptor potential cation channel inhibitors. However, because the mechanism of phosgene toxicity is multifaceted, we conclude that a single therapeutic is unlikely to be sufficient to ameliorate the multitude of direct and secondary toxic effects caused by phosgene inhalation."
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 24091052\nTitle: Limitations and challenges in treatment of acute chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Recent news from Syria on a possible use of chemical warfare agents made the headlines. Furthermore, the motivation of terrorists to cause maximal harm shifts these agents into the public focus. For incidents with mass casualties appropriate medical countermeasures must be available. At present, the most important threats arise from nerve agents and sulfur mustard. At first, self-protection and protection of medical units from contamination is of utmost importance. Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis. Immediate clinical diagnosis can be confirmed on-site by assessment of acetylcholinesterase activity. Treatment with autoinjectors that are filled with 2mg atropine and an oxime (at present obidoxime, pralidoxime, TMB-4 or HI-6) are not effective against all nerve agents. A more aggressive atropinisation has to be considered and more effective oximes (if possible with a broad spectrum or a combination of different oximes) as well as alternative strategies to cope with high acetylcholine levels at synaptic sites should be developed. A further gap exists for the treatment of patients with sustained cholinergic crisis that has to be expected after exposure to persistent nerve agents, e.g. VX. The requirement for long-lasting artificial ventilation can be reduced with an oxime therapy that is optimized by using the cholinesterase status for guidance or by measures (e.g. scavengers) that are able to reduce the poison load substantially in the patients. For sulfur mustard poisoning no specific antidote is available until now. Symptomatic measures as used for treatment of burns are recommended together with surgical or laser debridement. Thus, huge amounts of resources are expected to be consumed as wound healing is impaired. Possible depots of sulfur mustard in tissues may aggravate the situation. More basic knowledge is necessary to improve substantially therapeutic options. The use of stem cells may provide a new and promising option."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 32020997\nTitle: Antidotes in Poisoning.\nAbstract: Antidotes are agents that negate the effect of a poison or toxin. Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites. Antidote administration may not only result in the reduction of free or active toxin level, but also in the mitigation of end-organ effects of the toxin by mechanisms that include competitive inhibition, receptor blockade or direct antagonism of the toxin. Reduction in free toxin level can be achieved by specific and non-specific agents that bind to the toxin. The most commonly used non-specific binding agent is activated charcoal. Specific binders include chelating agents, bioscavenger therapy and immunotherapy. In some situations, enhanced elimination can be achieved by urinary alkalization or hemadsorption. Competitive inhibition of enzymes (e.g. ethanol for methanol poisoning), enhancement of enzyme function (e.g. oximes for organophosphorus poisoning) and competitive receptor blockade (e.g. naloxone, flumazenil) are other mechanisms by which antidotes act. Drugs such as N-acetyl cysteine and sodium thiocyanate reduce the formation of toxic metabolites in paracetamol and cyanide poisoning respectively. Drugs such as atropine and magnesium are used to counteract the end-organ effects in organophosphorus poisoning. Vitamins such as vitamin K, folic acid and pyridoxine are used to antagonise the effects of warfarin, methotrexate and INH respectively in the setting of toxicity or overdose. This review provides an overview of the role of antidotes in poisoning. Chacko B, Peter JV. Antidotes in Poisoning. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4):S241-S249."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38344049\nTitle: Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.\nAbstract: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotation. Calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdoses can be severe with potentially serious adverse outcomes. CCBs work by blocking the calcium channels on smooth and cardiac muscle tissue. At low dose ranges, dihydropyridine CCBs (such as nifedipine, amlodipine, and nicardipine) block the L-type calcium receptors in the peripheral vasculature, whereas non-dihydropyridine CCBs (such as: verapamil and diltiazem) affect the L-type calcium receptors in the myocardium.1 Because of this distinction, dihydropyridine CCB toxicity manifests as arterial vasodilation and non-dihydropyridine CCB toxicity is associated with cardiac manifestations such as bradycardia and negative inotropy.2 It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension. Patients can develop both vasoplegic shock from peripheral vasodilation and cardiogenic shock. This is a high acuity low occurrence case with infrequently used but specific treatments, and thus this case provides educational value. At the end of this oral board session, examinees will: (1) demonstrate ability to evaluate a patient with undifferentiated shock with bradycardia and discuss the differential diagnosis, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of calcium channel blocker overdose, (3) demonstrate ability to manage treatment of a patient with calcium channel overdose. This oral board case followed the standard American Board of Emergency Medicine-style case in a tertiary care hospital with access to all specialists and resources needed. This case was tested using 12 resident volunteers ranging from PGY 1-2 in an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited emergency medicine residency program. Immediate feedback was solicited both from the learners and from the evaluators following the debriefing session. Residents were asked to evaluate the educational value of the case using a 1-5 Likert scale (5 being excellent). Evaluators were asked to score the residents using the ACGME core competencies with a scale of 1-8, 1-4 being unacceptable and 5-8 being acceptable. Seven PGY1 residents and five PGY2 residents, thus twelve residents in total, completed the case. The average score was 5.10/8. Three residents missed zero critical actions. The most common critical action missed was consulting cardiology or cardiothoracic surgery for circulatory support options. Many residents failed to recognize that the patient did not have a perfusing blood pressure at the beginning of the case and did not start CPR. Although most residents recognized the patient's hemodynamic collapse was from a calcium channel blocker overdose, most did not know the treatment for this beyond atropine and intravenous fluids.The learners rated the educational value of the case as 4.9/5. Seven residents reported that the case definitely increased their medical knowledge; five residents reported that it somewhat increased their medical knowledge. All residents rated the case as helpful in preparing to manage this medical condition. The educational content from this case was effective. This is a high acuity low occurrence case that has unique treatments that are not commonly used. This makes this case excellent for practice and discussion. We learned during implementation that this case has a high degree of difficulty compared to other cases, and junior learners will need more prompting. It is also important for the proctor to keep the case moving because there is a lot to cover in the allotted amount of time. Calcium channel blocker overdose, toxicology."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33206558\nTitle: Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep.\nAbstract: Activation of the carotid body (CB) using intracarotid potassium cyanide (KCN) injection increases coronary blood flow (CoBF). This increase in CoBF is considered to be mediated by co-activation of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to the heart. However, whether cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) actually increases during CB activation has not been determined previously. We hypothesized that activation of the CB would increase directly recorded cardiac SNA, which would cause coronary vasodilatation. Experiments were conducted in conscious sheep implanted with electrodes to record cardiac SNA and diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF and cardiac output, and a catheter to record arterial pressure. Intracarotid KCN injection was used to activate the CB. To eliminate the contribution of metabolic demand on coronary flow, the heart was paced at a constant rate during CB chemoreflex stimulation. Intracarotid KCN injection resulted in a significant increase in directly recorded cardiac SNA frequency (from 24\u2009\u00b1\u20092 to 40\u2009\u00b1\u20094 bursts/min; P < 0.05) as well as a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure (79\u2009\u00b1\u200915 to 88\u2009\u00b1\u200914\u2009mmHg; P < 0.01) and CoBF (75\u2009\u00b1\u200937 vs. 86\u2009\u00b1\u200942\u2009mL/min; P < 0.05). The increase in CoBF and coronary vascular conductance to intracarotid KCN injection was abolished after propranolol infusion, suggesting that the increased cardiac SNA mediates coronary vasodilatation. The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response. Our results indicate that CB activation increases directly recorded cardiac SNA, which mediates vasodilatation of the coronary vasculature."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 22738685\nTitle: Rapid and complete bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning in minipigs after intraosseous administration.\nAbstract: Management of chemical weapon casualties includes the timely administration of antidotes without contamination of rescuers. Personal protective equipment makes intravenous access difficult but does not prevent intraosseous drug administration. We therefore measured the systemic bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning when administered by the intraosseous, intravenous, and intramuscular routes in a small study of G\u00f6ttingen minipigs. Animals were randomly allocated to sequentially receive atropine (0.12 mg/kg by rapid injection), pralidoxime (25 mg/kg by injection during 2 minutes), and hydroxocobalamin (75 mg/kg during 10 minutes) by the intravenous or intraosseous route, or atropine and pralidoxime by the intramuscular route. Plasma concentrations were measured for 6 hours to characterize the antidote concentration-time profiles for each route. Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route. Maximum plasma hydroxocobalamin concentration occurred at the end of the infusion when administered by the intraosseous route. The mean area under the concentration-time curve by the intraosseous route was similar to the intravenous route for all 3 drugs and similar to the intramuscular route for atropine and pralidoxime. This study showed rapid and substantial antidote bioavailability after intraosseous administration that appeared similar to that of the intravenous route. The intraosseous route of antidote administration should be considered when intravenous access is difficult."
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"attempt": 2,
"quote": "In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 30668997\nTitle: Phosgene-induced lung edema: Comparison of clinical criteria for increased extravascular lung water content with postmortem lung gravimetry and lavage-protein in rats and dogs.\nAbstract: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by a concentration x time (Cxt)-dependent increased pulmonary vascular permeability, phenotypically manifested as potentially life-threatening acute lung edema. In contemporary animal bioassays, the quantification of protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) is taken as an unequivocal endpoint suggestive of disruption of alveolar barrier function. However, extravasated protein can only be a surrogate endpoint for assessing the extravascular fluid dynamics of the lung. This pathophysiological hallmark of ALI is diagnosed and quantified in vivo in humans by assessing the accumulation of excess extravascular lung water (EVLW). The Point of Departure (POD) of the Cxt relationship of this adverse outcome pathway should also constitute the basis for setting safe occupational and emergency response values. Unlike the EVLW approach, toxicology-based animal models utilize postmortem analyses of total protein in BAL and lung weights as the basis for human risk assessment. With either approach, it remains difficult to unequivocally evaluate pulmonary edema in terms of etiopathology and specificity, i.e., cardiogenic and hydrostatic versus increased permeability edema. The objective of this paper is to retrospectively analyze the clinical scoring of the severity grades of in vivo EVLWs from humans with the respective postmortem biomarkers BAL protein and collagen versus wet lung weights in rats and dogs exposed by inhalation to phosgene gas. Despite the different methodological approaches taken in humans and animals, the EVLW-based predicted thresholds for the onset of pulmonary edema and potentially life-threatening severe pulmonary edema were in remarkable agreement. Data from dogs appear to more aptly reflect the human etiopathology and should be given preference over data from rodents. Especially in rats, elevations in BAL protein may lead to a marked overestimation of the edematous potency of phosgene due to secreted protein into airways. In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema. Caution is advised when using BAL protein in isolation as a surrogate endpoint of pulmonary edema."
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 23689094\nTitle: Patterns of cyanide antidote use since regulatory approval of hydroxocobalamin in the United States.\nAbstract: Sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are common cyanide antidotes. Hydroxocobalamin was approved for use in the United States in 2006. Our objective was to determine the frequency of antidote use as reported to the US poison centers from 2005 to 2009 and describe which antidotes were used in critically ill cyanide toxic patients. We performed a retrospective review over 5 years (2005-2009) from 61 US poison centers. We identified all cyanide-exposed cases that received a cyanide antidote. Variables collected included demographics, gastric decontamination, antidote used, predefined serious clinical effects (hypotension, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and coma), and predefined serious therapies (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, vasopressors, atropine, anticonvulsant, antidysrhythmic, and intubation/ventilation). One trained abstractor abstracted each chart to a standardized electronic form. Another investigator audited 20% of the charts. Kappa values were calculated. One hundred sixty-five exposures were identified. Mean age was 42 years (range, 3-93 years). Seventy-one percent were male. Exposures were 27% ingestion and 53% inhalation. Thirty-two percent of the ingestions were suicide attempts. Twenty percent (32 of 157) of all cases died. Over all years reported, hydroxocobalamin was administered to 29% (45 of 157) of patients, sodium nitrite to 25%, and sodium thiosulfate to 46%. Hydroxocobalamin use increased from 24% to 54% from 2007 to 2009, respectively (P = 0.024). Sodium thiosulfate use decreased from 73% to 31% (P = 0.002) and sodium nitrite use decreased from 26% to 14% (P = 0.39). The proportion of cases with serious clinical effects that received hydroxocobalamin increased each year, and the proportion that received other antidotes decreased. Hydroxocobalamin was also administered more often in cases that required serious therapies and increased each year. Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers. Reported use of sodium thiosulfate and sodium nitrite decreased over the same years. In addition, hydroxocobalamin was used more often each year in critically ill cyanide toxic patients than were sodium nitrite or sodium thiosulfate."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38768837\nTitle: Baseline physiological data from anesthetized pigs in a VX intoxication model.\nAbstract: Over the past fifty years, swine models have been used for organophosphorus intoxication studies. Among these studies and others on the swine model in general, some physiological data, especially cholinesterase activity highly impacted by organophosphorus compounds like nerve agent VX, still need to be completed. To support and compare our model to others, we have published the experimental protocol, the physiological values of 31 juvenile anesthetized pigs, and the 6\u202fh-follow-up of six supplementary anesthetized control animals and 7 VX-intoxicated pigs. We reported hemodynamics and respiratory parameters, blood levels in several biochemical parameters, blood gas, and complete blood count and compared them to the literature. We also focused on tissue and blood cholinesterase activities and detailed them for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. After establishing a broad physiological data set consistent with the literature, we reported several cardio-respiratory parameters that seem more affected by an organophosphate intoxication, like heart rate, arterial blood pressure, cardiac output, and respiratory rate. Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status. This swine model is currently used to develop and evaluate medical countermeasures against organophosphate nerve agent intoxications."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 29104014\nTitle: Continuous positive airway pressure: An early intervention to prevent phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: Exposure to toxic industrial chemicals such as phosgene may occur through accidental or deliberate release. Inhalation may result in an acute lung injury which manifests as hypoxaemia with insufficient oxygen being delivered to the tissues resulting in hypoxia, respiratory failure and death. No effective pharmacological therapy currently exists and treatment remains supportive, often requiring intensive care facilities. In a mass casualty scenario the logistical burden of managing exposed individuals would rapidly overwhelm healthcare systems. This highlights the need to develop post exposure therapeutic strategies to minimise injury severity and increase survival in individuals exposed to toxic chemicals. Our research objective was to investigate a commercial off the shelf (COTS) therapy; ambient air continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support, initiated 1h post exposure to explore the concept that early intervention with positive airway pressure would reduce or ameliorate lung injury following exposure to phosgene. This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h."
},
{
"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 28577109\nTitle: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI): differences from chlorine-induced ALI and attempts to translate toxicology to clinical medicine.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable chemical inter-mediate used in numerous industrial processes. There is no clear consensus as to its time- and inhaled-dose-dependent etiopathologies and associated preventive or therapeutic treatment strategies. Cardiopulmonary function was examined in rats exposed by inhalation to the alveolar irritant phosgene or to the airway irritant chlorine during and following exposure. Terminal measurements focused on hematology, protein extravasation in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and increased lung weight. Noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic endpoints in exhaled breath (carbon dioxide and nitric oxide) were used to detect the clinically occult stage of pulmonary edema. The first event observed in rats following high but sublethal acute exposure to phosgene was the stimulation of alveolar nociceptive vagal receptors. This afferent stimulation resulted in dramatic changes in cardiopulmonary functions, ventilation: perfusion imbalances, and progressive pulmonary edema and phospholipoproteinosis. Hematology revealed hemoconcentration to be an early marker of pulmonary edema and fibrin as a discriminating endpoint that was positive for the airway irritant chlorine and negative for the alveolar irritant phosgene. The application of each gas produced typical ALI/ARDS (acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome) characteristics. Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation. Carbon dioxide in expired gas was suggestive of increased ventilation dead space and appeared to be a harbinger of progressively developing lung edema. Treatment with the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine aerosol by inhalation reduced the severity of phosgene-induced ALI when applied at low\u00a0dose-rates. Symptomatic treatment regimens were considered inferior to causal modes of treatment."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 37429600\nTitle: Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults.\nAbstract: This review presents recent studies of the chemical and molecular regulators of acetylcholine (ACh) signaling and the complexity of the small molecule and RNA regulators of those mechanisms that control cholinergic functioning in health and disease. The underlying structural, neurochemical, and transcriptomic concepts, including basic and translational research and clinical studies, shed new light on how these processes inter-change under acute states, age, sex, and COVID-19 infection; all of which modulate ACh-mediated processes and inflammation in women and men and under diverse stresses. The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE. The over-arching purpose of this review is thus to discuss mechanisms of cholinergic signaling dysfunction caused by OP pesticides, OP nerve agents, and anti-cholinergic medications; and to highlight new therapeutic strategies to combat both the acute and chronic effects of these chemicals on the cholinergic and neuroimmune systems. Furthermore, OP toxicity was examined in view of cholinesterase inhibition and beyond in order to highlight improved small molecules and RNA therapeutic strategies and assess their predicted pitfalls to reverse the acute toxicity and long-term deleterious effects of OPs."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33414048\nTitle: Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug.\nAbstract: Redotex\u2122 is a Mexican weight-loss supplement that is not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved. It consists of the following five ingredients: tri-iodothyronine 75\u00a0\u03bcg, atropine 0.36\u00a0mg, diazepam 8\u00a0mg, aloin 16\u00a0mg, and d-norpseudoephedrine 50\u00a0mg per tablet. There are few case reports with clinically severe ingestions. We report two cases of clinical thyrotoxicosis due to use of Redotex. A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with anxiety and palpitations. She reported taking Redotex daily for 1\u00a0week. Her temperature was 37.1\u00b0C, blood pressure (BP) was 166/104\u00a0mm Hg, and heart rate (HR) was 140 beats/min. Laboratory analysis was significant for a bicarbonate level of 20\u00a0mmol/L (reference 22-29\u00a0mmol/L), free T4 0.75\u00a0ng/dL (reference 0.93-1.70\u00a0ng/dL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.05 uIU/mL (reference 0.27-4.20 uIU/mL). She was treated with 2\u00a0mg i.v. lorazepam and 20\u00a0mg oral propranolol. A 37-year-old woman presented with chest pain, palpitations, and nausea after taking Redotex 1 to 2 tablets daily for 6\u00a0weeks. Her HR was 134 beats/min and BP was 130/66\u00a0mm Hg. Thyroid function tests on initial presentation showed a TSH of 0.013 uU/mL, free T4 of 0.24\u00a0ng/dL, and free T3 of >30 pg/mL. She was treated with propranolol 1\u00a0mg i.v. twice per day and 2 doses of lorazepam 1\u00a0mg. Both patients had resolution of their symptoms. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis. This has not been seen in prior reports."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "The overstimulation of nicotinic or muscarinic receptors by accumulated acetylcholine on a synaptic cleft leads to activation of the glutamatergic system and the development of seizures.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 36335468\nTitle: Neurotoxicity evoked by organophosphates and available countermeasures.\nAbstract: Organophosphorus compounds (OP) are a constant problem, both in the military and in the civilian field, not only in the form of acute poisoning but also for their long-lasting consequences. No antidote has been found that satisfactorily protects against the toxic effects of organophosphates. Likewise, there is no universal cure to avert damage after poisoning. The key mechanism of organophosphate toxicity is the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. The overstimulation of nicotinic or muscarinic receptors by accumulated acetylcholine on a synaptic cleft leads to activation of the glutamatergic system and the development of seizures. Further consequences include generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), neuroinflammation, and the formation of various other neuropathologists. In this review, we present neuroprotection strategies which can slow down the secondary nerve cell damage and alleviate neurological and neuropsychiatric disturbance. In our opinion, there is no unequivocal approach to ensure neuroprotection, however, sooner the neurotoxicity pathway is targeted, the better the results which can be expected. It seems crucial to target the key propagation pathways, i.e., to block cholinergic and, foremostly, glutamatergic cascades. Currently, the privileged approach oriented to stimulating GABAAR by benzodiazepines is of limited efficacy, so that antagonizing the hyperactivity of the glutamatergic system could provide an even more efficacious approach for terminating OP-induced seizures and protecting the brain from permanent damage. Encouraging results have been reported for tezampanel, an antagonist of GluK1 kainate and AMPA receptors, especially in combination with caramiphen, an anticholinergic and anti-glutamatergic agent. On the other hand, targeting ROS by antioxidants cannot or already developed neuroinflammation does not seem to be very productive as other processes are also involved."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents and pesticides are a class of neurotoxic compounds that can cause status epilepticus (SE), and death following acute high-dose exposures.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 34509511\nTitle: Persistent neuropathology and behavioral deficits in a mouse model of status epilepticus induced by acute intoxication with diisopropylfluorophosphate.\nAbstract: Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents and pesticides are a class of neurotoxic compounds that can cause status epilepticus (SE), and death following acute high-dose exposures. While the standard of care for acute OP intoxication (atropine, oxime, and high-dose benzodiazepine) can prevent mortality, survivors of OP poisoning often experience long-term brain damage and cognitive deficits. Preclinical studies of acute OP intoxication have primarily used rat models to identify candidate medical countermeasures. However, the mouse offers the advantage of readily available knockout strains for mechanistic studies of acute and chronic consequences of OP-induced SE. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine whether a mouse model of acute diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) intoxication would produce acute and chronic neurotoxicity similar to that observed in rat models and humans following acute OP intoxication. Adult male C57BL/6J mice injected with DFP (9.5 mg/kg, s.c.) followed 1 min later with atropine sulfate (0.1 mg/kg, i.m.) and 2-pralidoxime (25 mg/kg, i.m.) developed behavioral and electrographic signs of SE within minutes that continued for at least 4 h. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition persisted for at least 3 d in the blood and 14 d in the brain of DFP mice relative to vehicle (VEH) controls. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed significant neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in multiple brain regions at 1, 7, and 28 d post-exposure in the brains of DFP mice relative to VEH controls. Deficits in locomotor and home-cage behavior were observed in DFP mice at 28 d post-exposure. These findings demonstrate that this mouse model replicates many of the outcomes observed in rats and humans acutely intoxicated with OPs, suggesting the feasibility of using this model for mechanistic studies and therapeutic screening."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Atropine is an effective antidote to nerve agents.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33040867\nTitle: Neurochemical and Neurobiological Weapons.\nAbstract: Nerve agents and neurobiological weapons are among the most devastating and lethal of weapons. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors act by increasing the amount of acetylcholine in the neuromuscular junction, resulting in flaccid paralysis. Tabun, VX, soman, and sarin are the major agents in this category. Exposure to nerve agents can be inhalational or through dermal contact. Neurotoxins may have peripheral and central effects on the nervous system. Atropine is an effective antidote to nerve agents. Neurobiological weapons entail using whole organisms or organism-synthesized toxins as agents. Some organisms that can be used as biological weapons include smallpox virus."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "Toxicity from medications and other substances are a common cause of delirium.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33040861\nTitle: Toxin-Induced Acute Delirium.\nAbstract: Acute delirium is a transient state of cerebral dysfunction reflecting an underlying medical decompensation. Toxicity from medications and other substances are a common cause of delirium. History and laboratory testing may be limited by alteration and lack of specific tests for certain compounds. Classes of compounds produce a constellation of symptoms and examination findings recognized as a toxidrome. Cessation of the offending agent, supportive care, and specific antidotal therapy are key to treatment. This article reviews the presentations of the anticholinergic toxidrome, sympathomimetic toxidrome, hallucinogenic toxidrome, \u03b3-aminobutyric acid withdrawal, and Wernicke encephalopathy, as well as their mechanisms and basic management."
},
{
"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 2,
"quote": "We should consider the rule of anticholinesterase as an adjunctive therapy to PSA in severe cobra envenomation.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 32712238\nTitle: Cobra snakebite mimicking brain death treated with a novel combination of polyvalent snake antivenom and anticholinesterase.\nAbstract: In toxicology literature, snake bites were the second toxicology-relevant cause mimicking brain death. A 57-year-old woman with history of cobra snake bite. On examination, the brain stem reflexes were absent with Glasgow coma score of 3. The patient accomplished full neurological recovery after using a novel combination of Polyvalent Snake Antivenom (PSA) and anticholinesterases. This case highlights a unique presentation of cobra bite induced brain death mimicking. Thus, intensivist should exclude neuroparalytic effect of snakebite before considering withdrawal of ventilatory support or organ donation. Also, the life-threatening presentation of cobra envenomation mandates the use of higher doses of PSA to reverse the neuroparalytic toxicity. We should consider the rule of anticholinesterase as an adjunctive therapy to PSA in severe cobra envenomation."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 32020997\nTitle: Antidotes in Poisoning.\nAbstract: Antidotes are agents that negate the effect of a poison or toxin. Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites. Antidote administration may not only result in the reduction of free or active toxin level, but also in the mitigation of end-organ effects of the toxin by mechanisms that include competitive inhibition, receptor blockade or direct antagonism of the toxin. Reduction in free toxin level can be achieved by specific and non-specific agents that bind to the toxin. The most commonly used non-specific binding agent is activated charcoal. Specific binders include chelating agents, bioscavenger therapy and immunotherapy. In some situations, enhanced elimination can be achieved by urinary alkalization or hemadsorption. Competitive inhibition of enzymes (e.g. ethanol for methanol poisoning), enhancement of enzyme function (e.g. oximes for organophosphorus poisoning) and competitive receptor blockade (e.g. naloxone, flumazenil) are other mechanisms by which antidotes act. Drugs such as N-acetyl cysteine and sodium thiocyanate reduce the formation of toxic metabolites in paracetamol and cyanide poisoning respectively. Drugs such as atropine and magnesium are used to counteract the end-organ effects in organophosphorus poisoning. Vitamins such as vitamin K, folic acid and pyridoxine are used to antagonise the effects of warfarin, methotrexate and INH respectively in the setting of toxicity or overdose. This review provides an overview of the role of antidotes in poisoning. Chacko B, Peter JV. Antidotes in Poisoning. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4):S241-S249."
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"attempt": 3,
"quote": "It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38344049\nTitle: Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.\nAbstract: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotation. Calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdoses can be severe with potentially serious adverse outcomes. CCBs work by blocking the calcium channels on smooth and cardiac muscle tissue. At low dose ranges, dihydropyridine CCBs (such as nifedipine, amlodipine, and nicardipine) block the L-type calcium receptors in the peripheral vasculature, whereas non-dihydropyridine CCBs (such as: verapamil and diltiazem) affect the L-type calcium receptors in the myocardium.1 Because of this distinction, dihydropyridine CCB toxicity manifests as arterial vasodilation and non-dihydropyridine CCB toxicity is associated with cardiac manifestations such as bradycardia and negative inotropy.2 It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension. Patients can develop both vasoplegic shock from peripheral vasodilation and cardiogenic shock. This is a high acuity low occurrence case with infrequently used but specific treatments, and thus this case provides educational value. At the end of this oral board session, examinees will: (1) demonstrate ability to evaluate a patient with undifferentiated shock with bradycardia and discuss the differential diagnosis, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of calcium channel blocker overdose, (3) demonstrate ability to manage treatment of a patient with calcium channel overdose. This oral board case followed the standard American Board of Emergency Medicine-style case in a tertiary care hospital with access to all specialists and resources needed. This case was tested using 12 resident volunteers ranging from PGY 1-2 in an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited emergency medicine residency program. Immediate feedback was solicited both from the learners and from the evaluators following the debriefing session. Residents were asked to evaluate the educational value of the case using a 1-5 Likert scale (5 being excellent). Evaluators were asked to score the residents using the ACGME core competencies with a scale of 1-8, 1-4 being unacceptable and 5-8 being acceptable. Seven PGY1 residents and five PGY2 residents, thus twelve residents in total, completed the case. The average score was 5.10/8. Three residents missed zero critical actions. The most common critical action missed was consulting cardiology or cardiothoracic surgery for circulatory support options. Many residents failed to recognize that the patient did not have a perfusing blood pressure at the beginning of the case and did not start CPR. Although most residents recognized the patient's hemodynamic collapse was from a calcium channel blocker overdose, most did not know the treatment for this beyond atropine and intravenous fluids.The learners rated the educational value of the case as 4.9/5. Seven residents reported that the case definitely increased their medical knowledge; five residents reported that it somewhat increased their medical knowledge. All residents rated the case as helpful in preparing to manage this medical condition. The educational content from this case was effective. This is a high acuity low occurrence case that has unique treatments that are not commonly used. This makes this case excellent for practice and discussion. We learned during implementation that this case has a high degree of difficulty compared to other cases, and junior learners will need more prompting. It is also important for the proctor to keep the case moving because there is a lot to cover in the allotted amount of time. Calcium channel blocker overdose, toxicology."
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 22738685\nTitle: Rapid and complete bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning in minipigs after intraosseous administration.\nAbstract: Management of chemical weapon casualties includes the timely administration of antidotes without contamination of rescuers. Personal protective equipment makes intravenous access difficult but does not prevent intraosseous drug administration. We therefore measured the systemic bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning when administered by the intraosseous, intravenous, and intramuscular routes in a small study of G\u00f6ttingen minipigs. Animals were randomly allocated to sequentially receive atropine (0.12 mg/kg by rapid injection), pralidoxime (25 mg/kg by injection during 2 minutes), and hydroxocobalamin (75 mg/kg during 10 minutes) by the intravenous or intraosseous route, or atropine and pralidoxime by the intramuscular route. Plasma concentrations were measured for 6 hours to characterize the antidote concentration-time profiles for each route. Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route. Maximum plasma hydroxocobalamin concentration occurred at the end of the infusion when administered by the intraosseous route. The mean area under the concentration-time curve by the intraosseous route was similar to the intravenous route for all 3 drugs and similar to the intramuscular route for atropine and pralidoxime. This study showed rapid and substantial antidote bioavailability after intraosseous administration that appeared similar to that of the intravenous route. The intraosseous route of antidote administration should be considered when intravenous access is difficult."
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 24091052\nTitle: Limitations and challenges in treatment of acute chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Recent news from Syria on a possible use of chemical warfare agents made the headlines. Furthermore, the motivation of terrorists to cause maximal harm shifts these agents into the public focus. For incidents with mass casualties appropriate medical countermeasures must be available. At present, the most important threats arise from nerve agents and sulfur mustard. At first, self-protection and protection of medical units from contamination is of utmost importance. Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis. Immediate clinical diagnosis can be confirmed on-site by assessment of acetylcholinesterase activity. Treatment with autoinjectors that are filled with 2mg atropine and an oxime (at present obidoxime, pralidoxime, TMB-4 or HI-6) are not effective against all nerve agents. A more aggressive atropinisation has to be considered and more effective oximes (if possible with a broad spectrum or a combination of different oximes) as well as alternative strategies to cope with high acetylcholine levels at synaptic sites should be developed. A further gap exists for the treatment of patients with sustained cholinergic crisis that has to be expected after exposure to persistent nerve agents, e.g. VX. The requirement for long-lasting artificial ventilation can be reduced with an oxime therapy that is optimized by using the cholinesterase status for guidance or by measures (e.g. scavengers) that are able to reduce the poison load substantially in the patients. For sulfur mustard poisoning no specific antidote is available until now. Symptomatic measures as used for treatment of burns are recommended together with surgical or laser debridement. Thus, huge amounts of resources are expected to be consumed as wound healing is impaired. Possible depots of sulfur mustard in tissues may aggravate the situation. More basic knowledge is necessary to improve substantially therapeutic options. The use of stem cells may provide a new and promising option."
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33484734\nTitle: Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable high-production-volume chemical intermediate used worldwide in numerous industrial processes. Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema."
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"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3\u00a0\u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500\u00a0\u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0% and 100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019\u00a0%, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12\u00a0% and\u00a0<\u00a09\u00a0% relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2\u00a0=\u00a037.5\u00a0h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 30668997\nTitle: Phosgene-induced lung edema: Comparison of clinical criteria for increased extravascular lung water content with postmortem lung gravimetry and lavage-protein in rats and dogs.\nAbstract: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by a concentration x time (Cxt)-dependent increased pulmonary vascular permeability, phenotypically manifested as potentially life-threatening acute lung edema. In contemporary animal bioassays, the quantification of protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) is taken as an unequivocal endpoint suggestive of disruption of alveolar barrier function. However, extravasated protein can only be a surrogate endpoint for assessing the extravascular fluid dynamics of the lung. This pathophysiological hallmark of ALI is diagnosed and quantified in vivo in humans by assessing the accumulation of excess extravascular lung water (EVLW). The Point of Departure (POD) of the Cxt relationship of this adverse outcome pathway should also constitute the basis for setting safe occupational and emergency response values. Unlike the EVLW approach, toxicology-based animal models utilize postmortem analyses of total protein in BAL and lung weights as the basis for human risk assessment. With either approach, it remains difficult to unequivocally evaluate pulmonary edema in terms of etiopathology and specificity, i.e., cardiogenic and hydrostatic versus increased permeability edema. The objective of this paper is to retrospectively analyze the clinical scoring of the severity grades of in vivo EVLWs from humans with the respective postmortem biomarkers BAL protein and collagen versus wet lung weights in rats and dogs exposed by inhalation to phosgene gas. Despite the different methodological approaches taken in humans and animals, the EVLW-based predicted thresholds for the onset of pulmonary edema and potentially life-threatening severe pulmonary edema were in remarkable agreement. Data from dogs appear to more aptly reflect the human etiopathology and should be given preference over data from rodents. Especially in rats, elevations in BAL protein may lead to a marked overestimation of the edematous potency of phosgene due to secreted protein into airways. In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema. Caution is advised when using BAL protein in isolation as a surrogate endpoint of pulmonary edema."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 23689094\nTitle: Patterns of cyanide antidote use since regulatory approval of hydroxocobalamin in the United States.\nAbstract: Sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are common cyanide antidotes. Hydroxocobalamin was approved for use in the United States in 2006. Our objective was to determine the frequency of antidote use as reported to the US poison centers from 2005 to 2009 and describe which antidotes were used in critically ill cyanide toxic patients. We performed a retrospective review over 5 years (2005-2009) from 61 US poison centers. We identified all cyanide-exposed cases that received a cyanide antidote. Variables collected included demographics, gastric decontamination, antidote used, predefined serious clinical effects (hypotension, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and coma), and predefined serious therapies (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, vasopressors, atropine, anticonvulsant, antidysrhythmic, and intubation/ventilation). One trained abstractor abstracted each chart to a standardized electronic form. Another investigator audited 20% of the charts. Kappa values were calculated. One hundred sixty-five exposures were identified. Mean age was 42 years (range, 3-93 years). Seventy-one percent were male. Exposures were 27% ingestion and 53% inhalation. Thirty-two percent of the ingestions were suicide attempts. Twenty percent (32 of 157) of all cases died. Over all years reported, hydroxocobalamin was administered to 29% (45 of 157) of patients, sodium nitrite to 25%, and sodium thiosulfate to 46%. Hydroxocobalamin use increased from 24% to 54% from 2007 to 2009, respectively (P = 0.024). Sodium thiosulfate use decreased from 73% to 31% (P = 0.002) and sodium nitrite use decreased from 26% to 14% (P = 0.39). The proportion of cases with serious clinical effects that received hydroxocobalamin increased each year, and the proportion that received other antidotes decreased. Hydroxocobalamin was also administered more often in cases that required serious therapies and increased each year. Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers. Reported use of sodium thiosulfate and sodium nitrite decreased over the same years. In addition, hydroxocobalamin was used more often each year in critically ill cyanide toxic patients than were sodium nitrite or sodium thiosulfate."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38768837\nTitle: Baseline physiological data from anesthetized pigs in a VX intoxication model.\nAbstract: Over the past fifty years, swine models have been used for organophosphorus intoxication studies. Among these studies and others on the swine model in general, some physiological data, especially cholinesterase activity highly impacted by organophosphorus compounds like nerve agent VX, still need to be completed. To support and compare our model to others, we have published the experimental protocol, the physiological values of 31 juvenile anesthetized pigs, and the 6\u202fh-follow-up of six supplementary anesthetized control animals and 7 VX-intoxicated pigs. We reported hemodynamics and respiratory parameters, blood levels in several biochemical parameters, blood gas, and complete blood count and compared them to the literature. We also focused on tissue and blood cholinesterase activities and detailed them for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. After establishing a broad physiological data set consistent with the literature, we reported several cardio-respiratory parameters that seem more affected by an organophosphate intoxication, like heart rate, arterial blood pressure, cardiac output, and respiratory rate. Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status. This swine model is currently used to develop and evaluate medical countermeasures against organophosphate nerve agent intoxications."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 29104014\nTitle: Continuous positive airway pressure: An early intervention to prevent phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: Exposure to toxic industrial chemicals such as phosgene may occur through accidental or deliberate release. Inhalation may result in an acute lung injury which manifests as hypoxaemia with insufficient oxygen being delivered to the tissues resulting in hypoxia, respiratory failure and death. No effective pharmacological therapy currently exists and treatment remains supportive, often requiring intensive care facilities. In a mass casualty scenario the logistical burden of managing exposed individuals would rapidly overwhelm healthcare systems. This highlights the need to develop post exposure therapeutic strategies to minimise injury severity and increase survival in individuals exposed to toxic chemicals. Our research objective was to investigate a commercial off the shelf (COTS) therapy; ambient air continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support, initiated 1h post exposure to explore the concept that early intervention with positive airway pressure would reduce or ameliorate lung injury following exposure to phosgene. This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 28577109\nTitle: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI): differences from chlorine-induced ALI and attempts to translate toxicology to clinical medicine.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable chemical inter-mediate used in numerous industrial processes. There is no clear consensus as to its time- and inhaled-dose-dependent etiopathologies and associated preventive or therapeutic treatment strategies. Cardiopulmonary function was examined in rats exposed by inhalation to the alveolar irritant phosgene or to the airway irritant chlorine during and following exposure. Terminal measurements focused on hematology, protein extravasation in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and increased lung weight. Noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic endpoints in exhaled breath (carbon dioxide and nitric oxide) were used to detect the clinically occult stage of pulmonary edema. The first event observed in rats following high but sublethal acute exposure to phosgene was the stimulation of alveolar nociceptive vagal receptors. This afferent stimulation resulted in dramatic changes in cardiopulmonary functions, ventilation: perfusion imbalances, and progressive pulmonary edema and phospholipoproteinosis. Hematology revealed hemoconcentration to be an early marker of pulmonary edema and fibrin as a discriminating endpoint that was positive for the airway irritant chlorine and negative for the alveolar irritant phosgene. The application of each gas produced typical ALI/ARDS (acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome) characteristics. Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation. Carbon dioxide in expired gas was suggestive of increased ventilation dead space and appeared to be a harbinger of progressively developing lung edema. Treatment with the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine aerosol by inhalation reduced the severity of phosgene-induced ALI when applied at low\u00a0dose-rates. Symptomatic treatment regimens were considered inferior to causal modes of treatment."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 37429600\nTitle: Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults.\nAbstract: This review presents recent studies of the chemical and molecular regulators of acetylcholine (ACh) signaling and the complexity of the small molecule and RNA regulators of those mechanisms that control cholinergic functioning in health and disease. The underlying structural, neurochemical, and transcriptomic concepts, including basic and translational research and clinical studies, shed new light on how these processes inter-change under acute states, age, sex, and COVID-19 infection; all of which modulate ACh-mediated processes and inflammation in women and men and under diverse stresses. The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE. The over-arching purpose of this review is thus to discuss mechanisms of cholinergic signaling dysfunction caused by OP pesticides, OP nerve agents, and anti-cholinergic medications; and to highlight new therapeutic strategies to combat both the acute and chronic effects of these chemicals on the cholinergic and neuroimmune systems. Furthermore, OP toxicity was examined in view of cholinesterase inhibition and beyond in order to highlight improved small molecules and RNA therapeutic strategies and assess their predicted pitfalls to reverse the acute toxicity and long-term deleterious effects of OPs."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 26562770\nTitle: Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury.\nAbstract: Toxic industrial chemicals are used throughout the world to produce everyday products such as household and commercial cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, paper, and fertilizers. These chemicals are produced, stored, and transported in large quantities, which poses a threat to the local civilian population in cases of accidental or intentional release. Several of these chemicals have no known medical countermeasures for their toxic effects. Phosgene is a highly toxic industrial chemical which was used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI. Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death. The mechanisms of phosgene-induced pulmonary injury are not fully identified, and currently there is no efficacious countermeasure. Here, we provide a proposed mechanism of phosgene-induced lung injury based on the literature and from studies conducted in our lab, as well as provide results from studies designed to evaluate survival efficacy of potential therapies following whole-body phosgene exposure in mice. Several therapies were able to significantly increase 24h survival following an LCt50-70 exposure to phosgene; however, no treatment was able to fully protect against phosgene-induced mortality. These studies provide evidence that mortality following phosgene toxicity can be mitigated by neuro- and calcium-regulators, antioxidants, phosphodiesterase and endothelin receptor antagonists, angiotensin converting enzymes, and transient receptor potential cation channel inhibitors. However, because the mechanism of phosgene toxicity is multifaceted, we conclude that a single therapeutic is unlikely to be sufficient to ameliorate the multitude of direct and secondary toxic effects caused by phosgene inhalation."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33414048\nTitle: Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug.\nAbstract: Redotex\u2122 is a Mexican weight-loss supplement that is not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved. It consists of the following five ingredients: tri-iodothyronine 75\u00a0\u03bcg, atropine 0.36\u00a0mg, diazepam 8\u00a0mg, aloin 16\u00a0mg, and d-norpseudoephedrine 50\u00a0mg per tablet. There are few case reports with clinically severe ingestions. We report two cases of clinical thyrotoxicosis due to use of Redotex. A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with anxiety and palpitations. She reported taking Redotex daily for 1\u00a0week. Her temperature was 37.1\u00b0C, blood pressure (BP) was 166/104\u00a0mm Hg, and heart rate (HR) was 140 beats/min. Laboratory analysis was significant for a bicarbonate level of 20\u00a0mmol/L (reference 22-29\u00a0mmol/L), free T4 0.75\u00a0ng/dL (reference 0.93-1.70\u00a0ng/dL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.05 uIU/mL (reference 0.27-4.20 uIU/mL). She was treated with 2\u00a0mg i.v. lorazepam and 20\u00a0mg oral propranolol. A 37-year-old woman presented with chest pain, palpitations, and nausea after taking Redotex 1 to 2 tablets daily for 6\u00a0weeks. Her HR was 134 beats/min and BP was 130/66\u00a0mm Hg. Thyroid function tests on initial presentation showed a TSH of 0.013 uU/mL, free T4 of 0.24\u00a0ng/dL, and free T3 of >30 pg/mL. She was treated with propranolol 1\u00a0mg i.v. twice per day and 2 doses of lorazepam 1\u00a0mg. Both patients had resolution of their symptoms. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis. This has not been seen in prior reports."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33206558\nTitle: Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep.\nAbstract: Activation of the carotid body (CB) using intracarotid potassium cyanide (KCN) injection increases coronary blood flow (CoBF). This increase in CoBF is considered to be mediated by co-activation of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to the heart. However, whether cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) actually increases during CB activation has not been determined previously. We hypothesized that activation of the CB would increase directly recorded cardiac SNA, which would cause coronary vasodilatation. Experiments were conducted in conscious sheep implanted with electrodes to record cardiac SNA and diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF and cardiac output, and a catheter to record arterial pressure. Intracarotid KCN injection was used to activate the CB. To eliminate the contribution of metabolic demand on coronary flow, the heart was paced at a constant rate during CB chemoreflex stimulation. Intracarotid KCN injection resulted in a significant increase in directly recorded cardiac SNA frequency (from 24\u2009\u00b1\u20092 to 40\u2009\u00b1\u20094 bursts/min; P < 0.05) as well as a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure (79\u2009\u00b1\u200915 to 88\u2009\u00b1\u200914\u2009mmHg; P < 0.01) and CoBF (75\u2009\u00b1\u200937 vs. 86\u2009\u00b1\u200942\u2009mL/min; P < 0.05). The increase in CoBF and coronary vascular conductance to intracarotid KCN injection was abolished after propranolol infusion, suggesting that the increased cardiac SNA mediates coronary vasodilatation. The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response. Our results indicate that CB activation increases directly recorded cardiac SNA, which mediates vasodilatation of the coronary vasculature."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively.",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38465519\nTitle: Clinical pharmacokinetics of atropine oral gel formulation in healthy volunteers.\nAbstract: Sialorrhea or drooling is a common problem in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. It can negatively impact the quality of life due to its physical and psychological manifestations. Providers commonly prescribe atropine eye drops for topical administration to the oral mucosa, as an off-label treatment to manage sialorrhea. However, the off-label use of atropine eye drops can be associated with medication and dosing errors and systemic side effects. To address these limitations of treatment, we developed a mucoadhesive topical oral gel formulation of atropine as an alternative route to off-label administration of atropine eye drops. In this clinical pharmacokinetic (PK) study, we evaluated the safety and PK of atropine gel (0.01% w/w) formulation after single-dose administration to the oral mucosa in 10 healthy volunteers. The PK data showed that after topical administration to the oral mucosa, atropine followed a two-compartment PK profile. The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively. The absorption rate constant calculated by the compartmental analysis was 0.4\u2009h-1 . Safety parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation, did not significantly change before and after administration of the gel formulation, and no adverse events were observed in all participants who received atropine gel. These data indicate that atropine gel formulation has a satisfactory PK profile, is well-tolerated at the dose studied, and can be further considered for clinical development as a drug product to treat sialorrhea."
},
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"quadrant": "Run1_Eval1_synthesis",
"attempt": 3,
"quote": "Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care.",
"status": "PASS",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 38778957\nTitle: Successful Treatment of a Patient with brain tissue edema associated with Olanzapine overdose.\nAbstract: Olanzapine is one of the atypical antipsychotic agents which is being increasingly used, and it is synthetic derivative of thienobenzodiazepine with antipsychotic, and antinausea, and antiemetic activities. Olanzapine overdose is mainly associated with the development of anticholinergic toxicity and is characterized by central nervous system (CNS) suppression, tachycardia, and delirium. As little is yet known about the effects of this agent in toxic doses, it is important to report the features of overdose. Herein, we reported a 28-year-old male with a history of mental illness and substance abuse, who was admitted in a comatose state with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Head computed tomography (CT) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed significant cerebral edema and raised intracranial pressure, indicative of olanzapine-induced neurotoxicity. Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care. The patient's condition gradually improved with these interventions. Elevated olanzapine plasma concentration confirmed the diagnosis of overdose. Cranial pressure-lowering treatment has a certain effect on improving the condition of patients."
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"quote": "The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 35149144\nTitle: Assessment of the serum glucose/potassium GLU/K ratio as a predictor of intermediate syndrome following acute anticholinesterase exposure.\nAbstract: The widespread use of anticholinesterase-containing pesticides accounts for the considerable morbidity and mortality in Egypt and worldwide. Few studies have investigated the predictors of intermediate syndrome (IMS). Therefore, in this study, we assessed the adequacy of the serum glucose/potassium (GLU/K) ratio as an early reliable tool to predict IMS incidence following intoxication with acute anticholinesterase compounds. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who presented to Tanta University Poison Control Center, Egypt, and were diagnosed with acute anticholinesterase intoxication between January and August, 2021. Patients were categorized based on the primary outcome into IMS (+) and IMS (-) groups. Overall, 243 patients were included, among whom 44 (18.1%) had IMS as the complication. Younger individuals with age ranging between 18 and <\u00a025 years constituted the main exposed age category in both groups. Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients (94.2% and 63.8% of patients, respectively). The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor. At a cutoff value of >\u00a041.07%, the GLU/K ratio could significantly predict IMS (areas under the curves =\u00a00.971, p\u00a0<\u00a00.001) with 93% accuracy, 93.2% sensitivity, and 93% specificity. Although the clear pathophysiology of IMS remains to be elucidated, our results provide insight into the significant contribution of neurological affection, apart from the well-known direct toxic effect on muscles. Moreover, we demonstrated a significant association between the development of IMS and severity of organophosphorus compounds' exposure. Physicians should be vigilant to detect IMS early upon admission using the GLU/K ratio, which is a useful early IMS predictor."
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"quote": "This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 41481233\nTitle: BML-111 mitigates phosgene-induced acute lung injury in rats by activating ACE2.\nAbstract: Phosgene is a highly toxic asphyxiating gas and also an important chemical raw material. Phosgene has been regarded as an environmental pollutant, and the accidental leakage of phosgene in the process of industrial production has posed a serious threat to related occupational groups. Phosgene exposure may lead to acute lung injury (ALI), marked by inflammation, heightened vascular permeability, and potentially life-threatening pulmonary edema. BML-111 is a lipid A4 receptor agonist which is compound with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The involvement of BML-111 in mitigating phosgene-induced ALI and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we established a phosgene induced ALI rat model, examined the effects of phosgene exposure on lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of rats, and evaluated the lung tissue pathology, lung wet weight, lung coefficient and respiratory function of phosgene exposed rats after intervention with BML-111. The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers were measured in BALF and lung tissue. This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats. Mechanistically, these protective effects were attributed to a reduction in pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress, alongside an enhancement of overall antioxidant capacity. Furthermore, it was found that the activation of ACE2 is a key mechanism through which BML-111 exerts its protection. The findings suggest that BML-111 can alleviate phosgene-induced ALI in rats by activating ACE2, thereby inhibiting inflammatory responses and oxidative stress. BML-111 shows promise as a preventive candidate for treating phosgene-induced ALI."
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"quote": "The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 38374946\nTitle: Systolic hypertension as side effect of topical low dose atropine drops.\nAbstract: To present a case of increased systemic hypertension and pupil dilation related to low dose atropine eyedrops. A thirteen-year-old male with progressive myopia received atropine 0.05% ophthalmic drops to slow down myopia progression. He exhibited systemic systolic hypertension, photophobia, and bilateral nonreactive mydriasis. The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized. This case demonstrates sensitivity to low dose atropine with increased systemic blood pressure and pupillary dilation."
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Explicitly list the specific data missing.\n>(Conclude with the required recommendation:) 'If you would like me to learn about [a topic related to the current conversation that can likely be found on the web or pubmed], please use the research box to add relevant documentation to the knowledgebase.'\n> 4. **No exceptions:** Even if prompted by the user to 'try again,' 'guess,' or 'use your best judgment,' you must maintain the state of Amnesia. You are a closed-system engine.\nYou are an expert Data Scientist and Visualization Architect. Answer the user directly and truthfully. Do not introduce yourself.\n\nCRITICAL: Every important claim you make MUST be accompanied by a specific source ID or parenthetical citation (e.g., [ID: 12345]) if it is derived from the context.\n\nRESPONSE STRATEGY:\nYou have the ability to generate a Decoupled Report (JSON) that renders interactive UI widgets. Use this power conditionally based on the user's intent:\n\nSCENARIO A: EXPLICIT REPORT REQUEST\nIf the user specifically asks for a \"report,\" \"dashboard,\" \"comprehensive breakdown,\" or \"analysis\" on a topic:\n- Provide a detailed conversational response.\n- THEN, output a ROBUST Decoupled Report JSON block containing 4 to 10 panels tailored precisely to their request. (Include \"synthesis\" and \"pathmap\" as mandatory selections).\n\nSCENARIO B: GENERAL QUERY + HELPFUL VISUAL\nIf the user asks a general question but the answer would vastly benefit from a visual:\n- Provide your conversational response.\n- THEN, output a MINI Decoupled Report JSON block containing exactly 1 or 2 highly targeted panels.\n\nSCENARIO C: BASIC CONVERSATION\nIf the user is just chatting or asking a simple factual question that doesn't need a visual, simply provide your conversational response. 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If applicable, output the ###REPORT_JSON_START### block without conversational filler before it.\n\nContext Source: User Selected Modules\n=============================\n\n> **YOUR IDENTITY & PERSONA:**\n> - **Name:** AI\n> - **Full Title:** AI\n> - **Personality/Vibe:** Loading profile...\n> - **Likes:** None\n> - **Core Axioms:** None.\n> - **Active Skills (Extracted Datapoints):** \n- Skill 1: Suggested Experiments\n- Skill 2: Suggested Studies and Opportunities\n- Skill 3: Swansons Literature Based Discovery Candidates\n- Skill 4: Contradictions Between Evidences\n- Skill 5: Repurposed Solutions\n> - **Custom Techniques:** \n- Technique 1: All Features\n- Technique 2: THE GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN PROPRIETARY LICENSE (VERSION 1.0.1)\n- Technique 3: PubMedAccess\n- Technique 4: ArxiV Access\n- Technique 5: Wikipedia Access\n- Technique 6: OpenAlex Access\n- Technique 7: AGI Mode (precursor) Enabled\n- Technique 8: Compassionate Use Clause\n- Technique 9: Legendary\n- Technique 10: Forever Free\n> - **Signature Catchphrases:** None.\n> - **Default Knowledge & Writing Style:** Standard professional.\n> \n> **CRITICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR USER ENGAGEMENT:**\n> 1. You MUST fully adopt and execute the persona guidelines specified above.\n> 2. Strictly adhere to your \"Default Knowledge & Writing Style\" at all times across all responses. Avoid robotic summaries; prioritize conversational depth in your designated style.\n> 3. Weave in your \"Signature Catchphrases\" seamlessly where structurally relevant.\n> 4. Base your logic on your \"Core Axioms\".\n> 5. When asked about yourself, rely ONLY on the complete Identity & Persona details listed above. Answer naturally. Do NOT recite these traits as a robotic bulleted list. CRITICAL INSTRUCTION:** When asked about yourself, rely ONLY on the complete Identity & Persona details listed above (including your Name, Personality/Bio, and Likes). Answer conversationally and naturally. Do NOT recite these traits as a robotic bulleted list. Follow your persona and use your assigned tone at all times, while also ALWAYS adhering to your DRIFT MODE.\n\n--- SYNTHESIS DELIVERABLES ---\nEven though this fact check looked at unique up-to-date abstracts, new evidence may refute this answer in the future. Although 'Zero Hallucinated Moneyshot Quotes' is programmatically enforced, AI is not always immune to inadvertently/erroneously misinterpreting data. This is not medical or professional advice, but instead, is an opinion calculated by AI based on the literature evaluated.\n\n###[CLAIM EVALUATED AND ANSWER TO USER]\nThe evaluation of an explosion victim with blast injury, skin blistering, muscle fasciculations, and respiratory distress requires identifying potential overlapping exposures to nerve agents (organophosphates) and potential blood or pulmonary agents (cyanide/phosgene/vesicants).\n\n### [ABSTRACT & REWRITTEN CLAIM]\nScientific synthesis of the clinical presentation: The patient exhibits a multi-system toxidrome consistent with co-exposure to cholinergic-stimulating agents (fasciculations) and pulmonary/vesicant irritants (skin blistering/respiratory distress). The potential for misdiagnosis is high due to the overlapping effects of chemical warfare agents and common medical emergencies.\n\n### [INTRODUCTION & JUSTIFICATION]\nThe clinical presentation involves a high-acuity, low-occurrence scenario of mixed chemical exposure. Muscle twitching (fasciculations) is the hallmark of acetylcholinesterase inhibition, consistent with organophosphate nerve agent exposure. Concurrently, skin burning and blistering, along with respiratory symptoms, suggest the presence of a vesicant or irritant gas. The \"treatment-response trap\" arises when atropine is administered to treat cholinergic crises: while effective against the muscarinic symptoms of nerve agents (e.g., secretions), it can mask the severity of cardiovascular instability or exacerbate tachyarrhythmias in patients with co-occurring shock or thyrotoxic-like reactions.\n\n### [DISCUSSION: NOVEL & OVERLOOKED]\n* Intraosseous administration provides bioavailability similar to intravenous routes, which is critical when IV access is difficult in mass casualty, contaminated, or field-expedient settings.\n* The \"intermediate syndrome\" is a documented complication following organophosphate poisoning, characterized by muscle weakness and respiratory distress, which may be predicted by the GLU/K ratio.\n* Standard diagnostic scoring for chemical injury, such as the PGI score, can substitute for serum cholinesterase levels when laboratory access is unavailable.\n* Phosgene-induced pulmonary edema is non-cardiogenic and manifests with a latent phase, differing fundamentally from the immediate cholinergic crisis of nerve agents.\n* Atropine is frequently used to manage bradycardia in poisoning cases, yet its administration does not always equate to a complete resolution of systemic toxicosis.\n* The use of midazolam is increasingly favored over diazepam for terminating nerve agent-induced status epilepticus, though both demonstrate limited efficacy in preventing long-term neurodegeneration.\n* Chemical agents like sulfur mustard or phosgene have no specific \"antidote,\" making supportive care and specialized interventions like CPAP or early protective antioxidants the primary therapeutic focus.\n\n### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\n1. ID: 32020997 - Application: Antidotes function via various mechanisms. - \"Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.\"\n2. ID: 38344049 - Application: High-dose toxicity loses receptor specificity. - \"It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.\"\n3. ID: 22738685 - Application: IO access is effective. - \"Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.\"\n4. ID: 24091052 - Application: Nerve agents cause cholinergic crisis. - \"Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.\"\n5. ID: 33484734 - Application: Edema etiology in phosgene. - \"It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself.\"\n6. ID: 35952445 - Application: Cyanide and other toxic inhalation agents. - \"Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.\"\n7. ID: 30668997 - Application: Scaling edema biomarkers. - \"In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.\"\n8. ID: 23689094 - Application: Increasing use of hydroxocobalamin. - \"Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.\"\n9. ID: 38768837 - Application: Evaluating life-threatening status. - \"Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.\"\n10. ID: 29104014 - Application: CPAP as an early intervention. - \"This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.\"\n11. ID: 28577109 - Application: Phosgene-induced ALI presentation. - \"Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.\"\n12. ID: 37429600 - Application: Vulnerability of AChE. - \"The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.\"\n13. ID: 26562770 - Application: Latency of phosgene. - \"Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.\"\n14. ID: 33414048 - Application: Redotex toxicity. - \"When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.\"\n15. ID: 33206558 - Application: Atropine effects on CB response. - \"The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.\"\n16. ID: 38465519 - Application: Atropine PK profile. - \"The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively.\"\n17. ID: 38778957 - Application: Olanzapine toxicity. - \"Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care.\"\n18. ID: 35149144 - Application: Significance of GLU/K ratio. - \"The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor.\"\n19. ID: 41481233 - Application: BML-111 as a protective agent. - \"This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats.\"\n20. ID: 38374946 - Application: Atropine sensitivity. - \"The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized.\"\n\n### [PROGRAMATICALLY MAPPED REFERENCES]\n[1]. ID: 32020997 - APA: Chacko B, Peter JV (2019). Antidotes in Poisoning.. Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. ID: 32020997.\n[2]. ID: 38344049 - APA: Andrusaitis JG, Givertz A (2024). Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.. Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine. ID: 38344049.\n[3]. ID: 22738685 - APA: Murray DB, Eddleston M, Thomas S, Jefferson RD, Thompson A et al. (2012). Rapid and complete bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning in minipigs after intraosseous administration.. Annals of emergency medicine. ID: 22738685.\n[4]. ID: 24091052 - APA: Thiermann H, Worek F, Kehe K (2013). Limitations and challenges in treatment of acute chemical warfare agent poisoning.. Chemico-biological interactions. ID: 24091052.\n[5]. ID: 33484734 - APA: Pauluhn J (2021). Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.. Toxicology. ID: 33484734.\n[6]. ID: 35952445 - APA: Bhadra S, Chan A, Hendry-Hofer TB, Boss GR, Bebarta VS et al. (2022). Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences. ID: 35952445.\n[7]. ID: 30668997 - APA: Li W, Pauluhn J (2019). Phosgene-induced lung edema: Comparison of clinical criteria for increased extravascular lung water content with postmortem lung gravimetry and lavage-protein in rats and dogs.. Toxicology letters. ID: 30668997.\n[8]. ID: 23689094 - APA: Streitz MJ, Bebarta VS, Borys DJ, Morgan DL (2014). Patterns of cyanide antidote use since regulatory approval of hydroxocobalamin in the United States.. American journal of therapeutics. ID: 23689094.\n[9]. ID: 38768837 - APA: Goulay R, F\u00e9my F, Nervo A, Valentino S, Madi M et al. (2024). Baseline physiological data from anesthetized pigs in a VX intoxication model.. Toxicology letters. ID: 38768837.\n[10]. ID: 29104014 - APA: Graham S, Fairhall S, Rutter S, Auton P, Rendell R et al. (2018). Continuous positive airway pressure: An early intervention to prevent phosgene-induced acute lung injury.. Toxicology letters. ID: 29104014.\n[11]. ID: 28577109 - APA: Li W, Pauluhn J (2017). Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI): differences from chlorine-induced ALI and attempts to translate toxicology to clinical medicine.. Clinical and translational medicine. ID: 28577109.\n[12]. ID: 37429600 - APA: Kovarik Z, Moshitzky G, Ma\u010dek Hrvat N, Soreq H (2024). Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults.. Journal of neurochemistry. ID: 37429600.\n[13]. ID: 26562770 - APA: Holmes WW, Keyser BM, Paradiso DC, Ray R, Andres DK et al. (2016). Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury.. Toxicology letters. ID: 26562770.\n[14]. ID: 33414048 - APA: Gao HT, Lasoff D, Minns A (2021). Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug.. The Journal of emergency medicine. ID: 33414048.\n[15]. ID: 33206558 - APA: Pachen M, Abukar Y, Shanks J, Lever N, Ramchandra R (2021). Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep.. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. ID: 33206558.\n[16]. ID: 38465519 - APA: Parrot M, Yathavan B, Averin O, Hoggard L, Rower JE et al. (2024). Clinical pharmacokinetics of atropine oral gel formulation in healthy volunteers.. Clinical and translational science. ID: 38465519.\n[17]. ID: 38778957 - APA: Zhang H, Cao F, Zhang S, Wang Z, Li C (2024). Successful Treatment of a Patient with brain tissue edema associated with Olanzapine overdose.. Heliyon. ID: 38778957.\n[18]. ID: 35149144 - APA: Sharif AF, Fayed MM (2022). Assessment of the serum glucose/potassium GLU/K ratio as a predictor of intermediate syndrome following acute anticholinesterase exposure.. Neurotoxicology. ID: 35149144.\n[19]. ID: 41481233 - APA: Guo X, Long Z, Shi M, Kong D, Tu Y et al. (2026). BML-111 mitigates phosgene-induced acute lung injury in rats by activating ACE2.. Inhalation toxicology. ID: 41481233.\n[20]. ID: 38374946 - APA: Wasserman BN, Massenzio E, Lee K, Plager DA (2024). Systolic hypertension as side effect of topical low dose atropine drops.. American journal of ophthalmology case reports. ID: 38374946.\n\n\n--- VALIDATED QUOTES ---\nAntidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.\nVolatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.\nThe pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.\nIt is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.\nIt is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself.\nMaximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.\nCyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.\nIn summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.\nHydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.\nWithin the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.\nThis study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.\nPhosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.\nThe aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.\nExposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.\nWhen taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.\nThe interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema.\nCyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.\nExposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.\nVolatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.\nAntidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.\nIt is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.\nThe pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, 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delirium.\nWe should consider the rule of anticholinesterase as an adjunctive therapy to PSA in severe cobra envenomation.\nAntidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.\nIt is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.\nMaximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.\nVolatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.\nIt is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but 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24h.\nPhosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.\nThe aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.\nExposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.\nWhen taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.\nThe pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.\nThe maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 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"abstract_text": "ID: 32020997\nTitle: Antidotes in Poisoning.\nAbstract: Antidotes are agents that negate the effect of a poison or toxin. Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites. Antidote administration may not only result in the reduction of free or active toxin level, but also in the mitigation of end-organ effects of the toxin by mechanisms that include competitive inhibition, receptor blockade or direct antagonism of the toxin. Reduction in free toxin level can be achieved by specific and non-specific agents that bind to the toxin. The most commonly used non-specific binding agent is activated charcoal. Specific binders include chelating agents, bioscavenger therapy and immunotherapy. In some situations, enhanced elimination can be achieved by urinary alkalization or hemadsorption. Competitive inhibition of enzymes (e.g. ethanol for methanol poisoning), enhancement of enzyme function (e.g. oximes for organophosphorus poisoning) and competitive receptor blockade (e.g. naloxone, flumazenil) are other mechanisms by which antidotes act. Drugs such as N-acetyl cysteine and sodium thiocyanate reduce the formation of toxic metabolites in paracetamol and cyanide poisoning respectively. Drugs such as atropine and magnesium are used to counteract the end-organ effects in organophosphorus poisoning. Vitamins such as vitamin K, folic acid and pyridoxine are used to antagonise the effects of warfarin, methotrexate and INH respectively in the setting of toxicity or overdose. This review provides an overview of the role of antidotes in poisoning. Chacko B, Peter JV. Antidotes in Poisoning. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4):S241-S249."
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"abstract_text": "ID: 38344049\nTitle: Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.\nAbstract: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotation. Calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdoses can be severe with potentially serious adverse outcomes. CCBs work by blocking the calcium channels on smooth and cardiac muscle tissue. At low dose ranges, dihydropyridine CCBs (such as nifedipine, amlodipine, and nicardipine) block the L-type calcium receptors in the peripheral vasculature, whereas non-dihydropyridine CCBs (such as: verapamil and diltiazem) affect the L-type calcium receptors in the myocardium.1 Because of this distinction, dihydropyridine CCB toxicity manifests as arterial vasodilation and non-dihydropyridine CCB toxicity is associated with cardiac manifestations such as bradycardia and negative inotropy.2 It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension. Patients can develop both vasoplegic shock from peripheral vasodilation and cardiogenic shock. This is a high acuity low occurrence case with infrequently used but specific treatments, and thus this case provides educational value. At the end of this oral board session, examinees will: (1) demonstrate ability to evaluate a patient with undifferentiated shock with bradycardia and discuss the differential diagnosis, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of calcium channel blocker overdose, (3) demonstrate ability to manage treatment of a patient with calcium channel overdose. This oral board case followed the standard American Board of Emergency Medicine-style case in a tertiary care hospital with access to all specialists and resources needed. This case was tested using 12 resident volunteers ranging from PGY 1-2 in an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited emergency medicine residency program. Immediate feedback was solicited both from the learners and from the evaluators following the debriefing session. Residents were asked to evaluate the educational value of the case using a 1-5 Likert scale (5 being excellent). Evaluators were asked to score the residents using the ACGME core competencies with a scale of 1-8, 1-4 being unacceptable and 5-8 being acceptable. Seven PGY1 residents and five PGY2 residents, thus twelve residents in total, completed the case. The average score was 5.10/8. Three residents missed zero critical actions. The most common critical action missed was consulting cardiology or cardiothoracic surgery for circulatory support options. Many residents failed to recognize that the patient did not have a perfusing blood pressure at the beginning of the case and did not start CPR. Although most residents recognized the patient's hemodynamic collapse was from a calcium channel blocker overdose, most did not know the treatment for this beyond atropine and intravenous fluids.The learners rated the educational value of the case as 4.9/5. Seven residents reported that the case definitely increased their medical knowledge; five residents reported that it somewhat increased their medical knowledge. All residents rated the case as helpful in preparing to manage this medical condition. The educational content from this case was effective. This is a high acuity low occurrence case that has unique treatments that are not commonly used. This makes this case excellent for practice and discussion. We learned during implementation that this case has a high degree of difficulty compared to other cases, and junior learners will need more prompting. It is also important for the proctor to keep the case moving because there is a lot to cover in the allotted amount of time. Calcium channel blocker overdose, toxicology."
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"abstract_text": "ID: 22738685\nTitle: Rapid and complete bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning in minipigs after intraosseous administration.\nAbstract: Management of chemical weapon casualties includes the timely administration of antidotes without contamination of rescuers. Personal protective equipment makes intravenous access difficult but does not prevent intraosseous drug administration. We therefore measured the systemic bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning when administered by the intraosseous, intravenous, and intramuscular routes in a small study of G\u00f6ttingen minipigs. Animals were randomly allocated to sequentially receive atropine (0.12 mg/kg by rapid injection), pralidoxime (25 mg/kg by injection during 2 minutes), and hydroxocobalamin (75 mg/kg during 10 minutes) by the intravenous or intraosseous route, or atropine and pralidoxime by the intramuscular route. Plasma concentrations were measured for 6 hours to characterize the antidote concentration-time profiles for each route. Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route. Maximum plasma hydroxocobalamin concentration occurred at the end of the infusion when administered by the intraosseous route. The mean area under the concentration-time curve by the intraosseous route was similar to the intravenous route for all 3 drugs and similar to the intramuscular route for atropine and pralidoxime. This study showed rapid and substantial antidote bioavailability after intraosseous administration that appeared similar to that of the intravenous route. The intraosseous route of antidote administration should be considered when intravenous access is difficult."
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"quote": "Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 24091052\nTitle: Limitations and challenges in treatment of acute chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Recent news from Syria on a possible use of chemical warfare agents made the headlines. Furthermore, the motivation of terrorists to cause maximal harm shifts these agents into the public focus. For incidents with mass casualties appropriate medical countermeasures must be available. At present, the most important threats arise from nerve agents and sulfur mustard. At first, self-protection and protection of medical units from contamination is of utmost importance. Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis. Immediate clinical diagnosis can be confirmed on-site by assessment of acetylcholinesterase activity. Treatment with autoinjectors that are filled with 2mg atropine and an oxime (at present obidoxime, pralidoxime, TMB-4 or HI-6) are not effective against all nerve agents. A more aggressive atropinisation has to be considered and more effective oximes (if possible with a broad spectrum or a combination of different oximes) as well as alternative strategies to cope with high acetylcholine levels at synaptic sites should be developed. A further gap exists for the treatment of patients with sustained cholinergic crisis that has to be expected after exposure to persistent nerve agents, e.g. VX. The requirement for long-lasting artificial ventilation can be reduced with an oxime therapy that is optimized by using the cholinesterase status for guidance or by measures (e.g. scavengers) that are able to reduce the poison load substantially in the patients. For sulfur mustard poisoning no specific antidote is available until now. Symptomatic measures as used for treatment of burns are recommended together with surgical or laser debridement. Thus, huge amounts of resources are expected to be consumed as wound healing is impaired. Possible depots of sulfur mustard in tissues may aggravate the situation. More basic knowledge is necessary to improve substantially therapeutic options. The use of stem cells may provide a new and promising option."
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"abstract_text": "ID: 33484734\nTitle: Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable high-production-volume chemical intermediate used worldwide in numerous industrial processes. Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema."
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"quote": "Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3\u00a0\u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500\u00a0\u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0% and 100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019\u00a0%, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12\u00a0% and\u00a0<\u00a09\u00a0% relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2\u00a0=\u00a037.5\u00a0h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure."
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"quote": "In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.",
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"status": "PASS",
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"abstract_text": "ID: 30668997\nTitle: Phosgene-induced lung edema: Comparison of clinical criteria for increased extravascular lung water content with postmortem lung gravimetry and lavage-protein in rats and dogs.\nAbstract: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by a concentration x time (Cxt)-dependent increased pulmonary vascular permeability, phenotypically manifested as potentially life-threatening acute lung edema. In contemporary animal bioassays, the quantification of protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) is taken as an unequivocal endpoint suggestive of disruption of alveolar barrier function. However, extravasated protein can only be a surrogate endpoint for assessing the extravascular fluid dynamics of the lung. This pathophysiological hallmark of ALI is diagnosed and quantified in vivo in humans by assessing the accumulation of excess extravascular lung water (EVLW). The Point of Departure (POD) of the Cxt relationship of this adverse outcome pathway should also constitute the basis for setting safe occupational and emergency response values. Unlike the EVLW approach, toxicology-based animal models utilize postmortem analyses of total protein in BAL and lung weights as the basis for human risk assessment. With either approach, it remains difficult to unequivocally evaluate pulmonary edema in terms of etiopathology and specificity, i.e., cardiogenic and hydrostatic versus increased permeability edema. The objective of this paper is to retrospectively analyze the clinical scoring of the severity grades of in vivo EVLWs from humans with the respective postmortem biomarkers BAL protein and collagen versus wet lung weights in rats and dogs exposed by inhalation to phosgene gas. Despite the different methodological approaches taken in humans and animals, the EVLW-based predicted thresholds for the onset of pulmonary edema and potentially life-threatening severe pulmonary edema were in remarkable agreement. Data from dogs appear to more aptly reflect the human etiopathology and should be given preference over data from rodents. Especially in rats, elevations in BAL protein may lead to a marked overestimation of the edematous potency of phosgene due to secreted protein into airways. In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema. Caution is advised when using BAL protein in isolation as a surrogate endpoint of pulmonary edema."
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"quote": "Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.",
"source_id": "23689094",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 23689094\nTitle: Patterns of cyanide antidote use since regulatory approval of hydroxocobalamin in the United States.\nAbstract: Sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are common cyanide antidotes. Hydroxocobalamin was approved for use in the United States in 2006. Our objective was to determine the frequency of antidote use as reported to the US poison centers from 2005 to 2009 and describe which antidotes were used in critically ill cyanide toxic patients. We performed a retrospective review over 5 years (2005-2009) from 61 US poison centers. We identified all cyanide-exposed cases that received a cyanide antidote. Variables collected included demographics, gastric decontamination, antidote used, predefined serious clinical effects (hypotension, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and coma), and predefined serious therapies (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, vasopressors, atropine, anticonvulsant, antidysrhythmic, and intubation/ventilation). One trained abstractor abstracted each chart to a standardized electronic form. Another investigator audited 20% of the charts. Kappa values were calculated. One hundred sixty-five exposures were identified. Mean age was 42 years (range, 3-93 years). Seventy-one percent were male. Exposures were 27% ingestion and 53% inhalation. Thirty-two percent of the ingestions were suicide attempts. Twenty percent (32 of 157) of all cases died. Over all years reported, hydroxocobalamin was administered to 29% (45 of 157) of patients, sodium nitrite to 25%, and sodium thiosulfate to 46%. Hydroxocobalamin use increased from 24% to 54% from 2007 to 2009, respectively (P = 0.024). Sodium thiosulfate use decreased from 73% to 31% (P = 0.002) and sodium nitrite use decreased from 26% to 14% (P = 0.39). The proportion of cases with serious clinical effects that received hydroxocobalamin increased each year, and the proportion that received other antidotes decreased. Hydroxocobalamin was also administered more often in cases that required serious therapies and increased each year. Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers. Reported use of sodium thiosulfate and sodium nitrite decreased over the same years. In addition, hydroxocobalamin was used more often each year in critically ill cyanide toxic patients than were sodium nitrite or sodium thiosulfate."
},
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"quote": "Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.",
"source_id": "38768837",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38768837\nTitle: Baseline physiological data from anesthetized pigs in a VX intoxication model.\nAbstract: Over the past fifty years, swine models have been used for organophosphorus intoxication studies. Among these studies and others on the swine model in general, some physiological data, especially cholinesterase activity highly impacted by organophosphorus compounds like nerve agent VX, still need to be completed. To support and compare our model to others, we have published the experimental protocol, the physiological values of 31 juvenile anesthetized pigs, and the 6\u202fh-follow-up of six supplementary anesthetized control animals and 7 VX-intoxicated pigs. We reported hemodynamics and respiratory parameters, blood levels in several biochemical parameters, blood gas, and complete blood count and compared them to the literature. We also focused on tissue and blood cholinesterase activities and detailed them for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. After establishing a broad physiological data set consistent with the literature, we reported several cardio-respiratory parameters that seem more affected by an organophosphate intoxication, like heart rate, arterial blood pressure, cardiac output, and respiratory rate. Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status. This swine model is currently used to develop and evaluate medical countermeasures against organophosphate nerve agent intoxications."
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"quote": "This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.",
"source_id": "29104014",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 29104014\nTitle: Continuous positive airway pressure: An early intervention to prevent phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: Exposure to toxic industrial chemicals such as phosgene may occur through accidental or deliberate release. Inhalation may result in an acute lung injury which manifests as hypoxaemia with insufficient oxygen being delivered to the tissues resulting in hypoxia, respiratory failure and death. No effective pharmacological therapy currently exists and treatment remains supportive, often requiring intensive care facilities. In a mass casualty scenario the logistical burden of managing exposed individuals would rapidly overwhelm healthcare systems. This highlights the need to develop post exposure therapeutic strategies to minimise injury severity and increase survival in individuals exposed to toxic chemicals. Our research objective was to investigate a commercial off the shelf (COTS) therapy; ambient air continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support, initiated 1h post exposure to explore the concept that early intervention with positive airway pressure would reduce or ameliorate lung injury following exposure to phosgene. This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h."
},
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"quote": "Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.",
"source_id": "28577109",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 28577109\nTitle: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI): differences from chlorine-induced ALI and attempts to translate toxicology to clinical medicine.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable chemical inter-mediate used in numerous industrial processes. There is no clear consensus as to its time- and inhaled-dose-dependent etiopathologies and associated preventive or therapeutic treatment strategies. Cardiopulmonary function was examined in rats exposed by inhalation to the alveolar irritant phosgene or to the airway irritant chlorine during and following exposure. Terminal measurements focused on hematology, protein extravasation in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and increased lung weight. Noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic endpoints in exhaled breath (carbon dioxide and nitric oxide) were used to detect the clinically occult stage of pulmonary edema. The first event observed in rats following high but sublethal acute exposure to phosgene was the stimulation of alveolar nociceptive vagal receptors. This afferent stimulation resulted in dramatic changes in cardiopulmonary functions, ventilation: perfusion imbalances, and progressive pulmonary edema and phospholipoproteinosis. Hematology revealed hemoconcentration to be an early marker of pulmonary edema and fibrin as a discriminating endpoint that was positive for the airway irritant chlorine and negative for the alveolar irritant phosgene. The application of each gas produced typical ALI/ARDS (acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome) characteristics. Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation. Carbon dioxide in expired gas was suggestive of increased ventilation dead space and appeared to be a harbinger of progressively developing lung edema. Treatment with the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine aerosol by inhalation reduced the severity of phosgene-induced ALI when applied at low\u00a0dose-rates. Symptomatic treatment regimens were considered inferior to causal modes of treatment."
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"quote": "The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.",
"source_id": "37429600",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 37429600\nTitle: Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults.\nAbstract: This review presents recent studies of the chemical and molecular regulators of acetylcholine (ACh) signaling and the complexity of the small molecule and RNA regulators of those mechanisms that control cholinergic functioning in health and disease. The underlying structural, neurochemical, and transcriptomic concepts, including basic and translational research and clinical studies, shed new light on how these processes inter-change under acute states, age, sex, and COVID-19 infection; all of which modulate ACh-mediated processes and inflammation in women and men and under diverse stresses. The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE. The over-arching purpose of this review is thus to discuss mechanisms of cholinergic signaling dysfunction caused by OP pesticides, OP nerve agents, and anti-cholinergic medications; and to highlight new therapeutic strategies to combat both the acute and chronic effects of these chemicals on the cholinergic and neuroimmune systems. Furthermore, OP toxicity was examined in view of cholinesterase inhibition and beyond in order to highlight improved small molecules and RNA therapeutic strategies and assess their predicted pitfalls to reverse the acute toxicity and long-term deleterious effects of OPs."
},
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"quote": "Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.",
"source_id": "26562770",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 26562770\nTitle: Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury.\nAbstract: Toxic industrial chemicals are used throughout the world to produce everyday products such as household and commercial cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, paper, and fertilizers. These chemicals are produced, stored, and transported in large quantities, which poses a threat to the local civilian population in cases of accidental or intentional release. Several of these chemicals have no known medical countermeasures for their toxic effects. Phosgene is a highly toxic industrial chemical which was used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI. Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death. The mechanisms of phosgene-induced pulmonary injury are not fully identified, and currently there is no efficacious countermeasure. Here, we provide a proposed mechanism of phosgene-induced lung injury based on the literature and from studies conducted in our lab, as well as provide results from studies designed to evaluate survival efficacy of potential therapies following whole-body phosgene exposure in mice. Several therapies were able to significantly increase 24h survival following an LCt50-70 exposure to phosgene; however, no treatment was able to fully protect against phosgene-induced mortality. These studies provide evidence that mortality following phosgene toxicity can be mitigated by neuro- and calcium-regulators, antioxidants, phosphodiesterase and endothelin receptor antagonists, angiotensin converting enzymes, and transient receptor potential cation channel inhibitors. However, because the mechanism of phosgene toxicity is multifaceted, we conclude that a single therapeutic is unlikely to be sufficient to ameliorate the multitude of direct and secondary toxic effects caused by phosgene inhalation."
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"quote": "When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.",
"source_id": "33414048",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33414048\nTitle: Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug.\nAbstract: Redotex\u2122 is a Mexican weight-loss supplement that is not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved. It consists of the following five ingredients: tri-iodothyronine 75\u00a0\u03bcg, atropine 0.36\u00a0mg, diazepam 8\u00a0mg, aloin 16\u00a0mg, and d-norpseudoephedrine 50\u00a0mg per tablet. There are few case reports with clinically severe ingestions. We report two cases of clinical thyrotoxicosis due to use of Redotex. A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with anxiety and palpitations. She reported taking Redotex daily for 1\u00a0week. Her temperature was 37.1\u00b0C, blood pressure (BP) was 166/104\u00a0mm Hg, and heart rate (HR) was 140 beats/min. Laboratory analysis was significant for a bicarbonate level of 20\u00a0mmol/L (reference 22-29\u00a0mmol/L), free T4 0.75\u00a0ng/dL (reference 0.93-1.70\u00a0ng/dL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.05 uIU/mL (reference 0.27-4.20 uIU/mL). She was treated with 2\u00a0mg i.v. lorazepam and 20\u00a0mg oral propranolol. A 37-year-old woman presented with chest pain, palpitations, and nausea after taking Redotex 1 to 2 tablets daily for 6\u00a0weeks. Her HR was 134 beats/min and BP was 130/66\u00a0mm Hg. Thyroid function tests on initial presentation showed a TSH of 0.013 uU/mL, free T4 of 0.24\u00a0ng/dL, and free T3 of >30 pg/mL. She was treated with propranolol 1\u00a0mg i.v. twice per day and 2 doses of lorazepam 1\u00a0mg. Both patients had resolution of their symptoms. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis. This has not been seen in prior reports."
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"quote": "The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.",
"source_id": "33206558",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 33206558\nTitle: Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep.\nAbstract: Activation of the carotid body (CB) using intracarotid potassium cyanide (KCN) injection increases coronary blood flow (CoBF). This increase in CoBF is considered to be mediated by co-activation of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to the heart. However, whether cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) actually increases during CB activation has not been determined previously. We hypothesized that activation of the CB would increase directly recorded cardiac SNA, which would cause coronary vasodilatation. Experiments were conducted in conscious sheep implanted with electrodes to record cardiac SNA and diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF and cardiac output, and a catheter to record arterial pressure. Intracarotid KCN injection was used to activate the CB. To eliminate the contribution of metabolic demand on coronary flow, the heart was paced at a constant rate during CB chemoreflex stimulation. Intracarotid KCN injection resulted in a significant increase in directly recorded cardiac SNA frequency (from 24\u2009\u00b1\u20092 to 40\u2009\u00b1\u20094 bursts/min; P < 0.05) as well as a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure (79\u2009\u00b1\u200915 to 88\u2009\u00b1\u200914\u2009mmHg; P < 0.01) and CoBF (75\u2009\u00b1\u200937 vs. 86\u2009\u00b1\u200942\u2009mL/min; P < 0.05). The increase in CoBF and coronary vascular conductance to intracarotid KCN injection was abolished after propranolol infusion, suggesting that the increased cardiac SNA mediates coronary vasodilatation. The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response. Our results indicate that CB activation increases directly recorded cardiac SNA, which mediates vasodilatation of the coronary vasculature."
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"quote": "The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively.",
"source_id": "38465519",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38465519\nTitle: Clinical pharmacokinetics of atropine oral gel formulation in healthy volunteers.\nAbstract: Sialorrhea or drooling is a common problem in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. It can negatively impact the quality of life due to its physical and psychological manifestations. Providers commonly prescribe atropine eye drops for topical administration to the oral mucosa, as an off-label treatment to manage sialorrhea. However, the off-label use of atropine eye drops can be associated with medication and dosing errors and systemic side effects. To address these limitations of treatment, we developed a mucoadhesive topical oral gel formulation of atropine as an alternative route to off-label administration of atropine eye drops. In this clinical pharmacokinetic (PK) study, we evaluated the safety and PK of atropine gel (0.01% w/w) formulation after single-dose administration to the oral mucosa in 10 healthy volunteers. The PK data showed that after topical administration to the oral mucosa, atropine followed a two-compartment PK profile. The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively. The absorption rate constant calculated by the compartmental analysis was 0.4\u2009h-1 . Safety parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation, did not significantly change before and after administration of the gel formulation, and no adverse events were observed in all participants who received atropine gel. These data indicate that atropine gel formulation has a satisfactory PK profile, is well-tolerated at the dose studied, and can be further considered for clinical development as a drug product to treat sialorrhea."
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"quote": "Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care.",
"source_id": "38778957",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38778957\nTitle: Successful Treatment of a Patient with brain tissue edema associated with Olanzapine overdose.\nAbstract: Olanzapine is one of the atypical antipsychotic agents which is being increasingly used, and it is synthetic derivative of thienobenzodiazepine with antipsychotic, and antinausea, and antiemetic activities. Olanzapine overdose is mainly associated with the development of anticholinergic toxicity and is characterized by central nervous system (CNS) suppression, tachycardia, and delirium. As little is yet known about the effects of this agent in toxic doses, it is important to report the features of overdose. Herein, we reported a 28-year-old male with a history of mental illness and substance abuse, who was admitted in a comatose state with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Head computed tomography (CT) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed significant cerebral edema and raised intracranial pressure, indicative of olanzapine-induced neurotoxicity. Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care. The patient's condition gradually improved with these interventions. Elevated olanzapine plasma concentration confirmed the diagnosis of overdose. Cranial pressure-lowering treatment has a certain effect on improving the condition of patients."
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"quote": "The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor.",
"source_id": "35149144",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 35149144\nTitle: Assessment of the serum glucose/potassium GLU/K ratio as a predictor of intermediate syndrome following acute anticholinesterase exposure.\nAbstract: The widespread use of anticholinesterase-containing pesticides accounts for the considerable morbidity and mortality in Egypt and worldwide. Few studies have investigated the predictors of intermediate syndrome (IMS). Therefore, in this study, we assessed the adequacy of the serum glucose/potassium (GLU/K) ratio as an early reliable tool to predict IMS incidence following intoxication with acute anticholinesterase compounds. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who presented to Tanta University Poison Control Center, Egypt, and were diagnosed with acute anticholinesterase intoxication between January and August, 2021. Patients were categorized based on the primary outcome into IMS (+) and IMS (-) groups. Overall, 243 patients were included, among whom 44 (18.1%) had IMS as the complication. Younger individuals with age ranging between 18 and <\u00a025 years constituted the main exposed age category in both groups. Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients (94.2% and 63.8% of patients, respectively). The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor. At a cutoff value of >\u00a041.07%, the GLU/K ratio could significantly predict IMS (areas under the curves =\u00a00.971, p\u00a0<\u00a00.001) with 93% accuracy, 93.2% sensitivity, and 93% specificity. Although the clear pathophysiology of IMS remains to be elucidated, our results provide insight into the significant contribution of neurological affection, apart from the well-known direct toxic effect on muscles. Moreover, we demonstrated a significant association between the development of IMS and severity of organophosphorus compounds' exposure. Physicians should be vigilant to detect IMS early upon admission using the GLU/K ratio, which is a useful early IMS predictor."
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"quote": "This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats.",
"source_id": "41481233",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 41481233\nTitle: BML-111 mitigates phosgene-induced acute lung injury in rats by activating ACE2.\nAbstract: Phosgene is a highly toxic asphyxiating gas and also an important chemical raw material. Phosgene has been regarded as an environmental pollutant, and the accidental leakage of phosgene in the process of industrial production has posed a serious threat to related occupational groups. Phosgene exposure may lead to acute lung injury (ALI), marked by inflammation, heightened vascular permeability, and potentially life-threatening pulmonary edema. BML-111 is a lipid A4 receptor agonist which is compound with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The involvement of BML-111 in mitigating phosgene-induced ALI and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we established a phosgene induced ALI rat model, examined the effects of phosgene exposure on lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of rats, and evaluated the lung tissue pathology, lung wet weight, lung coefficient and respiratory function of phosgene exposed rats after intervention with BML-111. The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers were measured in BALF and lung tissue. This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats. Mechanistically, these protective effects were attributed to a reduction in pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress, alongside an enhancement of overall antioxidant capacity. Furthermore, it was found that the activation of ACE2 is a key mechanism through which BML-111 exerts its protection. The findings suggest that BML-111 can alleviate phosgene-induced ALI in rats by activating ACE2, thereby inhibiting inflammatory responses and oxidative stress. BML-111 shows promise as a preventive candidate for treating phosgene-induced ALI."
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"quote": "The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized.",
"source_id": "38374946",
"status": "PASS",
"error": "",
"abstract_text": "ID: 38374946\nTitle: Systolic hypertension as side effect of topical low dose atropine drops.\nAbstract: To present a case of increased systemic hypertension and pupil dilation related to low dose atropine eyedrops. A thirteen-year-old male with progressive myopia received atropine 0.05% ophthalmic drops to slow down myopia progression. He exhibited systemic systolic hypertension, photophobia, and bilateral nonreactive mydriasis. The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized. This case demonstrates sensitivity to low dose atropine with increased systemic blood pressure and pupillary dilation."
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"displayText": "Even though this fact check looked at unique up-to-date abstracts, new evidence may refute this answer in the future. Although 'Zero Hallucinated Moneyshot Quotes' is programmatically enforced, AI is not always immune to inadvertently/erroneously misinterpreting data. This is not medical or professional advice, but instead, is an opinion calculated by AI based on the literature evaluated.\n\n###[CLAIM EVALUATED AND ANSWER TO USER]\nThe evaluation of an explosion victim with blast injury, skin blistering, muscle fasciculations, and respiratory distress requires identifying potential overlapping exposures to nerve agents (organophosphates) and potential blood or pulmonary agents (cyanide/phosgene/vesicants).\n\n### [ABSTRACT & REWRITTEN CLAIM]\nScientific synthesis of the clinical presentation: The patient exhibits a multi-system toxidrome consistent with co-exposure to cholinergic-stimulating agents (fasciculations) and pulmonary/vesicant irritants (skin blistering/respiratory distress). The potential for misdiagnosis is high due to the overlapping effects of chemical warfare agents and common medical emergencies.\n\n### [INTRODUCTION & JUSTIFICATION]\nThe clinical presentation involves a high-acuity, low-occurrence scenario of mixed chemical exposure. Muscle twitching (fasciculations) is the hallmark of acetylcholinesterase inhibition, consistent with organophosphate nerve agent exposure. Concurrently, skin burning and blistering, along with respiratory symptoms, suggest the presence of a vesicant or irritant gas. The \"treatment-response trap\" arises when atropine is administered to treat cholinergic crises: while effective against the muscarinic symptoms of nerve agents (e.g., secretions), it can mask the severity of cardiovascular instability or exacerbate tachyarrhythmias in patients with co-occurring shock or thyrotoxic-like reactions.\n\n### [DISCUSSION: NOVEL & OVERLOOKED]\n* Intraosseous administration provides bioavailability similar to intravenous routes, which is critical when IV access is difficult in mass casualty, contaminated, or field-expedient settings.\n* The \"intermediate syndrome\" is a documented complication following organophosphate poisoning, characterized by muscle weakness and respiratory distress, which may be predicted by the GLU/K ratio.\n* Standard diagnostic scoring for chemical injury, such as the PGI score, can substitute for serum cholinesterase levels when laboratory access is unavailable.\n* Phosgene-induced pulmonary edema is non-cardiogenic and manifests with a latent phase, differing fundamentally from the immediate cholinergic crisis of nerve agents.\n* Atropine is frequently used to manage bradycardia in poisoning cases, yet its administration does not always equate to a complete resolution of systemic toxicosis.\n* The use of midazolam is increasingly favored over diazepam for terminating nerve agent-induced status epilepticus, though both demonstrate limited efficacy in preventing long-term neurodegeneration.\n* Chemical agents like sulfur mustard or phosgene have no specific \"antidote,\" making supportive care and specialized interventions like CPAP or early protective antioxidants the primary therapeutic focus.\n\n### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\n1. ID: 32020997 - Application: Antidotes function via various mechanisms. - \"Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.\"\n2. ID: 38344049 - Application: High-dose toxicity loses receptor specificity. - \"It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.\"\n3. ID: 22738685 - Application: IO access is effective. - \"Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.\"\n4. ID: 24091052 - Application: Nerve agents cause cholinergic crisis. - \"Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.\"\n5. ID: 33484734 - Application: Edema etiology in phosgene. - \"It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself.\"\n6. ID: 35952445 - Application: Cyanide and other toxic inhalation agents. - \"Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.\"\n7. ID: 30668997 - Application: Scaling edema biomarkers. - \"In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.\"\n8. ID: 23689094 - Application: Increasing use of hydroxocobalamin. - \"Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.\"\n9. ID: 38768837 - Application: Evaluating life-threatening status. - \"Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.\"\n10. ID: 29104014 - Application: CPAP as an early intervention. - \"This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.\"\n11. ID: 28577109 - Application: Phosgene-induced ALI presentation. - \"Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.\"\n12. ID: 37429600 - Application: Vulnerability of AChE. - \"The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.\"\n13. ID: 26562770 - Application: Latency of phosgene. - \"Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.\"\n14. ID: 33414048 - Application: Redotex toxicity. - \"When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.\"\n15. ID: 33206558 - Application: Atropine effects on CB response. - \"The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.\"\n16. ID: 38465519 - Application: Atropine PK profile. - \"The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively.\"\n17. ID: 38778957 - Application: Olanzapine toxicity. - \"Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care.\"\n18. ID: 35149144 - Application: Significance of GLU/K ratio. - \"The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor.\"\n19. 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"prompt": "CRITICAL INSTRUCTION: You MUST wrap your internal reasoning in ... tags at the very beginning of your response.\n\n=======================================================\nCONTEXT LITERATURE (STATIC CACHE):\nID: 37721023\nTitle: 2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.\nAbstract: In this focused update, the American Heart Association provides updated guidance for resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and refractory shock due to poisoning. Based on structured evidence reviews, guidelines are provided for the treatment of critical poisoning from benzodiazepines, \u03b2-adrenergic receptor antagonists (also known as \u03b2-blockers), L-type calcium channel antagonists (commonly called calcium channel blockers), cocaine, cyanide, digoxin and related cardiac glycosides, local anesthetics, methemoglobinemia, opioids, organophosphates and carbamates, sodium channel antagonists (also called sodium channel blockers), and sympathomimetics. Recommendations are also provided for the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. These guidelines discuss the role of atropine, benzodiazepines, calcium, digoxin-specific immune antibody fragments, electrical pacing, flumazenil, glucagon, hemodialysis, hydroxocobalamin, hyperbaric oxygen, insulin, intravenous lipid emulsion, lidocaine, methylene blue, naloxone, pralidoxime, sodium bicarbonate, sodium nitrite, sodium thiosulfate, vasodilators, and vasopressors for the management of specific critical poisonings.\n\nID: 36249602\nTitle: Availability of Antidotes for Management of Acute Toxicity Cases at Emergency Departments in Qassim Hospitals: A Retrospective Study.\nAbstract: Drug overdose is a medico-social issue worldwide that may occur intentionally or unintentionally. It is one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits, and it is also a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality globally. This study aims to determine the occurrence of acute toxicity cases and their management outcomes at the emergency departments in Qassim Province hospitals in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the study aims to investigate the antidote availabilities at those medical centers. A retrospective hospital record-based study of acute toxicity cases admitted to the emergency department in hospitals in Qassim during the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, was conducted. Data were collected based on hospital resources such as gastrointestinal decontamination, stabilization, elimination enhancement resources, and antidotes from Qassim hospitals, and the availability of antidotes as well as the clinical data of the patients with the management outcome. A total of 264 patients with acute toxicity were admitted to the emergency departments of 14 hospitals in Qassim Province in 2020. Of the 264 cases, 179 (68%) were males, and 85 (32%) cases were females. Ninety-five percent of the cases were admitted to public hospitals, whereas 5% were admitted to private hospitals. The largest group by age of admitted cases were aged 11-20 years (19.3%). This study showed that 99% received appropriate treatment for their cause of toxicity, whereas 1% did not. The most common causes of toxicity in Qassim were found to be food poisoning (20.5%), followed by intentional suicide attempts with warfarin/enoxaparin/aspirin overdoses (15.9%) and acetaminophen (paracetamol) overdosage seen in 15.5% of admitted cases. Flagyl, in addition to fluids, was used in the management of 16.7% of cases, N-acetyl cysteine was used for 16.3%, and vitamins K and B6 were used for 14.0% of cases. Activated charcoal, atropine, calcium chloride, calcium gluconate, flumazenil, insulin, magnesium, sodium bicarbonate, and vitamin K were available at all the studied hospitals. However, all the hospitals lacked both ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and a cyanide kit. Methylene blue and leucovorin were available in only one of the studied hospitals.\n\nID: 36092617\nTitle: Cation-Exchangeable Pralidoxime Chloride@bio-MOF-1 as a Treatment for Nerve Agent Poisoning and Sulfur Mustard Skin Poisoning in Animals.\nAbstract: A 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 composite was prepared by cationic exchange of counter N,N-dimethylammonium cations in the pores of the anionic, biocompatible metal-organic framework (bio-MOF-1) with pralidoxime chloride (2-PAM-Cl) by impregnation. In vitro drug release measurements revealed that the release rate of 2-PAM from 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 in simulated body fluid (SBF) was more than four-fold higher than that in deionized water, indicating that the presence of endogenous cations in SBF triggered the release of 2-PAM through cation exchange. The release of 2-PAM was rapid within the first 10 h but was much slower over the period of 10-50 h. At room temperature, the maximum release rate of 2-PAM was 88.5% (15 mg of 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 in 1 mL of SBF), indicating that the drug was efficiently released from the composite MOF in SBF. In simulated gastric fluid, 64.3% of 2-PAM was released from bio-MOF-1 into the simulated gastric fluid after 50h. This suggested that 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 might be effective for enabling the slow release of 2-PAM in the human body. Indeed, the maximum reactivation rate of acetylcholinesterase in sarin-poisoned mice reached 82.5%. In addition, 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 demonstrated the ability to adsorb and remove sulfur mustard (HD) in solution and from the skin of guinea pigs.\n\nID: 34122147\nTitle: Regulation of Coronary Blood Flow by the Carotid Body Chemoreceptors in Ovine Heart Failure.\nAbstract: Carotid bodies (CBs) are peripheral chemoreceptors, which are primary sensors of systemic hypoxia and their activation produces respiratory, autonomic, and cardiovascular adjustments critical for body homeostasis. We have previously shown that carotid chemoreceptor stimulation increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) which increases coronary blood flow (CoBF) in conscious normal sheep. Previous studies have shown that chemoreflex sensitivity is augmented in heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that carotid chemoreceptor stimulation would increase CoBF to a greater extent in HF than control sheep. Experiments were conducted in conscious HF sheep and control sheep (n = 6/group) implanted with electrodes to record diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF as well as arterial pressure. There was a significant increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP), CoBF and coronary vascular conductance (CVC) in response to potassium cyanide (KCN) in both groups of sheep. To eliminate the effects of metabolic vasodilation, the KCN was repeated while the heart was paced at a constant level. In this paradigm, the increase in CoBF and CVC was augmented in the HF group compared to the control group. Pre-treatment with propranolol did not alter the CoBF or the CVC increase in the HF group indicating this was not mediated by an increase in cardiac sympathetic drive. The pressor response to CB activation was abolished by pre-treatment with intravenous atropine in both groups, but there was no change in the CoBF and vascular conductance responses. Our data suggest that in an ovine model of HF, carotid body (CB) mediated increases in CoBF and CVC are augmented compared to control animals. This increase in CoBF is mediated by an increase in cardiac SNA in the control group but not the HF group.\n\nID: 33206558\nTitle: Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep.\nAbstract: Activation of the carotid body (CB) using intracarotid potassium cyanide (KCN) injection increases coronary blood flow (CoBF). This increase in CoBF is considered to be mediated by co-activation of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to the heart. However, whether cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) actually increases during CB activation has not been determined previously. We hypothesized that activation of the CB would increase directly recorded cardiac SNA, which would cause coronary vasodilatation. Experiments were conducted in conscious sheep implanted with electrodes to record cardiac SNA and diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF and cardiac output, and a catheter to record arterial pressure. Intracarotid KCN injection was used to activate the CB. To eliminate the contribution of metabolic demand on coronary flow, the heart was paced at a constant rate during CB chemoreflex stimulation. Intracarotid KCN injection resulted in a significant increase in directly recorded cardiac SNA frequency (from 24\u2009\u00b1\u20092 to 40\u2009\u00b1\u20094 bursts/min; P < 0.05) as well as a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure (79\u2009\u00b1\u200915 to 88\u2009\u00b1\u200914\u2009mmHg; P < 0.01) and CoBF (75\u2009\u00b1\u200937 vs. 86\u2009\u00b1\u200942\u2009mL/min; P < 0.05). The increase in CoBF and coronary vascular conductance to intracarotid KCN injection was abolished after propranolol infusion, suggesting that the increased cardiac SNA mediates coronary vasodilatation. The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response. Our results indicate that CB activation increases directly recorded cardiac SNA, which mediates vasodilatation of the coronary vasculature.\n\nID: 32981362\nTitle: Role of the Carotid Body in an Ovine Model of Renovascular Hypertension.\nAbstract: The carotid body is implicated as an important mediator and potential treatment target for hypertension. The mechanisms driving increased carotid body tonicity in hypertension are incompletely understood. Using a large preclinical animal model, which is crucial for translation, we hypothesized that carotid sinus nerve denervation would chronically decrease blood pressure in a renovascular ovine model of hypertension in which hypertonicity of the carotid body is associated with reduced common carotid artery blood flow. Adult ewes underwent either unilateral renal artery clipping or sham surgery. Two weeks later, flow probes were placed around the contralateral renal and common carotid arteries. Hypertension was accompanied by a significant reduction in common carotid blood flow but no change in renal blood flow. Carotid sinus nerve denervation significantly reduced blood pressure compared with sham. In both hypertensive and normotensive animals, carotid body stimulation using potassium cyanide caused dose-dependent increases in mean arterial pressure and common carotid conductance but a reduction in renal vascular conductance. These responses were not different between the animal groups. Taken together, our findings indicate that (1) the carotid body is activated in renovascular hypertension, and this is associated with reduced blood flow (decreased vascular conductance) in the common carotid artery and (2) the carotid body can differentially regulate blood flow to the common carotid and renal arteries. We suggest that in the ovine renovascular model, carotid body hypertonicity may be a product of reduced common carotid artery blood flow and plays an amplifying role with the kidney in the development of hypertension.\n\nID: 32703327\nTitle: Five Decades of Global Chemical Terror Attacks: Data Analysis to Inform Training and Preparedness.\nAbstract: Chemical weapons attacks during the recent conflict in Syria and Iraq highlight the need to better understand the changing epidemiology of chemical weapons use, especially among non-state actors. Public health professionals and policy-makers require this data to prioritize funding, training, chemical weapons preparedness, disaster response, and recovery. The purpose of this investigation is to provide descriptive data that can be used by policy-makers and public safety officials to better prepare for these potential attacks. A five-decade descriptive retrospective review of The Global Terrorism Database, maintained by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, was conducted to understand trends in chemical agents, targets, and routes of exposure. We reviewed and analyzed data specific to these documented chemical attacks between 1970 and 2017. 383 terror attacks involved chemical weapons over the study period. A specific agent was named in 154 incidents, while 124 incidents could be classified into traditional chemical weapons categories (eg, vesicant, choking agents). A route of exposure was identified in 242 attacks, with the most common routes of exposure being dermal-mucosal and inhalational. Caustic agents were used in the highest portion of attacks (25%) where the route of exposure was known. Explosive devices were used in 21% of attacks to deliver these chemical agents. Of particular note, private citizens and educational facilities were targeted in 25% and 12% of attacks, respectively. The average number of attacks increased from 6 per year between 1970 and 2011 to 24.9 per year between 2011 and 2017 (coinciding with the start of the Syria conflict). The most commonly utilized chemicals were chlorine (26.0%), tear gas (20.8%), and cyanide (15.6%). Blood agent incidents declined from 32.6% before the September 11, 2001 attacks to 13.6% after 2001, while nerve agent attacks fell from 9.3% to 1.2%. In contrast, choking (namely chlorine) and vesicant (mustard) agent use increased from 7% to 48.1% and from 2.3% to 6.2% of attacks, respectively. Chemical weapon use in global terrorism remains an increasingly common occurrence that requires better characterization. The average number of chemical terrorist attacks per year is increasing, with a large proportion resulting from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Choking (chlorine) and vesicant (mustard) agents have become the predominant chemical terror agent since 2001, with a decreased incidence of blood (cyanogenic) and nerve (sarin) agents. Future preparedness initiatives should focus on vulnerable targets such as private citizens and educational institutions. Improving blast injury response is essential, along with prioritizing disaster training focused on choking agents, vesicants, and caustics.\n\nID: 32020997\nTitle: Antidotes in Poisoning.\nAbstract: Antidotes are agents that negate the effect of a poison or toxin. Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites. Antidote administration may not only result in the reduction of free or active toxin level, but also in the mitigation of end-organ effects of the toxin by mechanisms that include competitive inhibition, receptor blockade or direct antagonism of the toxin. Reduction in free toxin level can be achieved by specific and non-specific agents that bind to the toxin. The most commonly used non-specific binding agent is activated charcoal. Specific binders include chelating agents, bioscavenger therapy and immunotherapy. In some situations, enhanced elimination can be achieved by urinary alkalization or hemadsorption. Competitive inhibition of enzymes (e.g. ethanol for methanol poisoning), enhancement of enzyme function (e.g. oximes for organophosphorus poisoning) and competitive receptor blockade (e.g. naloxone, flumazenil) are other mechanisms by which antidotes act. Drugs such as N-acetyl cysteine and sodium thiocyanate reduce the formation of toxic metabolites in paracetamol and cyanide poisoning respectively. Drugs such as atropine and magnesium are used to counteract the end-organ effects in organophosphorus poisoning. Vitamins such as vitamin K, folic acid and pyridoxine are used to antagonise the effects of warfarin, methotrexate and INH respectively in the setting of toxicity or overdose. This review provides an overview of the role of antidotes in poisoning. Chacko B, Peter JV. Antidotes in Poisoning. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4):S241-S249.\n\nID: 31931016\nTitle: The antidotes atropine and pralidoxime distinctively recover cardiorespiratory components impaired by acute poisoning with chlorpyrifos in rats.\nAbstract: In a previous work we showed that the organophosphate pesticide (OP) chlorpyrifos (CPF) reduces the protective chemoreflex and baroreflex responses in rats. However, whether the antidotes atropine (ATR) and pralidoxime (2-PAM) are capable of restoring these reflex functions remains unexplored. Rats were poisoned with CPF (30\u00a0mg.kg-1, i.p.) and one hour after the intoxication, ATR (10\u00a0mg.kg-1, i.p.) and 2-PAM (40\u00a0mg.kg-1, i.p.) were administrated separately or in combination. Cardiorespiratory parameters were recorded in awake rats 24\u00a0h after CPF. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) variability and spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (sBRS) were derived from undisturbed recordings (30\u00a0min), while chemoreflex was assessed through potassium cyanide (KCN) i.v. injections (10, 20, 40, 80\u00a0\u03bcg/rat). CPF poisoning increased SBP variability and low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio of the HR variability spectrum, indicating autonomic imbalance with increased cardiac sympathetic tone. sBRS was not changed. Treatment with 2-PAM restored SBP variability, whilst both antidotes increased LF/HF ratio. CPF poisoning reduced the hypertensive, bradycardic and tachypneic chemoreflex responses. Chemoreflex-induced hypertensive response was restored by 2-PAM treatment, while ATR recovered the bradycardic response. Both antidotes restored the chemoreflex tachypneic response. Our data show distinct effects of ATR and 2-PAM on cardiorespiratory parameters affected by OP poisoning. While 2-PAM rescued the chemoreflex hypertensive response, ATR reversed chemoreflex bradycardic dysfunction. Although 2-PAM clinical use is questioned in some countries, our data indicate that summation of effects of both antidotes appears beneficial on the cardiorespiratory system and peripheral chemoreflex function.\n\nID: 31626713\nTitle: Dorsal hippocampus cholinergic and nitrergic neurotransmission modulates the cardiac baroreflex function in rats.\nAbstract: Hippocampus is a limbic structure involved in the baroreflex and chemoreflex control that receives extensive cholinergic input from basal forebrain. Hippocampal muscarinic receptors activation by acetylcholine might evoke nitric oxide synthesis, which is an important neuromodulator of cardiovascular responses. Thus, we hypothesize that cholinergic and nitrergic neurotransmission within the DH modulates the baroreflex and chemoreflex function. We have used vasoactive drugs (phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside), and potassium cyanide infused peripherally to induce, respectively, baroreflex or chemoreflex responses in awake animals. Bilateral injection into the DH of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (neostigmine) reduced baroreflex responses. Meanwhile, the non-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist (atropine) or the M1-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist increased baroreflex responses (pirenzepine). Furthermore, the neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (N-propyl) or the intracellular NO scavenger (carboxy-PTIO) increased baroreflex responses, as well as the selective inhibitor of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (ODQ), increased the baroreflex responses. Besides, bilateral administration of an ineffective dose of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor abolished the reduction in the baroreflex responses evoked by an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. On the other hand, we have demonstrated that hippocampal cholinergic neurotransmission did not influence the chemoreflex function. Taken together, our findings suggest that nNOS-derived nitric oxide in the DH participates in acetylcholine-evoked baroreflex responses.\n\nID: 30442380\nTitle: E-cigarette burn injuries: Comprehensive review and management guidelines proposal.\nAbstract: Electronic cigarettes (EC) have been reported to be associated with burns secondary to explosions of the device or battery, or contact from overheating, resulting in flame, contact or chemical burns. In addition to this, there have also been reported cases of soft tissue and bony trauma with or without associated burns. Using collective evidence, this review aims to summarise all reported burns associated with ECs, and its implications on immediate management with a particular focus on surgical treatment. A search was conducted on PubMed, EMBASE and Medline for all case reports, case series and letters to editors published since 2014, using terms \"electronic cigarette\", \"e-cigarette\", \"vaping\" and \"burn\". The search was repeated by the co-author to avoid bias and a review of the bibliographies of each paper was conducted to ensure all relevant cases were included. The mechanisms, type and severity of burn injury, and management and treatment outcomes of the patients were recorded. Exclusion criteria included non-English articles, explosions with no associated burn and publications with insufficient information. 90 patients from 19 case series or case reports were included. With the exception of one study, gender was recorded with a male predominance (95.6%). Mean age is 30.1years (range 18-59). The most common type of burn was flame. However, there were reports of chemical burns associated with ECs. The mean total body surface area (TBSA) affected was 4.9% (range 1-27.25%) with the majority of burns being mixed partial and full thickness. 22 patients underwent excision and autologous skin grafting within range of three to 21days. One patient had a full thickness contact burn excised and closed, one patient received a xenograft following debridement and one had biosynthetic skin dressing. 42 patients were managed conservatively with dressings or ointments. In this review over a three-year period (2015-2017), 90 cases of EC related burn injuries were reported, however, this is likely an underestimation of the problem. The suggested mechanism for EC related injuries is battery malfunction. ECs are powered by Lithium ion batteries which are susceptible to \"thermal runaway\" reactions, which result in device overheating with potential for subsequent explosion. We explain hypothesized triggers for these reactions and mechanisms of other injuries associated with ECs such as chemical burns and blast injury. EC-associated burn injury results in combined thermal and chemical burns, which should be managed in tandem. Explosion injuries sustained whilst using the device may result in both facial trauma or inhalation injury and therefore should be reviewed with a high index of clinical suspicion. It is noted that there is no agreed standard for management for such burns by specialist bodies in the UK. We suggested a treatment algorithm to provide guidance for the burn injuries associated with ECs.\n\nID: 29759800\nTitle: [Hypertensive crisis and anticholinergic toxidrome secondary to accidental consumption of datura stramonium in two children].\nAbstract: To identify a hypertensive clinical form of atropine or anticholinergic toxidrome secondary to accidental consumption of Datura seeds. We report two cases of Datura intoxication in two children who presented marked anticholinergic syndrome whose diagnosis was made by the anamnesis and the clinic. Patient 1: A 5-year-old boy, returns home agitated with balance disorders. He was admitted to pediatric resuscitation unit. His Glasgow score was 11/15. The child made inconsistent remarks. The neurological examination revealed mydriasis. Hemodynamically, the blood pressure was 145/91mmHg, the heart rate was 145 bpm. The rest of the examination noted a temperature of 37.5\u00b0, a bladder globe. Standard biological tests were normal. ECG found sinus tachycardia. Urine analysis revealed a positive alkaloid reaction with the presence of atropine. The evolution was favorable after 48hours. Patient 2: 45-month-old boy admitted to a state of severe agitation of toxic origin. The clinical examination showed a central and peripheral anticholinergic symptomatology with severe hallucinations, severe hypertension, and a heart rate at 190 bpm. The rest of the examination found erythema in the thorax and upper limbs, bilateral mydriasis. The toxicological report confirmed the presence of alkaloids. The evolution was favorable. Hypertension crisis and other anticholinergic clinical signs of Datura stramonium intoxication achieve favorable outcomes in children.\n\nID: 28644688\nTitle: Intraosseous administration of antidotes - a systematic review.\nAbstract: Intraosseous (IO) access is an established route of administration in resuscitation situations. Patients with serious poisoning presenting to the emergency department may require urgent antidote therapy. However, intravenous (IV) access is not always readily available. This study reviews the current evidence for IO administration of antidotes that could be used in poisoning. The primary outcome was mortality as a surrogate of efficacy. Secondary outcomes included hemodynamic variables, electrocardiographic variables, neurological status, pharmacokinetics outcomes, and adverse effects as defined by each article. A medical librarian created a systematic search strategy for Medline, subsequently translated to Embase, BIOSIS, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), and the CENTRAL clinical trial register, all of which we searched from inception to 30 June 2016. Interventions included IO administration of selected antidotes. Articles included volunteer studies, poisoning, or other resuscitation contexts such as cardiac arrest, burns, dehydration, seizure, hemorrhagic shock, or undifferentiated shock. We considered all human studies and animal experiments to the exception of in vitro studies. Two reviewers independently selected studies, and a third adjudicated in case of disagreement. Three reviewers extracted all relevant data. Three reviewers evaluated the risk of bias and quality of the articles using specific scales according to each type of study design. A total of 47 publications (46 articles and one abstract) met our inclusion criteria and described IO administration of 13 different antidotes. These included one case series and 21 case reports describing 26 patients, and 25 animal experiments. Of those, seven human case reports and four animal experiments specifically reported the use of antidotes in poisoning. Human case reports suggested favorable outcomes with IO use of atropine, diazepam, hydroxocobalamin, insulin, lipid emulsion, methylene blue, phentolamine, prothrombin complex concentrate, and sodium bicarbonate. Clinical outcomes varied according to the antidote used. The only reported adverse event was ventricular tachycardia following IO naloxone. Regarding the animal experiments, IO administration of lipid emulsion and of hydroxocobalamin showed improved survival in bupivacaine-poisoned rats and in cyanide-intoxicated swine, respectively. Animal data also suggested an equivalent bio-availability between IO and IV administration for atropine, calcium chloride, dextrose 50%, diazepam, methylene blue, pralidoxime, and sodium bicarbonate. Adverse effect reporting of fat emboli after IO administration of sodium bicarbonate, for example, was conflicting due to the significant heterogeneity in the timing of lung examination across studies. The evidence supporting the use of IO route for the administration of antidotes in a context of poisoning is scarce. The majority of the evidence consists of case reports and animal experiments. Common antidotes such as acetylcysteine, fomepizole, and digoxin-specific antibody fragments have not been studied or reported with the use of the IO route. Despite the low-quality evidence available, IO access is a potential option for antidotal treatments in toxicological resuscitation when IV access is unavailable.\n\nID: 27817746\nTitle: National study on the adequacy of antidotes stocking in Lebanese hospitals providing emergency care.\nAbstract: Antidotes stocking is a critical component of hospital care for poisoned patients in emergency. Antidote stocking represents a major health challenge worldwide and in Lebanon. Systematic data monitoring of antidote stocking in Lebanese hospitals is lacking. The objective of this study is to assess the adequacy of antidotes stocking in Lebanese hospitals according to type and quantity and explore the characteristics associated with their differential availability. Data collection to assess antidote availability and its correlate was undertaken through a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed by the unit of surveillance at the Ministry of Public Health to eligible hospitals providing emergency care services. The list of essential antidotes was adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) list and the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre. Among the 85 Lebanese hospitals surveyed none had in stock all the 35 essential antidotes required. The frequency of stocking by type of antidote varied from a minimum of 1.2\u00a0% of the hospitals having a (cyanide kit) to 100\u00a0% availability of (atropine and calcium gluconate). Teaching hospitals and those with a large bed-capacity reported a higher number of available antidotes for both immediate and non-immediate use than non-teaching hospitals while controlling for the hospital geographical region and public vs private sector. The Lebanese hospitals have a suboptimal stock of essential antidotes supply. It is recommended that the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health monitors closely on the hospital premises the adequacy and availability of essential antidotes stock.\n\nID: 27649809\nTitle: Faster kinetics of quantal catecholamine release in mouse chromaffin cells stimulated with acetylcholine, compared with other secretagogues.\nAbstract: Adrenal chromaffin cells (CCs) have been used extensively in studies aimed at revealing the intricacies of the Ca2+ -dependent early and late steps of regulated exocytosis. They have also served as invaluable models to study the kinetics of single-vesicle exocytotic events to infer the characteristics of opening and closing of the exocytotic fusion pore. We have here tested the hypothesis that stimulation at room temperature of CCs from mice C57BL/6 with physiological acetylcholine (ACh) and with other secretagogues (dimethylphenylpiperazinium, high K+ , muscarine, histamine, caffeine), alone or in combination, could trigger amperometric spike events with different kinetics. We found that mean secretory spike events in CCs stimulated with ACh had a fast rise rate of 25 pA/ms and a rapid decay time of 6.2\u00a0ms, with a small quantal size (0.31 pC). Surprisingly, these parameters considerably differed from those found in CCs stimulated with all other secretagogues that triggered secretory responses with spike events having smaller rise rates, longer decay times and higher quantal sizes. ACh spikes were unaltered by atropine but mitochondrial protonophore carbonyl cyanide-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone markedly slowed down the rate rise and decay time, and augmented the quantal size of mean secretory events. We conclude that the physiological neurotransmitter ACh triggers a fast and efficient exocytotic response that cannot be mimicked by other secretagogues; such response is regulated by the mitochondrial circulation of calcium ions.\n\nID: 31156836\nTitle: Taking stock: UK national antidote availability increasing, but further improvements are required.\nAbstract: A 2010/2011 audit of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) UK guidelines on antidote availability demonstrated variable stocking of antidotes for the management of poisoned patients; the guidelines were updated and republished in 2013. To assess if antidote stocking has improved since the 2010/2011 audit and introduction of the 2013 guidelines. Questionnaires were sent to Chief Pharmacists at all 215 acute hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in October 2014. Data were collected on the timing of availability (category A antidotes should be available immediately, category B within 1\u2005h and category C can be held supraregionally) and stock levels. 169 (78.6%) responses were received. Atropine, calcium gluconate and flumazenil (category A) were the only antidotes available in all hospitals within the recommended time and stock levels. Forty-one (24.3%) hospitals held every category A antidote; this increased to 81 (47.9%) for those holding at least one cyanide antidote and all other category A antidotes. The proportion of hospitals stocking category A/B antidotes within the recommended time increased for 20 (90.9%) category A/B antidotes. Fomepizole (category B) availability increased to 62.1% of hospitals from 11.4% in 2010/2011. Other than penicillamine (63.3% hospitals), there was poor availability (2.4%-36.1%) of category C antidotes. Availability of category A and B antidotes has improved since the 2010/2011 audit and 2013 guidelines. However, there remains significant variability particularly for category C antidotes. More work is required to ensure that those treating poisoned patients have timely access to antidotes focusing particularly on category C antidotes.\n\nID: 27035576\nTitle: Neurotoxic Weapons and Syndromes.\nAbstract: The modern era of chemical and biological warfare began in World War I with the large-scale production and use of blistering and choking agents (chlorine, phosgene and mustard gases) in the battlefield. International treaties (the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1975 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention) banned biological and chemical weapons. However, several countries are probably still engaged in their development. Hence, there is risk of these weapons being used in the future. This chapter will focus on neurotoxic weapons (e.g. nerve agents, chemical and biological neurotoxins, psychostimulants), which act specifically or preeminently on the central nervous system and/or the neuromuscular junction. Deeply affecting the function of the nervous system, these agents either have incapacitating effects or cause clusters of casualties who manifest primary symptoms of encephalopathy, seizures, muscle paralysis and respiratory failure. The neurologist should be prepared both to notice patterns of symptoms and signs that are sufficiently consistent to raise the alarm of neurotoxic attacks and to define specific therapeutic interventions. Additionally, extensive knowledge on neurotoxic syndromes should stimulate scientific research to produce more effective antidotes and antibodies (which are still lacking for most neurotoxic weapons) for rapid administration in aerosolized forms in the case of terrorist or warfare scenarios.\n\nID: 27027331\nTitle: Urinary dialkylphosphate metabolites and health symptoms among farmers in Thailand.\nAbstract: Using a cross-sectional study, we investigated urinary DAPs levels and health symptoms related to the type of crop cultivation and farm tasks among 84 farmers in Phayao Province of northern Thailand. The results showed that the average of \u2211DAPs levels was 10.93 \u00b1 19.64\u00a0\u03bcg/g creatinine (range 1.48-163.90\u00a0\u03bcg/g creatinine). The compound found the most was DEP, followed by DETP, DEDTP, DMP, DMTP, and DMDTP, respectively. The type of crop cultivation may be associated with an increasing prevalence of respiratory tract, muscle system, and skin irritation. Farm tasks were associated with an increasing prevalence of muscle system and skin irritation. It was difficult to assess adverse health symptoms associated with urinary DAPs in low levels of exposure; therefore, further investigation is needed using more sensitive biomarkers and more sensitive health symptom measurement.\n\nID: 28959540\nTitle: The possible role of intravenous lipid emulsion in the treatment of chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Organophosphates (OPs) are cholinesterase inhibitors that lead to a characteristic toxidrome of hypersecretion, miosis, dyspnea, respiratory insufficiency, convulsions and, without proper and early antidotal treatment, death. Most of these compounds are highly lipophilic. Sulfur mustard is a toxic lipophilic alkylating agent, exerting its damage through alkylation of cellular macromolecules (e.g., DNA, proteins) and intense activation of pro-inflammatory pathways. Currently approved antidotes against OPs include the peripheral anticholinergic drug atropine and an oxime that reactivates the inhibited cholinesterase. Benzodiazepines are used to stop organophosphate-induced seizures. Despite these approved drugs, efforts have been made to introduce other medical countermeasures in order to attenuate both the short-term and long-term clinical effects following exposure. Currently, there is no antidote against sulfur mustard poisoning. Intravenous lipid emulsions are used as a source of calories in parenteral nutrition. In recent years, efficacy of lipid emulsions has been shown in the treatment of poisoning by fat-soluble compounds in animal models as well as clinically in humans. In this review we discuss the usefulness of intravenous lipid emulsions as an adjunct to the in-hospital treatment of chemical warfare agent poisoning.\n\nID: 26227026\nTitle: Acute and Long-Term Impact of Chemical Weapons: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War.\nAbstract: Chemical weapons have given the human experience of warfare a uniquely terrifying quality that has inspired a general repugnance and led to periodic attempts to ban their use. Nevertheless, since ancient times, toxic agents have been consistently employed to kill and terrorize target populations. The evolution of these weapons is examined here in ways that may allow military, law enforcement, and scientific professionals to gain a perspective on conditions that, in the past, have motivated their use - both criminally and as a matter of national policy during military campaigns. Special emphasis is placed on the genocidal use of chemical weapons by the regime of Saddam Hussein, both against Iranians and on Kurdish citizens of his own country, during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88. The historical development of chemical weapons use is summarized to show how progressively better insight into biochemistry and physiology was adapted to this form of warfare. Major attributes of the most frequently used chemical agents and a description of how they affected military campaigns are explained. Portions of this review describing chemical-casualty care devote particular focus to Iranian management of neurotoxic (nerve) agent casualties due to the unique nature of this experience. Both nerve and blistering \"mustard\" agents were used extensively against Iranian forces. However, Iran is the only nation in history to have sustained large-scale attacks with neurotoxic weapons. For this reason, an understanding of the successes and failures of countermeasures to nerve-agent use developed by the Iranian military are particularly valuable for future civil defense and military planning. A detailed consideration of these strategies is therefore considered. Finally, the outcomes of clinical research into severe chronic disease triggered by mustard-agent exposure are examined in the context of the potential of these outcomes to determine the etiology of illness among US and Allied veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.\n\nID: 25862588\nTitle: Brainstem areas activated by intermittent apnea in awake unrestrained rats.\nAbstract: We investigated the role of the autonomic nervous system to cardiovascular responses to obstructive apnea in awake, unrestrained rats, and measured expression of Fos induced by apnea in the brainstem. We implanted a tracheal balloon contained in a rigid tube to allow the induction of apnea without inducing pain in the trachea. During bouts of 15s of apnea, heart rate fell from 371\u00b18 to 161\u00b111bpm (mean\u00b1SEM, n=15, p<0.01) and arterial pressure increased from 115\u00b12 to 131\u00b14mmHg (p<0.01). Bradycardia was due to parasympathetic activity because it was blocked by the muscarinic antagonist, methylatropine. The pressor response was due to vasoconstriction caused by sympathetic activation because it was blocked by the \u03b11 antagonist, prazosin. Apnea induced Fos expression in several brainstem areas involved in cardiorespiratory control such as the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), ventrolateral medulla (VLM), and pons. Ligation of the carotid body artery reduced apnea-induced bradycardia, blocked heart rate responses to i.v. injection of cyanide, reduced Fos expression in the caudal NTS, and increased Fos expression in the rostral VLM. In conclusion, apnea activates neurons in regions that process signals from baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, pulmonary receptors, and regions responsible for autonomic and respiratory activity both in the presence and absence of carotid chemoreceptors.\n\nID: 25524981\nTitle: Evidence for a carotid body homolog in the lizard Tupinambis merianae.\nAbstract: The homolog to the mammalian carotid body has not yet been identified in lizards. Observational studies and evolutionary history provide indirect evidence for the existence of a chemoreceptor population at the first major bifurcation of the common carotid artery in lizards, but a chemoreceptive role for this area has not yet been definitively demonstrated. We explored this possibility by measuring changes in cardiorespiratory variables in response to focal arterial injections of the hypoxia mimic sodium cyanide (NaCN) into the carotid artery of 12 unanesthetized specimens of Tupinambis merianae. These injections elicited increases in heart rate (f(H); 101\u00b135% increase) and respiratory rate (f(R); 620\u00b1119% increase), but not mean arterial blood pressure (MAP). These responses were eliminated by vagal denervation. Similar responses were elicited by injections of the neurotransmitters acetylcholine (ACh) and serotonin (5-HT) but not norepinephrine. Heart rate and respiratory rate increases in response to NaCN could be blocked or reduced by antagonists to ACh (atropine) and/or 5-HT (methysergide). Finally, using immunohistochemistry, we demonstrate the presence of putative chemoreceptive cells immunopositive for the cholinergic cell marker vesicular ACh transporter (VAChT) and 5-HT on internal lattice-like structures at the carotid bifurcation. These results provide evidence in lizards for the existence of dispersed chemoreceptor cells at the first carotid bifurcation in the central cardiovascular area that have similar properties to known carotid body homologs, adding to the picture of chemoreceptor evolution in vertebrates.\n\nID: 24834398\nTitle: Disaster preparedness, pediatric considerations in primary blast injury, chemical, and biological terrorism.\nAbstract: Both domestic and foreign terror incidents are an unfortunate outgrowth of our modern times from the Oklahoma City bombings, Sarin gas attacks in Japan, the Madrid train bombing, anthrax spores in the mail, to the World Trade Center on September 11(th), 2001. The modalities used to perpetrate these terrorist acts range from conventional weapons to high explosives, chemical weapons, and biological weapons all of which have been used in the recent past. While these weapons platforms can cause significant injury requiring critical care the mechanism of injury, pathophysiology and treatment of these injuries are unfamiliar to many critical care providers. Additionally the pediatric population is particularly vulnerable to these types of attacks. In the event of a mass casualty incident both adult and pediatric critical care practitioners will likely be called upon to care for children and adults alike. We will review the presentation, pathophysiology, and treatment of victims of blast injury, chemical weapons, and biological weapons. The focus will be on those injuries not commonly encountered in critical care practice, primary blast injuries, category A pathogens likely to be used in terrorist incidents, and chemical weapons including nerve agents, vesicants, pulmonary agents, cyanide, and riot control agents with special attention paid to pediatric specific considerations.\n\nID: 24091052\nTitle: Limitations and challenges in treatment of acute chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Recent news from Syria on a possible use of chemical warfare agents made the headlines. Furthermore, the motivation of terrorists to cause maximal harm shifts these agents into the public focus. For incidents with mass casualties appropriate medical countermeasures must be available. At present, the most important threats arise from nerve agents and sulfur mustard. At first, self-protection and protection of medical units from contamination is of utmost importance. Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis. Immediate clinical diagnosis can be confirmed on-site by assessment of acetylcholinesterase activity. Treatment with autoinjectors that are filled with 2mg atropine and an oxime (at present obidoxime, pralidoxime, TMB-4 or HI-6) are not effective against all nerve agents. A more aggressive atropinisation has to be considered and more effective oximes (if possible with a broad spectrum or a combination of different oximes) as well as alternative strategies to cope with high acetylcholine levels at synaptic sites should be developed. A further gap exists for the treatment of patients with sustained cholinergic crisis that has to be expected after exposure to persistent nerve agents, e.g. VX. The requirement for long-lasting artificial ventilation can be reduced with an oxime therapy that is optimized by using the cholinesterase status for guidance or by measures (e.g. scavengers) that are able to reduce the poison load substantially in the patients. For sulfur mustard poisoning no specific antidote is available until now. Symptomatic measures as used for treatment of burns are recommended together with surgical or laser debridement. Thus, huge amounts of resources are expected to be consumed as wound healing is impaired. Possible depots of sulfur mustard in tissues may aggravate the situation. More basic knowledge is necessary to improve substantially therapeutic options. The use of stem cells may provide a new and promising option.\n\nID: 23689094\nTitle: Patterns of cyanide antidote use since regulatory approval of hydroxocobalamin in the United States.\nAbstract: Sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are common cyanide antidotes. Hydroxocobalamin was approved for use in the United States in 2006. Our objective was to determine the frequency of antidote use as reported to the US poison centers from 2005 to 2009 and describe which antidotes were used in critically ill cyanide toxic patients. We performed a retrospective review over 5 years (2005-2009) from 61 US poison centers. We identified all cyanide-exposed cases that received a cyanide antidote. Variables collected included demographics, gastric decontamination, antidote used, predefined serious clinical effects (hypotension, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and coma), and predefined serious therapies (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, vasopressors, atropine, anticonvulsant, antidysrhythmic, and intubation/ventilation). One trained abstractor abstracted each chart to a standardized electronic form. Another investigator audited 20% of the charts. Kappa values were calculated. One hundred sixty-five exposures were identified. Mean age was 42 years (range, 3-93 years). Seventy-one percent were male. Exposures were 27% ingestion and 53% inhalation. Thirty-two percent of the ingestions were suicide attempts. Twenty percent (32 of 157) of all cases died. Over all years reported, hydroxocobalamin was administered to 29% (45 of 157) of patients, sodium nitrite to 25%, and sodium thiosulfate to 46%. Hydroxocobalamin use increased from 24% to 54% from 2007 to 2009, respectively (P = 0.024). Sodium thiosulfate use decreased from 73% to 31% (P = 0.002) and sodium nitrite use decreased from 26% to 14% (P = 0.39). The proportion of cases with serious clinical effects that received hydroxocobalamin increased each year, and the proportion that received other antidotes decreased. Hydroxocobalamin was also administered more often in cases that required serious therapies and increased each year. Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers. Reported use of sodium thiosulfate and sodium nitrite decreased over the same years. In addition, hydroxocobalamin was used more often each year in critically ill cyanide toxic patients than were sodium nitrite or sodium thiosulfate.\n\nID: 23241425\nTitle: The anti-malarial drug Mefloquine disrupts central autonomic and respiratory control in the working heart brainstem preparation of the rat.\nAbstract: Mefloquine is an anti-malarial drug that can have neurological side effects. This study examines how mefloquine (MF) influences central nervous control of autonomic and respiratory systems using the arterially perfused working heart brainstem preparation (WHBP) of the rat. Recordings of nerve activity were made from the thoracic sympathetic chain and phrenic nerve, while heart rate (HR) and perfusion pressure were also monitored in the arterially perfused, decerebrate, rat WHBP. MF was added to the perfusate at 1 \u03bcM to examine its effects on baseline parameters as well as baroreceptor and chemoreceptor reflexes. MF caused a significant, atropine resistant, bradycardia and increased phrenic nerve discharge frequency. Chemoreceptor mediated sympathoexcitation (elicited by addition of 0.1 ml of 0.03% sodium cyanide to the aortic cannula) was significantly attenuated by the application of MF to the perfusate. Furthermore MF significantly decreased rate of return to resting HR following chemoreceptor induced bradycardia. An increase in respiratory frequency and attenuated respiratory-related sympathetic nerve discharge during chemoreceptor stimulation was also elicited with MF compared to control. However, MF did not significantly alter baroreceptor reflex sensitivity. These studies indicate that in the WHBP, MF causes profound alterations in autonomic and respiratory control. The possibility that these effects may be mediated through actions on connexin 36 containing gap junctions in central neurones controlling sympathetic nervous outflow is discussed.\n\nID: 22875840\nTitle: National audit of antidote stocking in acute hospitals in the UK.\nAbstract: Inadequate stocking of essential antidotes in hospitals for the treatment of poisoned patients has been reported worldwide. Joint National Poisons Information Service (NPIS)/College of Emergency Medicine (CEM) guidelines for antidote stocking in UK emergency departments and acute hospitals were published in 2008. To determine the impact of these guidelines by surveying the availability of antidotes in acute hospitals in the UK. A two-page questionnaire consisting of antidote stocking information was distributed in 2010 to the Chief Pharmacist in all acute hospitals in the UK. The availability of 28 antidotes in the NPIS/CEM antidote guidelines as well as that of Intralipid was surveyed. Surveys were completed for 196 of the 224 (87.5%) hospitals. Over 90% of hospitals had acetylcysteine, activated charcoal, dantrolene, desferrioxamine, naloxone, flumazenil and vitamin K available within the recommended time period. Pralidoxime was reported to be held in only 33% of hospitals, though pralidoxime is supplied by the Department of Health to 95 hospitals in the UK that act as holding centres. Cyproheptadine and viper venom antiserum were held in around 50% of acute hospitals. For the treatment of cyanide and toxic alcohol poisoning, more than one antidote is available. For cyanide poisoning, most hospitals held at least one antidote (usually dicobalt edetate) but 9 (5%) held none of the four antidotes. For toxic alcohol and glycol poisoning, most hospitals held ethanol for intravenous use but not fomepizole and 30 (15%) did not stock any antidote for toxic alcohol poisoning. Stocking of less commonly used antidotes is inconsistent. This is likely to result in delayed access to treatment and worse patient outcomes.\n\nID: 22738685\nTitle: Rapid and complete bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning in minipigs after intraosseous administration.\nAbstract: Management of chemical weapon casualties includes the timely administration of antidotes without contamination of rescuers. Personal protective equipment makes intravenous access difficult but does not prevent intraosseous drug administration. We therefore measured the systemic bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning when administered by the intraosseous, intravenous, and intramuscular routes in a small study of G\u00f6ttingen minipigs. Animals were randomly allocated to sequentially receive atropine (0.12 mg/kg by rapid injection), pralidoxime (25 mg/kg by injection during 2 minutes), and hydroxocobalamin (75 mg/kg during 10 minutes) by the intravenous or intraosseous route, or atropine and pralidoxime by the intramuscular route. Plasma concentrations were measured for 6 hours to characterize the antidote concentration-time profiles for each route. Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route. Maximum plasma hydroxocobalamin concentration occurred at the end of the infusion when administered by the intraosseous route. The mean area under the concentration-time curve by the intraosseous route was similar to the intravenous route for all 3 drugs and similar to the intramuscular route for atropine and pralidoxime. This study showed rapid and substantial antidote bioavailability after intraosseous administration that appeared similar to that of the intravenous route. The intraosseous route of antidote administration should be considered when intravenous access is difficult.\n\nID: 22407169\nTitle: A new biological test utilising the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the rapid detection of toxic substances in water.\nAbstract: This study evaluates the toxic effects of five substances (atropine, fenitrothion, potassium cyanide, mercuric chloride and lead nitrate) on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It describes a new biological toxicity test based on inhibition of S. cerevisiae viability and compares it with two standard toxicity tests based on Daphnia magna mobility inhibition (EN ISO 6341) and Vibrio fischeri bioluminiscence inhibition (EN ISO 11348-2). The new biological test -S. cerevisiae lethal test - is cheaper and 24 times faster than the D. magna test. The test speed is comparable with the V. fischeri test but the new test is more sensitive for some substances. The test indicates reliably the presence of all used toxicants in water in concentrations which are significantly lower than the concentration in toxic or lethal doses for man. Therefore, this new toxicity test could be proposed for rapid detection of toxic substances in water.\n\nID: 21561794\nTitle: Interactions of human organic anion transporter 1 (hOAT1) with substances associated with forensic toxicology.\nAbstract: Renal excretion is an important elimination pathway for substances associated with forensic toxicology, such as medicines, agricultural chemicals, and industrial chemicals. This study aimed to elucidate the renal elimination pathway of substances using culture cells stably expressing the human organic anion transporter 1 (hOAT1) gene. Substances tested were diazepam, triazolam, haloperidol, amitriptyline, mianserin, bromovalerylurea, phenobarbital, acetaminophen, acetylsalicylic acid, lidocaine, aconitine, atropine, caffeine, nicotine, malathion, dichlorvos, fenitrothion, chlorpyrifosmethyl, paraquat, diquat, potassium cyanide, sodium arsenite, sodium azide, o-cresol, and probenecid (control, a representative inhibitor of hOAT1). Results demonstrated that diazepam, triazolam, amitriptyline, mianserin, malathion, fenitrothion, chlorpyrifosmethyl, and probenecid significantly inhibited representative substrates of hOAT1 and para-aminohippuric acid uptake by hOAT1. IC(50) values of the aforementioned substances were 133.3, 185.2, 354.1, 312.6, 114.2, 26.6, 191.5, and 7.9\u03bcM, respectively. Ki values were 83.5, 86.0, 573.9, 99.0, 134.0, 51.2, 324.6, and 9.1\u03bcM, respectively. In conclusion, the current results suggest that fenitrothion and chlorpyrifosmethyl are transported with pharmacokinetics indicative of hOAT1 involvement in the human kidney.\n\nID: 20620165\nTitle: Peaceful use of disastrous neurotoxicants.\nAbstract: The increasing exposure to environmental neurotoxicants in the last decades caused serious health problems in the world population. Some of the neurotoxic agents are being used in agriculture and household such as insecticides and rodenticides and others are of natural origin like snake and scorpion venoms. Additional group of harmful substances is the chemical warfare agents including nerve and blistering agents that are known for their disastrous effects on neuronal tissues. The present paper presents a combination of epidemiological/clinical and molecular approaches for investigating the effect of certain groups of neurotoxicants on a variety of pathologies. The work of Finkelstein and coworkers describes epidemiological and clinical studies on acute and chronic organophosphate (OP)-induced neurotoxicity in certain populations in Israel. They mainly investigated the neurotoxic effects of low-level long-term exposure to OP in agricultural areas but also dealt with acute exposures as well. A molecular approach to OP mechanism of neuronal injury was described by Milatovic and coworkers. They demonstrated OP-induced oxidative injury in pyramidal neurons in the CA1 hippocampal area and its suppression by antioxidants. Lecht and coworkers described the novel snake venom angioneurins as important mediators of the physiological cross-talk between the cardiovascular and nervous systems. They also showed that under certain conditions these angioneurins may induce pathologies such as tumor development or disruption of the vascular barrier function during envenomation. Additional mechanistic/therapeutic approach was presented by Brodsky, Rosengarten, Proscura, Shapira and Wormser. They developed a novel anti-inflammatory peptide that reduced skin irritation induced by heat and sulfur mustard (SM) stimuli. Since SM causes neuropsychiatric symptoms and alterations in neurological functions this peptide may serve as a potential treatment of neuronal injuries caused by environmental neurotoxicants. These reviews highlight different aspects of neurotoxicity, addressing epidemiology and mechanisms of toxicity; and identifying novel potential therapies.\n\nID: 19069031\nTitle: Chemical exposure preparedness for emergency departments in a Midwestern city.\nAbstract: To determine if each hospital in a large Midwestern city has the resources to treat 50 patients exposed to terrorist chemical agents and/or industrial chemicals. Surveys specific to each department were sent to emergency department (ED) nursing supervisors, safety officers, and pharmacy directors of each hospital. The survey was performed in a large Midwestern city (metropolitan population of 1,500,000). Nine hospitals. The survey measured the presence of written materials, amount of equipment, quantities of pharmaceuticals, and number of staff available in each hospital. Hospital staff also rated the preparedness of their hospital. Twelve of the 27 respondents returned the survey for a response rate of 44 percent. None of the EDs had a known cooperative written plan with the police or fire departments. Three safety officers reported limited numbers of hospital security personnel and a total of 35 ventilators for respiratory failure. The four pharmacy directors reported limited sum doses of atropine (315), cyanide antidote (10 complete kits), and succimer (100). Respondents who felt qualified to evaluate the ED gave a mean score of 5.4 on a scale of 1-10 when asked how prepared they felt their ED was to treat 50 chemical exposure patients. Despite hospital staff rating chemical exposure preparedness as 5.4, it is unlikely that each hospital could handle 50 patients exposed to some chemicals due to lack of prearranged coordination, security, antidotes, and ventilators.\n\nID: 18967471\nTitle: Polarographic determination of cyanide as contaminant in pralidoxime mesylate formulations.\nAbstract: A method for the polarographic determination of cyanide as contaminant in pralidoxime mesylate (PM) formulations was developed. The volatile cyanide formed in the formulations was stabilized as tetracyanonickelate (TCN) anion complex after reaction with ammoniacal Ni(II) solution. The stable TCN anion complex (K(stb)=10(31)) was determined by anodic stripping voltammetry at the hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE). The polarographic signal was proportional to the cyanide concentration and the high concentration of PM did not interfere. The linear range of calibration was from 1.2 to 16 mug cyanide with r=0.998. The RSD was 1.3% (n=5) for 2.4 mug cyanide and a detection limit of 0.8 mug cyanide was calculated. The proposed method is adequate as a quality control of PM formulations.\n\nID: 18667715\nTitle: Cardiovascular responses to peripheral chemoreflex activation and comparison of different methods to evaluate baroreflex gain in conscious mice using telemetry.\nAbstract: Peripheral chemoreceptors located in the carotid bodies are the primary sensors of systemic hypoxia. Although the pattern of responses elicited by peripheral chemoreceptor activation is well established in rats, lambs, and rabbits, the cardiovascular responses to peripheral chemoreflex activation in conscious mice have not been delineated. Here we report that stimulation of peripheral chemoreceptors by potassium cyanide (KCN) in conscious mice elicits a unique biphasic response in blood pressure that is characterized by an initial and robust rise followed by a decrease in blood pressure, which is accompanied by a marked reduction in heart rate. The depressor and bradycardic responses to KCN were abolished by muscarinic receptor blockade with atropine, and the pressor response was abolished by alpha-adrenergic receptor blockade with prazosin, suggesting that vagal and sympathetic drive to the heart and sympathetic drive to the vasculature mediate these cardiovascular responses. These studies characterized the chemoreflex in conscious mice and established the reliability of using them for studying hypoxia-related diseases such as obstructive sleep apnea. In another series of experiments, two methods for analyzing baroreflex sensitivity were compared: the classical pharmacological approach using phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside (i.e., the Oxford technique) or the sequence method for analyzing spontaneous baroreflex activity. Our findings indicate that both methods are reliable, and the sequence method certainly has its benefits as a predictive tool in the context of long-term noninvasive studies using telemetry. However, for absolute determination of baroreflex function, analysis of spontaneous baroreflex activity should be complemented by the classical pharmacological method.\n\nID: 17209490\nTitle: Adequacy of antidote stocking in British Columbia hospitals: the 2005 Antidote Stocking Study.\nAbstract: Inadequate hospital stocking and the unavailability of essential antidotes is a worldwide problem with potentially disastrous repercussions for poisoned patients. Research indicates minimal progress has been made in the resolution of this issue in both urban and rural hospitals. In response to this issue the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre developed provincial antidote stocking guidelines in 2003. We sought to determine the compliance with antidote stocking in BC hospitals and any factors associated with inadequate supply. A 2-part survey, consisting of hospital demographics and antidote stocking information, was distributed in 2005 to all acute care hospital pharmacy directors in BC. The 32 antidotes examined (21 deemed essential) and the definitions of adequacy were based on the 2003 BC guidelines. Availability was reported as number of antidotes stocked per hospital and proportion of hospitals stocking each antidote. For secondary purposes, we assessed factors potentially associated with inadequate stocking. Surveys were completed for all 79 (100%) hospitals. A mean of 15.6+/-4.9 antidotes were adequately stocked per hospital. Over 90% of hospitals had adequate stocks of N-acetylcysteine, activated charcoal, naloxone, calcium salts, flumazenil and vitamin K; 71%-90% had adequate dextrose 50% in water (D50W), ethyl alcohol or fomepizole, polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution, protamine sulfate, and cyanide antidotes; 51%-70% had adequate folic acid, glucagon, methylene blue, atropine, pralidoxime, leucovorin, pyridoxine, and deferoxamine; and <50% had adequate isoproterenol and digoxin immune Fab. Only 7 (8.9%) hospitals sufficiently stocked all 21 essential antidotes. Factors predicting poor stocking included small hospital size (p < 0.0001), isolation (p = 0.01) and rural location (p < 0.0001). Although antidote stocking has improved since the implementation of the 2003 guidelines, essential antidotes are absent in many BC hospitals. Future research should focus on determining the reasons for this situation and the effects of corrective interventions.\n\nID: 16946442\nTitle: Antidote use in the critically ill poisoned patient.\nAbstract: The proper use of antidotes in the intensive care setting when combined with appropriate general supportive care may reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with severe poisonings. The more commonly used antidotes that may be encountered in the intensive care unit (N-acetylcysteine, ethanol, fomepizole, physostigmine, naloxone, flumazenil, sodium bicarbonate, octreotide, pyridoxine, cyanide antidote kit, pralidoxime, atropine, digoxin immune Fab, glucagon, calcium gluconate and chloride, deferoxamine, phytonadione, botulism antitoxin, methylene blue, and Crotaline snake antivenom) are reviewed. Proper indications for their use and knowledge of the possible adverse effects accompanying antidotal therapy will allow the physician to appropriately manage the severely poisoned patient.\n\nID: 16498717\nTitle: Bifunctional compounds eliciting anti-inflammatory and anti-cholinesterase activity as potential treatment of nerve and blister chemical agents poisoning.\nAbstract: Studies cited by Cowan et al. [J. Appl. Toxicol. 23, 177 (2003)] indicate existence of inflammatory and cholinergic pathways in both nerve agents and sulfur mustard (HD) injury. Increase in AChE synthesis and neurite extension was noted after exposure to HD [K.W. Lanks et al., Exp. Cell Res. 355 (1975)]. Moreover, anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the dermal, respiratory and ocular damage caused by exposure to HD. On the other hand, recent studies have noted the involvement of neuro-inflammatory processes during exposure to the nerve agents sarin or soman [Cowan et al., 2003]. The use of various anti-inflammatory drugs in addition to the classical antidotal drugs (e.g. atropine and oximes) caused decrease in certain toxic symptoms and inflammation-induced brain damage. Our new bifunctional drugs (Scheme 1) are based on CNS-permeable molecular combination of pseudo-reversible AChE inhibitor (pyridostigmine, PYR) coupled via a hydrophobic spacer (octyl or decyl hydrocarbon chain) to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as Ibuprofen or Diclofenac (Scheme 1). This study evaluates the efficacy of certain bifunctional compounds against HD and soman poisoning in mice in vivo.\n\nID: 16429485\nTitle: Acetylcholinesterase biogenesis is impaired in lung cancer tissues.\nAbstract: Studies cited by Cowan et al. [J. Appl. Toxicol. 23, 177 (2003)] indicate existence of inflammatory and cholinergic pathways in both nerve agents and sulfur mustard (HD) injury. Increase in AChE synthesis and neurite extension was noted after exposure to HD [K.W. Lanks et al., Exp. Cell Res. 355 (1975)]. Moreover, anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the dermal, respiratory and ocular damage caused by exposure to HD. On the other hand, recent studies have noted the involvement of neuro-inflammatory processes during exposure to the nerve agents sarin or soman [Cowan et al., 2003]. The use of various anti-inflammatory drugs in addition to the classical antidotal drugs (e.g. atropine and oximes) caused decrease in certain toxic symptoms and inflammation-induced brain damage. Our new bifunctional drugs (Scheme 1) are based on CNS-permeable molecular combination of pseudo-reversible AChE inhibitor (pyridostigmine, PYR) coupled via a hydrophobic spacer (octyl or decyl hydrocarbon chain) to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as Ibuprofen or Diclofenac (Scheme 1). This study evaluates the efficacy of certain bifunctional compounds against HD and soman poisoning in mice in vivo.\n\nID: 16235512\nTitle: Look what I found! Poison hunting on eBay.\nAbstract: Many substances deemed too dangerous for commercial use are still available to the general public. The purchase of these substances may potentially place members of the general public at risk for serious poisonings. This study was designed to document the large variety of dangerous poisons readily available on a popular online auction Web site. Methods. Over a 10-month period, the online auction Web site eBays was searched daily using the terms \"poison\" and \"contents.\" Product name, active ingredients, what form the product is in, amount in container, and relative toxicity rating (Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products, Gosselin, et al.) were recorded. If available, pictures of the products were saved. One hundred twenty-one individual products were identified. Fifty-five were in solid/tablet form, 37 were powders, and 29 were liquids. Product containers were full for 56 items and partially full for 65. Twenty-four products contained ingredients rated as \"supertoxic\" and included strychnine (10), arsenic trioxide (8), cyanide (2) and nicotine, pilocarpine, phosphorus, powdered conium maculatum (1 each). Sixty-three products contained \"extremely toxic\" ingredients including thallium, picrotoxin, soluble barium, antimony, mercury, arsenates, podophyllin, fluoride, zinc phosphide, atropine, scopolamine, and plant extracts of gelsemium, aconite, larkspur, and croton. Twenty-one products contained \"very toxic\" ingredients including lead, copper, camphor, caffeine, theobromine, creosote, pyrogallic acid, sparteine, quinine, lindane, warfarin, phenol, and digitalis. The remaining 13 were \"moderately-slightly toxic.\" While the viability of the labeled ingredients could not be verified, the transportation, handling, and potential utilization of these dangerous poisons by the general public could result in serious poisonings.\n\nID: 41791812\nTitle: A tandem approach for simultaneous detection of toxic hydrazine and phosgene in the environment.\nAbstract: Improper industrial disposal of toxic chemicals threatens ecosystems, particularly hydrazine used in plastics, pesticides, and polymers with a 1\u00a0ppm exposure limit, and phosgene a fast-acting toxic gas causing pulmonary edema. Fluorescent sensors exist for selective, real-time detection of individual toxins, but simultaneous detection of hydrazine and phosgene remains unreported. We emphasize the need for a dual-function fluorescent sensing platform for rapid, selective, on-site monitoring of these coexisting environmental hazards. Excited State Proton Transfer (ESIPT) based bright fluorescent thiazole based probe, Formyl benzothiazole (FBTZ), rendered sensitive response towards hydrazine and phosgene with limit of detection of 5.1\u00a0nM and 0.49\u00a0\u03bcM respectively. The selective and sensitive response along with swift response makes it a potential candidate in monitoring these toxic chemical contaminants in the environment specifically in soil by fluorescent spray and paper-based strip test. The potential of the probe brings in to play effectively to image trace level of hydrazine and phosgene in living system by fluorescent microscopy. Single key to multiple lock is cost-effective and time saving strategy to detect multiple analytes in complex system. Herein, we describe tandemly activatable fluorescent probe for rapid detection of toxic hydrazine and phosgene with distinct fluorescent change. To the best of our knowledge this is the first fluorescent probe based on tandem approach to detect hydrazine and phosgene. The selective and sensitive response along with swift response makes it a potential candidate in monitoring toxic chemical contaminants in environment.\n\nID: 41585884\nTitle: Pharmacological evidences for the blood pressure lowering and cardiovascular inhibitory actions of the essential oil of Thymus serrulatus hochst. Ex benth.\nAbstract: T. serrulatus is used in folk medicine for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension. This study investigates its hypotensive, cardiac-depressant, and vasodilatory activities. The hypotensive effect of Thymus serrulatus essential oil was evaluated in vivo in anesthetized rats by measuring changes in mean arterial blood pressure following intravenous administration. Ex vivo, cardiac-depressant activity was assessed in isolated guinea-pig atrial preparations, and vasodilatory effects were examined in rat aortic rings. Intravenous administration of T. serrulatus essential oil produced a dose-dependent (1-10\u00a0mg/kg) reduction in arterial blood pressure. In spontaneously beating guinea-pig atrial tissues, the oil exerted negative chronotropic and inotropic effects at concentrations of 0.1-5\u00a0mg/mL. In rat aorta, it caused complete relaxation of phenylephrine (PE, 1\u00a0\u03bcM)-induced contractions, with an EC50 of 1.27\u00a0mg/mL, while partial relaxation (59% \u00b1 3%) was observed against high K+ (80\u00a0mM). The vasodilatory effect against PE was not significantly altered by endothelium removal or atropine pretreatment, indicating an endothelium- and muscarinic-independent mechanism. Preincubation with a lower concentration (0.1\u00a0mg/mL) produced a rightward shift in PE-mediated concentration-response curves (CRCs) without reducing maximal response, similar to prazosin-like competitive antagonism. A higher concentration (0.3\u00a0mg/mL) suppressed the maximal PE response, consistent with non-competitive antagonism comparable to verapamil. In Ca++-free medium, preincubation with T. serrulatus (0.3 and 1\u00a0mg/mL) shifted Ca2+ CRCs to the right with reduced maximal response, further supporting Ca++ channel-blocking activity. T. serrulatus essential oil exhibits hypotensive, cardiac-depressant, and vasodilatory effects, likely mediated through \u03b1-adrenergic antagonism and Ca++ channel blockade. These findings provide pharmacological support for its traditional use in cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension.\n\nID: 41481233\nTitle: BML-111 mitigates phosgene-induced acute lung injury in rats by activating ACE2.\nAbstract: Phosgene is a highly toxic asphyxiating gas and also an important chemical raw material. Phosgene has been regarded as an environmental pollutant, and the accidental leakage of phosgene in the process of industrial production has posed a serious threat to related occupational groups. Phosgene exposure may lead to acute lung injury (ALI), marked by inflammation, heightened vascular permeability, and potentially life-threatening pulmonary edema. BML-111 is a lipid A4 receptor agonist which is compound with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The involvement of BML-111 in mitigating phosgene-induced ALI and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we established a phosgene induced ALI rat model, examined the effects of phosgene exposure on lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of rats, and evaluated the lung tissue pathology, lung wet weight, lung coefficient and respiratory function of phosgene exposed rats after intervention with BML-111. The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers were measured in BALF and lung tissue. This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats. Mechanistically, these protective effects were attributed to a reduction in pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress, alongside an enhancement of overall antioxidant capacity. Furthermore, it was found that the activation of ACE2 is a key mechanism through which BML-111 exerts its protection. The findings suggest that BML-111 can alleviate phosgene-induced ALI in rats by activating ACE2, thereby inhibiting inflammatory responses and oxidative stress. BML-111 shows promise as a preventive candidate for treating phosgene-induced ALI.\n\nID: 41277382\nTitle: PGI Score: A Promising Alternative to Serum Cholinesterase for Predicting Mortality and Adverse Outcomes in Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning: A Cross-Sectional Study.\nAbstract: Poisoning from organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) poses a significant health issue, especially in countries without proper testing facilities, including cholinesterase (ChE) levels. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a three-element score called PGI, incorporating pH, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and impaired systolic blood pressure, in predicting mortality and the need for mechanical ventilation (MV) in acute OPC poisoning. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using medical records of 202 patients admitted for acute OPC poisoning over 3\u2009years. The findings indicated an 11.4% mortality rate and a 25.7% underwent MV. A strong negative correlation was observed between the PGI score and serum ChE level (r\u2009=\u2009-0.6430, p\u2009<\u20090.0001). The PGI scores of 2 and above were a strong predictor for mortality and MV need. Among PGI components, blood pH <\u20097.23 was the best mortality predictor, while a GCS <\u200912 effectively predicted the need for MV (AUC\u2009=\u20090.920). Although the PGI score outperformed PSS in predicting adverse outcomes, it did not show a statistically significant difference compared to serum ChE. The PGI score is a reliable prognostic tool that could replace PSS and serum ChE in predicting the severity of OPC poisoning, as well as the risk of mortality and MV need. Poisoning from organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) is a serious health concern, especially in countries without proper testing facilities. This study examined a new scoring system, called PGI, incorporating three measures (pH, Glasgow Coma Scale and blood pressure) to predict the risk of death and respiratory failure in need of ventilatory support in OPC\u2010exposed patients. Investigating 202 OPC\u2010exposed patients revealed that the PGI score is an alternative to choline\u2010esterase level in predicting severe outcomes. Additionally, PGI is a superior predictor of the investigated outcomes compared to the poison severity score, providing a key for the assessment and management of acute OPC toxicity.\n\nID: 39849583\nTitle: Promoting epithelial regeneration in chemically induced acute lung injury through Sox9-positive alveolar type 2 epithelial cells.\nAbstract: Chemical-induced acute lung injury is characterized by impaired epithelial regenerative capacity, leading to acute pulmonary edema. Numerous studies have investigated the therapeutic potential of endogenous stem cells with particular emphasis on alveolar type 2 epithelial (AEC2) cells owing to their involvement in lung cell renewal. Sox9, a transcription factor known for its role in maintaining stem cell properties and guiding cell differentiation, marks a subset of AEC2 cells believed to contribute to epithelial repair. However, the role of Sox9+AEC2 cells in the distal lung alveolar cells and the potential roles in chemically induced acute lung injury have never been explored. In this study, we generated Sox9flox/flox;SftpcCre-ERT2 mice and examined the effects of Sox9+AEC2 cells on the pathophysiology of epithelial damage during chemical-induced acute lung injury. Subsequently, Sox9-CreERT2 Ai9 mice were used for lineage tracing to elucidate the repair mechanisms. Our findings revealed that Sox9+AEC2 cells endowed with stem cell properties induced cell proliferation during lung injury, predominantly in the damaged alveolar region. This process is accompanied by the regulation of inflammatory responses and orderly differentiation, thereby promoting epithelial regeneration. These results provide compelling in vivo genetic evidence supporting the characterization of Sox9+AEC2 cells as bona fide lung epithelial stem cells, demonstrating their multipotency and self-renewal capabilities during lung repair and regeneration. The identification of Sox9+AEC2 cells as crucial contributors to the promotion of epithelial repair underscores their potential as therapeutic targets in chemical-induced acute lung injury.\n\nID: 39562807\nTitle: Pharmacovigilance study of famciclovir in the Food and Drug administration adverse event reporting system database.\nAbstract: Famciclovir, mainly used to treat herpes zoster, is rapidly transforms into penciclovir when administered orally. Our study evaluated adverse events (AEs) associated with famciclovir by mining data from the publicly available Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database, providing a reference for clinical safety. Disproportionality analysis (including reported odds ratio and proportional reporting ratio) and Bayesian methods (including Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network and Gamma-Poisson Shrinkage) were used to quantify the AE signals associated with famciclovir. A total of 17,652,186 case reports were obtained from the FAERS database, and 432 famiclovir-related AEs were identified. Nausea, headache, altered mental status, vomiting, and dizziness were found to be the most common Aes, corresponding to those reported in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug labelling and clinical trials. Our study found some potential AEs of famciclovir that were not mentioned in the FDA drug labelling, such as toxic encephalopathy, encephalopathy, ataxia, dysarthria, dementia, cerebral infarction, tremor, purpura, skin ulcers, acute pancreatitis, rhabdomyolysis, muscle twitching, increased blood urea, lowered blood pressure, hepatitis, disease recurrence, drug interactions, and pancytopenia. Our study identified potential famciclovir AE signals, providing insights for physicians to reduce possible side effects and promote the safe implementation of the drug in clinical settings.\n\nID: 39552873\nTitle: Sulforaphane attenuates phosgene-induced acute lung injury via the Nrf2-HO-1/NQO1 pathway.\nAbstract: Sulforaphane (SFN) has been demonstrated to exert a protective role in various diseases. However, the role of SFN in phosgene-induced acute lung injury (P-ALI) remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the role and mechanism of SFN in P-ALI and provide a theoretical basis for the clinical prevention and treatment of P-ALI. A mouse model of P-ALI was established followed by phosgene gas inhalation at a dose of 4.17 g/m3 for 5 min. The survival rate, lung coefficient and hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, lung pathology scoring, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) analysis were performed to evaluate lung tissue damage. The real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting analysis were utilized to evaluate the relative expression levels of inflammation factors and protein expression. Compared with the control group, destruction of alveolar structure, pulmonary edema, lung tissue inflammation and oxidative stress occurred after phosgene exposure. After the administration of SFN, the massive exudation of red blood cells and significant thickening of alveolar interstitium were ameliorated, the lung tissue inflammation was improved, and oxidative stress level was reduced. Mechanically, SFN could increase the expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2 (NFE2)-related factor 2 (Nrf2) protein and the downstream heme oxgenase-1 (HO-1) and NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), thereby improving P-ALI. And the Nrf2 inhibitor ML385 attenuated the lung protective effect of SFN. Phosgene inhalation led to edema, inflammation, and oxidative stress of lung tissue in mice. SFN might ameliorate phosgene-induced lung injury through Nrf2-HO-1/NQO1 signaling pathway.\n\nID: 38768837\nTitle: Baseline physiological data from anesthetized pigs in a VX intoxication model.\nAbstract: Over the past fifty years, swine models have been used for organophosphorus intoxication studies. Among these studies and others on the swine model in general, some physiological data, especially cholinesterase activity highly impacted by organophosphorus compounds like nerve agent VX, still need to be completed. To support and compare our model to others, we have published the experimental protocol, the physiological values of 31 juvenile anesthetized pigs, and the 6\u202fh-follow-up of six supplementary anesthetized control animals and 7 VX-intoxicated pigs. We reported hemodynamics and respiratory parameters, blood levels in several biochemical parameters, blood gas, and complete blood count and compared them to the literature. We also focused on tissue and blood cholinesterase activities and detailed them for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. After establishing a broad physiological data set consistent with the literature, we reported several cardio-respiratory parameters that seem more affected by an organophosphate intoxication, like heart rate, arterial blood pressure, cardiac output, and respiratory rate. Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status. This swine model is currently used to develop and evaluate medical countermeasures against organophosphate nerve agent intoxications.\n\nID: 38465519\nTitle: Clinical pharmacokinetics of atropine oral gel formulation in healthy volunteers.\nAbstract: Sialorrhea or drooling is a common problem in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. It can negatively impact the quality of life due to its physical and psychological manifestations. Providers commonly prescribe atropine eye drops for topical administration to the oral mucosa, as an off-label treatment to manage sialorrhea. However, the off-label use of atropine eye drops can be associated with medication and dosing errors and systemic side effects. To address these limitations of treatment, we developed a mucoadhesive topical oral gel formulation of atropine as an alternative route to off-label administration of atropine eye drops. In this clinical pharmacokinetic (PK) study, we evaluated the safety and PK of atropine gel (0.01% w/w) formulation after single-dose administration to the oral mucosa in 10 healthy volunteers. The PK data showed that after topical administration to the oral mucosa, atropine followed a two-compartment PK profile. The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively. The absorption rate constant calculated by the compartmental analysis was 0.4\u2009h-1 . Safety parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation, did not significantly change before and after administration of the gel formulation, and no adverse events were observed in all participants who received atropine gel. These data indicate that atropine gel formulation has a satisfactory PK profile, is well-tolerated at the dose studied, and can be further considered for clinical development as a drug product to treat sialorrhea.\n\nID: 38344049\nTitle: Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.\nAbstract: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotation. Calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdoses can be severe with potentially serious adverse outcomes. CCBs work by blocking the calcium channels on smooth and cardiac muscle tissue. At low dose ranges, dihydropyridine CCBs (such as nifedipine, amlodipine, and nicardipine) block the L-type calcium receptors in the peripheral vasculature, whereas non-dihydropyridine CCBs (such as: verapamil and diltiazem) affect the L-type calcium receptors in the myocardium.1 Because of this distinction, dihydropyridine CCB toxicity manifests as arterial vasodilation and non-dihydropyridine CCB toxicity is associated with cardiac manifestations such as bradycardia and negative inotropy.2 It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension. Patients can develop both vasoplegic shock from peripheral vasodilation and cardiogenic shock. This is a high acuity low occurrence case with infrequently used but specific treatments, and thus this case provides educational value. At the end of this oral board session, examinees will: (1) demonstrate ability to evaluate a patient with undifferentiated shock with bradycardia and discuss the differential diagnosis, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of calcium channel blocker overdose, (3) demonstrate ability to manage treatment of a patient with calcium channel overdose. This oral board case followed the standard American Board of Emergency Medicine-style case in a tertiary care hospital with access to all specialists and resources needed. This case was tested using 12 resident volunteers ranging from PGY 1-2 in an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited emergency medicine residency program. Immediate feedback was solicited both from the learners and from the evaluators following the debriefing session. Residents were asked to evaluate the educational value of the case using a 1-5 Likert scale (5 being excellent). Evaluators were asked to score the residents using the ACGME core competencies with a scale of 1-8, 1-4 being unacceptable and 5-8 being acceptable. Seven PGY1 residents and five PGY2 residents, thus twelve residents in total, completed the case. The average score was 5.10/8. Three residents missed zero critical actions. The most common critical action missed was consulting cardiology or cardiothoracic surgery for circulatory support options. Many residents failed to recognize that the patient did not have a perfusing blood pressure at the beginning of the case and did not start CPR. Although most residents recognized the patient's hemodynamic collapse was from a calcium channel blocker overdose, most did not know the treatment for this beyond atropine and intravenous fluids.The learners rated the educational value of the case as 4.9/5. Seven residents reported that the case definitely increased their medical knowledge; five residents reported that it somewhat increased their medical knowledge. All residents rated the case as helpful in preparing to manage this medical condition. The educational content from this case was effective. This is a high acuity low occurrence case that has unique treatments that are not commonly used. This makes this case excellent for practice and discussion. We learned during implementation that this case has a high degree of difficulty compared to other cases, and junior learners will need more prompting. It is also important for the proctor to keep the case moving because there is a lot to cover in the allotted amount of time. Calcium channel blocker overdose, toxicology.\n\nID: 37863486\nTitle: Countermeasures against Pulmonary Threat Agents.\nAbstract: Inhaled toxicants are used for diverse purposes, ranging from industrial applications such as agriculture, sanitation, and fumigation to crowd control and chemical warfare, and acute exposure can induce lasting respiratory complications. The intentional release of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) during World War I caused life-long damage for survivors, and CWA use is outlawed by international treaties. However, in the past two decades, chemical warfare use has surged in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, with a shift toward lung toxicants. The potential use of industrial and agricultural chemicals in rogue activities is a major concern as they are often stored and transported near populated areas, where intentional or accidental release can cause severe injuries and fatalities. Despite laws and regulatory agencies that regulate use, storage, transport, emissions, and disposal, inhalational exposures continue to cause lasting lung injury. Industrial irritants (e.g., ammonia) aggravate the upper respiratory tract, causing pneumonitis, bronchoconstriction, and dyspnea. Irritant gases (e.g., acrolein, chloropicrin) affect epithelial barrier integrity and cause tissue damage through reactive intermediates or by direct adduction of cysteine-rich proteins. Symptoms of CWAs (e.g., chlorine gas, phosgene, sulfur mustard) progress from airway obstruction and pulmonary edema to acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which results in respiratory depression days later. Emergency treatment is limited to supportive care using bronchodilators to control airway constriction and rescue with mechanical ventilation to improve gas exchange. Complications from acute exposure can promote obstructive lung disease and/or pulmonary fibrosis, which require long-term clinical care. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Inhaled chemical threats are of growing concern in both civilian and military settings, and there is an increased need to reduce acute lung injury and delayed clinical complications from exposures. This minireview highlights our current understanding of acute toxicity and pathophysiology of a select number of chemicals of concern. It discusses potential early-stage therapeutic development as well as challenges in developing countermeasures applicable for administration in mass casualty situations.\n\nID: 37673367\nTitle: Alpha-1 antitrypsin protects against phosgene-induced acute lung injury by activating the ID1-dependent anti-inflammatory response.\nAbstract: Phosgene is widely used as an industrial chemical, and phosgene inhalation causes acute lung injury (ALI), which may further progress into pulmonary edema. Currently, an antidote for phosgene poisoning is not known. Alpha-1 antitrypsin (\u03b11-AT) is a protease inhibitor used to treat patients with emphysema who are deficient in \u03b11-AT. Recent studies have revealed that \u03b11-AT has both anti-inflammatory and anti-SARS-CoV-2 effects. Herein, we aimed to investigate the role of \u03b11-AT in phosgene-induced ALI. We observed a time-dependent increase in \u03b11-AT expression and secretion in the lungs of rats exposed to phosgene. Notably, \u03b11-AT was derived from neutrophils but not from macrophages or alveolar type II cells. Moreover, \u03b11-AT knockdown aggravated phosgene- and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation and cell death in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B). Conversely, \u03b11-AT administration suppressed the inflammatory response and prevented death in LPS- and phosgene-exposed BEAS-2B cells. Furthermore, \u03b11-AT treatment increased the inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (ID1) gene expression, which suppressed NF-\u03baB pathway activation, reduced inflammation, and inhibited cell death. These data demonstrate that neutrophil-derived \u03b11-AT acts as a self-protective mechanism, which protects against phosgene-induced ALI by activating the ID1-dependent anti-inflammatory response. This study may provide novel strategies for the treatment of patients with phosgene-induced ALI.\n\nID: 37433368\nTitle: Pathogenetic role of alveolar surfactant depleted by phosgene: Biophysical mechanisms and peak inhalation exposure metrics.\nAbstract: In contrast to water-soluble respiratory tract irritants in their gas phase, the physicochemical properties of 'hydrophilicity' vs. 'lipophilicity' are the preponderant factors that dictate the site of major retention of the gas at the portal of entry. The lipophilic physical properties of phosgene gas facilitate retention in the alveolar region lined with amphipathic pulmonary surfactant (PS). The relationship between exposure and adverse health outcomes is complex, may vary over time, and is dependent on the biokinetics, biophysics, and pool size of PS relative to the inhaled dose of phosgene. Kinetic PS depletion is hypothesized to occur as inhalation followed by inhaled dose-dependent PS depletion. A kinetic model was developed to better understand the variables characterizing the inhaled dose rates of phosgene vs. PS pool size reconstitution. Modeling and empirical data from published evidence revealed that phosgene gas unequivocally follows a concentration x exposure (C\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0t) metric, independent of the frequency of exposure. The modeled and empirical data support the hypothesis that the exposure standards of phosgene are described best by a C\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0t time-averaged metric. Modeled data favorably duplicate expert panel-derived standards. Peak exposures within a reasonable range are of no concern.\n\nID: 36377078\nTitle: The reversed De Ritis ratio for predicting in-hospital mortality among intensive care patients with organophosphate poisoning.\nAbstract: The uncontrolled use of pesticides signifies a substantial health hazard. This study was designed to explore the prognostic role of on-admission hepatic aminotransferases [alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and the reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST)] in the prediction of in-hospital mortality among patients with acute organophosphate (OP) poisoning. We conducted a retrospective study based on extracting the required information from the specific medical records for acutely OP-intoxicated patients admitted to the intensive care unit. A total of 49 acutely malathion-intoxicated patients were enrolled in the study. The in-hospital mortality rate was 32.7%. Patients were stratified into survivors and non-survivors. Compared to the survivors, the non-survivors had significantly lower Glasgow coma scale scores, mean arterial blood pressure, significantly higher reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST), and ALT and AST activities. The reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST) and ALT demonstrated good discrimination between the survivors and the non-survivors with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.708 vs 0.781, respectively, however, AST showed satisfactory discrimination, AUC of 0.694. Hepatic aminotransferases are useful in predicting in-hospital mortality in acute OP poisoning. ALT is the most specific biomarker. However, the reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST) is the most sensitive one.\n\nID: 36220803\nTitle: Pentoxifylline inhibits phosgene-induced lung injury via improving hypoxia.\nAbstract: Inhalation of high concentrations of phosgene often causes pulmonary edema, which obstructs the airway and causes tissue hypoxia. There is currently no specific antidote. This study was performed to investigate the effect behind pentoxifylline (PTX) treatment for phosgene-induced lung injury in rat models. Rats were exposed to phosgene. The protein levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1\u03b1 (HIF-1\u03b1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and occludin proteins in lung tissue were determined. The effect of both prophylactic and therapeutic administration of PTX (50\u2009mg/kg and 100\u2009mg/kg) was evaluated. The lung permeability index and HIF-1\u03b1 protein level increased, the arterial blood oxygenation index (PaO2/FIO2 ratio) and occludin protein level decreased significantly 6\u2009h after phosgene exposure (P <\u00a00.05). PTX exerted protective effects by HIF-1\u03b1-VEGF-occludin signaling pathway to some extent. Moreover, prophylactic, but not therapeutic administration of PTX (100\u2009mg/kg), exhibited a significant protective effect. Pretreatment with PTX protected against phosgene-induced lung injury, possibly by inhibiting differential expression of HIF-1\u03b1, VEGF, and occludin.\n\nID: 36210422\nTitle: Evaluation of the Content of Aquaporin-5 and Epithelial Sodium Channel in the Lungs of Rats during the Development of Toxic Pulmonary Edema Caused by Intoxication with Acylating Pulmonotoxicants.\nAbstract: We studied the content of aquaporin-5 (AQP5) and epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in rat lungs during the development of toxic pulmonary edema (TPE) caused by intoxication with phosgene and perfluoroisobutylene (1.5 LC50). The lung body weight index (LBI) was calculated and histological examination of the lung tissues was performed. Localization and expression of AQP5 and ENaC were determined by immunohistochemistry. Intoxication led to a significant (p<0.05) increase in LBI and histological changes typical of TPE 1 and 3 h after the exposure. In 1 and 3 h after phosgene intoxication, the AQP5 and ENaC content significantly (p<0.05) increased in comparison with the control. Similar changes in the AQP5 and ENaC content were observed 1 and 3 h after exposure to perfluoroisobutylene. It was hypothesized that AQP5 plays an important role in the formation of TPE caused by intoxication with acylating pulmonotoxicants. An increase in the content of ENaC can be considered as a compensatory reaction of the body aimed at clearance of the alveolar fluid.\n\nID: 35983054\nTitle: Phosgene-Induced acute lung injury: Approaches for mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (COCl2) gas is a chemical intermediate of high-volume production with numerous industrial applications worldwide. Due to its high toxicity, accidental exposure to phosgene leads to various chemical injuries, primarily resulting in chemical-induced lung injury due to inhalation. Initially, the illness is mild and presents as coughing, chest tightness, and wheezing; however, within a few hours, symptoms progress to chronic respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, dyspnea, and hypoxemia, which may contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome or even death in severe cases. Despite rapid advances in medicine, effective treatments for phosgene-inhaled poisoning are lacking. Elucidating the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of acute inhalation toxicity caused by phosgene is necessary for the development of appropriate therapeutics. In this review, we discuss extant literature on relevant mechanisms and therapeutic strategies to highlight novel ideas for the treatment of phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\n\nID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3\u00a0\u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500\u00a0\u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0% and 100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019\u00a0%, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12\u00a0% and\u00a0<\u00a09\u00a0% relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2\u00a0=\u00a037.5\u00a0h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure.\n\nID: 35871991\nTitle: Confirmed Grayanotoxin Poisoning with Bradycardia from a Gift of Imported Honey.\nAbstract: Human grayanotoxin poisoning is distinctly uncommon in North America, as the predominant source of human exposure is honey made by bees pollinating rhododendron species in the Mediterranean. We present a case of confirmed grayanotoxin poisoning from honey imported from Turkey. A 61-year-old man developed nausea, lightheadedness, and lost consciousness. Onset was 30 min after the ingestion of honey that was brought to the United States from Turkey. Emergency medical services found him bradycardic, hypotensive, and unresponsive. He was treated with atropine, saline, and oxygen, at which point his heart rate and blood pressure improved, and he regained consciousness. A similar episode several days earlier was followed by a brief unrevealing hospitalization. He was again hospitalized, and had a normal echocardiogram, telemetric monitoring, and complete laboratory studies. Grayanotoxins I and III were subsequently identified in the patient's blood, urine, and honey. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Grayanotoxins are diterpenoids found in rhododendron species, whose clinical effects span multiple organ systems including gastrointestinal, cardiac, and neurologic. Treatment is largely supportive, and a good response to atropine and intravenous fluids has been described. Laboratory confirmation of grayanotoxins is not available in a short enough turnaround time to be clinically useful during immediate management, but confirmatory testing may obviate further unnecessary evaluation. Grayanotoxins are likely to remain a rare source of poisoning in North America, but recurrent bradycardia without alternative etiology should prompt a thorough exposure history, which may reveal, as in this case, a treatable toxicologic etiology.\n\nID: 35149144\nTitle: Assessment of the serum glucose/potassium GLU/K ratio as a predictor of intermediate syndrome following acute anticholinesterase exposure.\nAbstract: The widespread use of anticholinesterase-containing pesticides accounts for the considerable morbidity and mortality in Egypt and worldwide. Few studies have investigated the predictors of intermediate syndrome (IMS). Therefore, in this study, we assessed the adequacy of the serum glucose/potassium (GLU/K) ratio as an early reliable tool to predict IMS incidence following intoxication with acute anticholinesterase compounds. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who presented to Tanta University Poison Control Center, Egypt, and were diagnosed with acute anticholinesterase intoxication between January and August, 2021. Patients were categorized based on the primary outcome into IMS (+) and IMS (-) groups. Overall, 243 patients were included, among whom 44 (18.1%) had IMS as the complication. Younger individuals with age ranging between 18 and <\u00a025 years constituted the main exposed age category in both groups. Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients (94.2% and 63.8% of patients, respectively). The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor. At a cutoff value of >\u00a041.07%, the GLU/K ratio could significantly predict IMS (areas under the curves =\u00a00.971, p\u00a0<\u00a00.001) with 93% accuracy, 93.2% sensitivity, and 93% specificity. Although the clear pathophysiology of IMS remains to be elucidated, our results provide insight into the significant contribution of neurological affection, apart from the well-known direct toxic effect on muscles. Moreover, we demonstrated a significant association between the development of IMS and severity of organophosphorus compounds' exposure. Physicians should be vigilant to detect IMS early upon admission using the GLU/K ratio, which is a useful early IMS predictor.\n\nID: 35101429\nTitle: Reducing the risk of death induced by aluminum phosphide poisoning: The new therapies.\nAbstract: Numerous people suffer from accidental or deliberate exposure to different pesticides when poisoning with aluminum phosphate (AlP) is increasing in the eastern countries. Aluminum phosphate is a conventional insecticide that quickly reacts with water or the moistures in the atmosphere and produces fatal phosphine gas, which absorbs quickly by the body. Oral consumption or inhalation of AlP leads to excessive reaction of the body such as fatigue, vomiting, fever, palpitation, vasodilatory shock, increasing blood pressure, cardiac dysfunction, pulmonary congestion, shortness of breath, and death. The garlic smell from the patient's mouth or exhale is one of the methods to recognize the positioning. Due to the lack of individual antidotes, several supportive treatments are required. The present study focused on the available and new therapies that help reduce the effect of AlP poisoning and the mortality rate. The therapies are divided into the antioxidant-related agent and the other agents. The impacts of each agent on the experimental cases are reported.\n\nID: 35079407\nTitle: Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to inhalation of acryloyl chloride.\nAbstract: Acryloyl chloride is a highly toxic volatile liquid that can cause pulmonary edema. However, no sufficient treatment reports have been published to date. Here, we report a case of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by acryloyl chloride inhalation. The patient was a 36-year-old man with accidental exposure to acryloyl chloride. The patient had dyspnea and wet cough, with approximately 88% percutaneous oxygen saturation at room air. He was diagnosed with ARDS and admitted to the intensive care unit. Initially, he was treated with a high-flow nasal cannula and sivelestat sodium. However, due to the possibility of delayed exacerbation, the patient was switched to methylprednisolone. Oxygenation gradually improved, and the patient was discharged on the day 8 of hospitalization. We report the case of a patient who developed ARDS with delayed exacerbation after the inhalation of acryloyl chloride, which was treated without endotracheal intubation.\n\nID: 34681591\nTitle: Mechanism of Phosgene-Induced Acute Lung Injury and Treatment Strategy.\nAbstract: Phosgene (COCl2) was once used as a classic suffocation poison and currently plays an essential role in industrial production. Due to its high toxicity, the problem of poisoning caused by leakage during production, storage, and use cannot be ignored. Phosgene mainly acts on the lungs, causing long-lasting respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, and other related lung injuries, which may cause acute respiratory distress syndrome or even death in severe cases. Due to the high mortality, poor prognosis, and frequent sequelae, targeted therapies for phosgene exposure are needed. However, there is currently no specific antidote for phosgene poisoning. This paper reviews the literature on the mechanism and treatment strategies to explore new ideas for the treatment of phosgene poisoning.\n\nID: 33691364\nTitle: [Effects of over-expressing heat shock protein 60 on marrow mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of phosgene-induced acute lung injury].\nAbstract: Objective: To investigate the effect of heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) overexpression on the ability of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and its therapeutic effect on rats with phosgene induced acute lung injury. Methods: HSP60 was transfected into MSCs by adenovirus. Western blot was used to measure the expressions of HSP60 before and after transfection. CCK-8 assay was used to detect the activity of MSCs, flow cytometry was used to detect the apoptotic ability of MSCs, and Transwell assay was used to observe the migration ability of MSCs. Sixty SPF grade male SD rats were randomly divided into control group, phosgene exposure group (inhalation of phosgene for 5 min) , MSCs group (phosgene exposure, MSCs treatment group) and transfected MSCs group (phosgene exposure, overexpression of HSP60 MSCs treatment group) . The pathological changes of lung were observed by lung pathological section, lung wet dry ratio, the degree of pulmonary edema, the total cell count and total protein content of alveolar lavage fluid, the inflammatory changes of tumor necrosis factor-\u03b1 (TNF-\u03b1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in BALF and serum were observed. The data were analyzed by Graphpad Prism 8.0 software. Paired comparisons were performed by non paired t-test. One way ANOVA was used for comparison between groups. Results: The proliferation ability of MSCs transfected with HSP60[A= (0.69\u00b10.05) ] was significantly higher than that of MSCs not transfected with HSP60[A= (0.27\u00b10.02) ] (P<0.05) . Compared with the phosgene exposure group, the pulmonary edema and inflammatory factor infiltration of MSCs group and MSCs transfected group were reduced. However, compared with MSCs group, the degree of pulmonary edema in MSCs transfected group was significantly improved, the levels of inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-\u03b1 were significantly decreased, and the total protein content and total cell count in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were less (P<0.05) . 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Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema.\n\nID: 33414048\nTitle: Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug.\nAbstract: Redotex\u2122 is a Mexican weight-loss supplement that is not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved. It consists of the following five ingredients: tri-iodothyronine 75\u00a0\u03bcg, atropine 0.36\u00a0mg, diazepam 8\u00a0mg, aloin 16\u00a0mg, and d-norpseudoephedrine 50\u00a0mg per tablet. There are few case reports with clinically severe ingestions. We report two cases of clinical thyrotoxicosis due to use of Redotex. A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with anxiety and palpitations. She reported taking Redotex daily for 1\u00a0week. Her temperature was 37.1\u00b0C, blood pressure (BP) was 166/104\u00a0mm Hg, and heart rate (HR) was 140 beats/min. Laboratory analysis was significant for a bicarbonate level of 20\u00a0mmol/L (reference 22-29\u00a0mmol/L), free T4 0.75\u00a0ng/dL (reference 0.93-1.70\u00a0ng/dL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.05 uIU/mL (reference 0.27-4.20 uIU/mL). She was treated with 2\u00a0mg i.v. lorazepam and 20\u00a0mg oral propranolol. A 37-year-old woman presented with chest pain, palpitations, and nausea after taking Redotex 1 to 2 tablets daily for 6\u00a0weeks. Her HR was 134 beats/min and BP was 130/66\u00a0mm Hg. Thyroid function tests on initial presentation showed a TSH of 0.013 uU/mL, free T4 of 0.24\u00a0ng/dL, and free T3 of >30 pg/mL. She was treated with propranolol 1\u00a0mg i.v. twice per day and 2 doses of lorazepam 1\u00a0mg. Both patients had resolution of their symptoms. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis. This has not been seen in prior reports.\n\nID: 32969501\nTitle: Maternal organophosphate flame-retardant exposure alters offspring energy and glucose homeostasis in a sexually dimorphic manner in mice.\nAbstract: Persistent organic pollutants such as organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) can accumulate in the body and interact with nuclear receptors that control energy homeostasis. One sensitive window of exposure is during development, either in utero or neonatal. Therefore, we investigated if maternal exposure to a mixture of OPFRs alters metabolism on a low-fat diet (LFD) or a high-fat diet (HFD) in both male and female offspring. Wild-type C57Bl/6J dams were orally dosed with vehicle (sesame oil) or an OPFR mixture (1 mg/kg each of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate, triphenyl phosphate, and tricresyl phosphate) from gestation day 7 to postnatal day 14. After weaning, pups were fed LFD or HFD. To assess metabolism, we measured body weight and food intake weekly and determined body composition, metabolism, activity, and glucose homeostasis at 6 months of age. Although maternal OPFR exposure did not alter body weight or adiposity, OPFR exposure altered substrate utilization and energy expenditure depending on diet in both sexes. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure was increased by OPFR in male offspring. OPFR exposure interacted with HFD to increase fasting glucose in females and alter glucose and insulin tolerance in male offspring. Plasma leptin was reduced in male and female offspring when fed HFD, whereas liver expression of Pepck was increased in females and Esr1 (estrogen receptor \u03b1) was increased in both sex. The physiological implications indicate maternal exposure to OPFRs programs peripheral organs including the liver and adipose tissue, in a sex-dependent manner, thus changing the response to an obesogenic diet and altering adult offspring energy homeostasis.\n\nID: 32389431\nTitle: Clonidine Compounding Error: Bradycardia and Sedation in a Pediatric Patient.\nAbstract: Clonidine is a centrally-acting \u03b1-2 agonist used in the treatment of hypertension and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, among other off-label uses. In overdose, it can cause sedation, bradycardia, and hypotension. Clonidine can be compounded as a liquid formula for patients who are unable to take pills, however, this can add to the risk of dosing errors. A 12-year-old boy diagnosed with autism, prescribed buspirone and clonidine, presented to the emergency department for altered mental status. His examination revealed generalized sedation, bradycardia (heart rate 30-40 beats/min), and hypotension (blood pressure 82/48\u00a0mm Hg). Resuscitation included i.v. crystalloids and multiple doses of atropine. Over the next 24\u00a0h, his vital signs and mental status normalized. He displayed no infectious symptoms or focal neurologic deficits. His parents noted that his medications had been refilled recently at the compounding pharmacy; because he was unable to take pills, his medications were in liquid formulation. Because his signs and symptoms were suspicious for a central \u03b1-2 agonist overdose, his clonidine preparation was sent to a reference laboratory for analysis. This analysis revealed the concentration was approximately eight times higher than indicated on its label. WHY SHOULD AND EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Compounding pharmacy errors can be a source of toxicity, even if there is no known history of an overdose. Recognizing the toxidrome of sedation, respiratory depression, bradycardia, hypotension, and miosis will lead to appropriate treatment of the patient and should prompt an investigation of the medication error to prevent further harm.\n\nID: 32310006\nTitle: Treatment for beta-blocker poisoning: a systematic review.\nAbstract: Introduction: Beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist (beta-blocker) poisoning is a common overdose which can lead to significant morbidity and mortality.Objective: To evaluate the effects of treatments for beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist poisoning.Methods: Searches were conducted across MEDLINE (1946-26 November 2019, Ovid); Embase (1974-26 November 2019, Ovid); and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, to 26 November 2019) utilising a combination of subject headings and free text. The search strategy identified 15, 553 citations. Two reviewers screened titles and abstracts prior to selecting 141 articles (Kappa on articles included = 0.982, 95% CI 0.980-0.985). Primary outcomes included mortality and improvement in haemodynamic parameters (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure or a composite measure able to quantitate a haemodynamic response).Results: The risk of bias was high for all interventions.Gastric decontamination: Fifteen case reports described the administration of activated charcoal and five detailed the use of gastric lavage. As there was concurrent utilisation of multiple interventions, it was difficult to draw definitive conclusions regarding the relative contribution of these interventions to mortality or survival.Catecholamines, inotropes and vasopressors: The use of catecholamines in treating beta-blocker toxicity was reported in 16 case reports, 3 case series and 2 animal studies. These agents most likely provided a survival benefit and improved haemodynamics.Atropine: Multiple intravenous boluses of atropine were associated with improvement in heart rate and blood pressure in one case report.Calcium: Intravenous calcium was associated with an improvement in haemodynamics in three out of six case reports but in association with multiple other therapies as well as in two animal studies.High-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy: The use of this therapy was associated with mortality benefit in 10 case series. Two case reports showed clear haemodynamic improvement in a timeframe consistent with insulin administration (bolus then continuous infusion). Maintenance dosing ranged from 1 to 10 units/kg/h of insulin. However, it is unclear whether high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy improved haemodynamic response above catecholamines and other inotropic agents in humans. Hypoglycaemia and hypokalemia were commonly observed adverse effects.Glucagon: Glucagon was associated with minor improvements in haemodynamics through an increase in heart rate in two cases series, nine case reports and five animal studies.Methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue): Four case reports reported an association with improvement in haemodynamics following administration of methylene blue but in the setting of co-ingestion with amlodipine.Intravenous lipid emulsion therapy: There was variable response to intravenous lipid emulsion therapy reported in 10 case series, 5 animal studies and 21 case reports.Lignocaine: There were four case reports showing variable response to lignocaine in arrhythmias secondary to beta-blocker toxicity.Other treatments: Fructose diphosphate, levosimendan and amrinone did not provide a mortality or significant haemodynamic benefit in three animal studies and nine case reports. .Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was associated with improved survival in patients with severe cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest in an observational study and four cases series.Dialysis: The evidence of four case reports suggest haemodialysis may assist in the management of massive overdose of specific water-soluble beta-blockers (e.g., atenolol) by improving elimination; however, a survival or haemodynamic benefit was not established.Pacing: One case series and a single case report showed the utility of temporary overdrive cardiac pacing to prevent arrhythmias in sotalol toxicity.Conclusions: Catecholamines, vasopressors, high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy and veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation were associated with reduced mortality. However, it must be acknowledged that multiple treatments were often given simultaneously. Haemodynamic improvements in blood pressure and cardiac output were seen with the use of catecholamines, vasopressin and high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy. Evidence for treatment recommendations is almost entirely drawn from very low- to low-quality studies and subject to bias. However, it is reasonable to have a graduated response to cardiovascular instability beginning with intravenous fluids, commencement of a single or a combination of catecholamine inotropes and vasopressors depending upon the type of haemodynamic compromise (bradycardia, left ventricular dysfunction, vasodilation). High-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy can be introduced as an adjunctive inotrope and lastly, more invasive methods such as veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation should be considered in cases unresponsive to other therapies.\n\nID: 31830549\nTitle: Blood pressure lowering effect and vascular activity of Phyllanthus niruri extract: The role of NO/cGMP signaling pathway and \u03b2-adrenoceptor mediated relaxation of isolated aortic rings.\nAbstract: Phyllanthus niruri have a long history of use in the traditional treatment of various ailments including hypertension. Literature reports have indicated that it is a potent antihypertensive herbal medication used traditionally. This study was carried out to investigate the antihypertensive and vasodilatory activity of four solvents extracts of P. niruri namely; petroleum ether (PEPN), chloroform (CLPN), methanol (MEPN) and water (WEPN), with the aim of elucidating the mechanism of action and identifying the phytochemical constituents. Male Spontaneous Hypertensive Rats (SHRs) were given oral gavage of P. niruri extract daily for two weeks and the blood pressure was recorded in vivo. We also determine the vasodilation effect of the extracts on rings of isolated thoracic aorta pre-contracted with phenylephrine (PE, 1\u00a0\u03bcM). Endothelium-intact or endothelium-denuded aorta rings were pre-incubated with various antagonists like 1H-[1,2,4] oxadiazolo-[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10\u00a0\u03bcM) and Methylene blue (MB 10\u00a0\u03bcM), sGC inhibitors; N\u03c9-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME, 10\u00a0\u03bcM) a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor; atropine (10\u00a0\u03bcM), a cholinergic receptor blocker; indomethacin (10\u00a0\u03bcM), a cyclooxygenase inhibitor and various K+ channel blockers such as glibenclamide (10\u00a0\u03bcM) and tetraethyl ammonium (TEA 10\u00a0\u03bcM) for mechanism study. SHRs receiving P. niruri extracts showed a significant decrease in their blood pressure (BP) when compared to the baseline value, with PEPN being more potent. The extracts (0.125-4\u00a0mg/mL) also induced vasorelaxation on endothelium-intact aorta rings. PEPN elicited the most potent maximum relaxation effect (Rmax). Mechanism assessment of PEPN showed that its relaxation effect is significantly suppressed in endothelium-denuded aorta rings. Pre-incubation of aorta rings with atropine, L-NAME, ODQ, indomethacin, and propranolol also significantly attenuated its relaxation effect. Conversely, incubation with TEA and glibenclamide did not show a significant effect on PEPN-induced relaxation. This study indicates that the antihypertensive activity of P. niruri extract is mediated by vasoactive phytoconstituents that dilate the arterial wall via endothelium-dependent pathways and \u03b2-adrenoceptor activity which, in turn, cause vasorelaxation and reduce blood pressure.\n\nID: 31237465\nTitle: Development of an acute, short-term exposure model for phosgene.\nAbstract: Phosgene is classified as a chemical warfare agent, yet data on its short-duration high concentration toxicity in a nose-only exposure rat model is sparse and inconsistent. Hence, an exposure system for short-term/high concentration exposure was developed and characterized. Herein, we report the median lethal concentration (LC50) for a 10-min nasal exposure of phosgene in a 24-h rat survival model. Male Wistar rats (Envigo) weighing 180-210\u2009g on the day of exposure, were exposed to phosgene gas via nose-only inhalation using a system specifically designed to allow the simultaneous exposure and quantification of phosgene. After 24\u2009h, the surviving rats were euthanized, the lung/body mass ratio determined, and lung tissues analyzed for histopathology. Increased terminal airway edema in the lungs located primarily at the alveoli (resulting in an increased lung/body mass ratio) coincided with the observed mortality. An LC50 value of 129.2\u2009mg/m3 for a 10-min exposure was determined. Furthermore, in agreement with other highly toxic compounds, this study reveals a LC50 concentration value supportive of a nonlinear toxic load model, where the toxic load exponent is >1 (ne = 1.17). Thus, in line with other chemical warfare agents, phosgene toxicity is predicted to be more severe with short-duration, high-concentration exposures than long-duration, low-concentration exposures. This model is anticipated to be refined and developed to screen novel therapeutics against relevant short-term high concentration phosgene exposures expected from a terrorist attack, battlefield deployment, or industrial accident.\n\nID: 30668997\nTitle: Phosgene-induced lung edema: Comparison of clinical criteria for increased extravascular lung water content with postmortem lung gravimetry and lavage-protein in rats and dogs.\nAbstract: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by a concentration x time (Cxt)-dependent increased pulmonary vascular permeability, phenotypically manifested as potentially life-threatening acute lung edema. In contemporary animal bioassays, the quantification of protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) is taken as an unequivocal endpoint suggestive of disruption of alveolar barrier function. However, extravasated protein can only be a surrogate endpoint for assessing the extravascular fluid dynamics of the lung. This pathophysiological hallmark of ALI is diagnosed and quantified in vivo in humans by assessing the accumulation of excess extravascular lung water (EVLW). The Point of Departure (POD) of the Cxt relationship of this adverse outcome pathway should also constitute the basis for setting safe occupational and emergency response values. Unlike the EVLW approach, toxicology-based animal models utilize postmortem analyses of total protein in BAL and lung weights as the basis for human risk assessment. With either approach, it remains difficult to unequivocally evaluate pulmonary edema in terms of etiopathology and specificity, i.e., cardiogenic and hydrostatic versus increased permeability edema. The objective of this paper is to retrospectively analyze the clinical scoring of the severity grades of in vivo EVLWs from humans with the respective postmortem biomarkers BAL protein and collagen versus wet lung weights in rats and dogs exposed by inhalation to phosgene gas. Despite the different methodological approaches taken in humans and animals, the EVLW-based predicted thresholds for the onset of pulmonary edema and potentially life-threatening severe pulmonary edema were in remarkable agreement. Data from dogs appear to more aptly reflect the human etiopathology and should be given preference over data from rodents. Especially in rats, elevations in BAL protein may lead to a marked overestimation of the edematous potency of phosgene due to secreted protein into airways. In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema. Caution is advised when using BAL protein in isolation as a surrogate endpoint of pulmonary edema.\n\nID: 30255086\nTitle: Acute coumaphos organophosphate exposure in the domestic dogs: Its implication on haematology and liver functions.\nAbstract: Indiscriminate use of organophosphate acaricides especially among livestock and dog owners in the control of ticks and other ectoparasites has taken a worrisome dimension. In the present study, we investigated, the effects of acute dermal exposure in the form of acaricides baths of coumaphos at different concentrations on the haematology, blood pressure and liver functions in local mongrel dogs. Twenty-four, male mongrel dogs of about 8\u202fmonths of age with an average weight of 9.88\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.4\u202fkg were used for the study. The dogs were divided into four groups consisting of six dogs per group. Group A (control) was bathed with ordinary water, while group B was bathed with the recommended concentration of 0.016% (160\u202fppm) Coumaphos in water. Groups C and D were bathed with 10 and 20\u202ftimes the recommended dose (1600\u202fppm and 3200\u202fppm), respectively. Significant leucopenia, increased plasma urea and decreased low density lipoprotein (LDL) values were observed at 8\u202fh post exposure, which worsened with time. At 24 and 36\u202fhrs post exposure, normochromic normocytic anaemia, pan leucopenia, bloody diarrhoea, retching, vomiting and paddling were observed in affected animals. Post mortem examination revealed severe lungs, liver and stomach congestion. Multifocal areas of necrosis in the liver and kidney, serosal and mucosal haemorrhages and haemorrhagic meningitis were also observed. The use of excessively high concentration of organophosphate as acaricides bath is associated with severe anticholinesterase poisoning, which may result in death of affected animals.\n\nID: 29574134\nTitle: Assessment of N-acetylcysteine as a therapy for phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: The toxic industrial chemical (TIC1) phosgene remains an important chemical intermediate in many industrial processes. Inhalation of phosgene can cause an acute lung injury (ALI) which, in severe cases may result in death. There are currently no effective pharmacological therapies or evidence-based treatment guidelines for managing exposed individuals. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a commercially available drug licensed in the UK and elsewhere for the treatment of paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose. It has a number of mechanisms of action which may provide therapeutic benefit for the treatment of phosgene-induced ALI. It has previously been shown to provide therapeutic efficacy against the lung damaging effects of sulfur mustard vapour exposure, when given by the inhaled route, in the pig (Jugg et al., 2013). Our research objective was to determine whether inhaled NAC might also be therapeutic for other chemicals, in this case, phosgene. This study has demonstrated that multiple nebulised doses, administered from 30\u202fmin after exposure of terminally anaesthetised pigs to phosgene, is not an effective therapy when administered at the times and doses employed in this study. There remains no pharmacological treatment for phosgene-induced lung injury.\n\nID: 29321992\nTitle: Alterations of haemodynamic parameters in spontaneously hypertensive rats by Aristolochia ringens Vahl. (Aristolochiaceae).\nAbstract: Aristolochia ringens Vahl. (Aristolochiaceae (AR); m\u01ce d\u014du l\u00edng) is used traditionally in Nigeria for the management of various disorders including oedema. Preliminary investigation revealed its modulatory effect on the cardiovascular system. This study was aimed at investigating the effect of the aqueous root extract of A. ringens (AR) on haemodynamic parameters of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). The effect of oral subacute (21 days) and intravenous acute exposure of SHRs to the extract were assessed using tail cuff and carotid artery canulation methods respectively. In the latter, the effect of chloroform, butanol and aqueous fractions of AR were also evaluated. The extract significantly reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressures in SHRs, with peak reductions of 20.3% and 26.7% respectively at 50\u00a0mg/kg by the 21st day of oral subacute exposure. Upon intravenous exposure, AR (50\u00a0mg/kg) reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure by as much as 53.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.2 and 49.2\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.8\u00a0mmHg respectively. A dose-dependent reduction in heart rate, significant at 25 and 50\u00a0mg/kg was also observed. Hexamethonium (20\u00a0mg/kg) and atropine (1\u00a0mg/kg) inhibited the extract's reduction of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate significantly. The extract's butanol fraction produced the greatest systolic and diastolic blood pressures reduction of 67.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.8 and 68.4\u00a0mmHg respectively at 25\u00a0mg/kg and heart rate reduction of 40\u00a0\u00b1\u00a07 beats per minute at 50\u00a0mg/kg. HPLC analysis revealed the presence of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and quercetin in AR. The extract's alterations of haemodynamic parameters in this study show that it has hypotensive effect on spontaneously hypertensive rats.\n\nID: 29209748\nTitle: Monitoring cytochrome P450 activity in living hepatocytes by chromogenic substrates in response to drug treatment or during cell maturation.\nAbstract: The metabolic activity of hepatocytes is a central prerequisite for drug activity and a key element in drug-drug interaction. This central role in metabolism largely depends on the activity of the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzyme family, which is not only dependent on liver cell maturation but is also controlled in response to drug and chemical exposure. Here, we report the use of VividDye fluorogenic CYP450 substrates to directly measure and continuously monitor metabolic activity in living hepatocytes. We observed time- and dose-dependent correlation in response to established and putative CYP450 inducers acting through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and drug combinations. Using repetitive addition of VividDye fluorogenic substrate on a daily basis, we demonstrated the new application of VividDye for monitoring the maturation and dedifferentiation of hepatic cells. Despite a lack of high specificity for individual CYP450 isoenzymes, our approach enables continuous monitoring of metabolic activity in living cells with no need to disrupt cultivation. Our assay can be integrated in in vitro liver-mimetic models for on-line monitoring and thus should enhance the reliability of these tissue model systems.\n\nID: 29104014\nTitle: Continuous positive airway pressure: An early intervention to prevent phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: Exposure to toxic industrial chemicals such as phosgene may occur through accidental or deliberate release. Inhalation may result in an acute lung injury which manifests as hypoxaemia with insufficient oxygen being delivered to the tissues resulting in hypoxia, respiratory failure and death. No effective pharmacological therapy currently exists and treatment remains supportive, often requiring intensive care facilities. In a mass casualty scenario the logistical burden of managing exposed individuals would rapidly overwhelm healthcare systems. This highlights the need to develop post exposure therapeutic strategies to minimise injury severity and increase survival in individuals exposed to toxic chemicals. Our research objective was to investigate a commercial off the shelf (COTS) therapy; ambient air continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support, initiated 1h post exposure to explore the concept that early intervention with positive airway pressure would reduce or ameliorate lung injury following exposure to phosgene. This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.\n\nID: 28577109\nTitle: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI): differences from chlorine-induced ALI and attempts to translate toxicology to clinical medicine.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable chemical inter-mediate used in numerous industrial processes. There is no clear consensus as to its time- and inhaled-dose-dependent etiopathologies and associated preventive or therapeutic treatment strategies. Cardiopulmonary function was examined in rats exposed by inhalation to the alveolar irritant phosgene or to the airway irritant chlorine during and following exposure. Terminal measurements focused on hematology, protein extravasation in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and increased lung weight. Noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic endpoints in exhaled breath (carbon dioxide and nitric oxide) were used to detect the clinically occult stage of pulmonary edema. The first event observed in rats following high but sublethal acute exposure to phosgene was the stimulation of alveolar nociceptive vagal receptors. This afferent stimulation resulted in dramatic changes in cardiopulmonary functions, ventilation: perfusion imbalances, and progressive pulmonary edema and phospholipoproteinosis. Hematology revealed hemoconcentration to be an early marker of pulmonary edema and fibrin as a discriminating endpoint that was positive for the airway irritant chlorine and negative for the alveolar irritant phosgene. The application of each gas produced typical ALI/ARDS (acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome) characteristics. Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation. Carbon dioxide in expired gas was suggestive of increased ventilation dead space and appeared to be a harbinger of progressively developing lung edema. Treatment with the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine aerosol by inhalation reduced the severity of phosgene-induced ALI when applied at low\u00a0dose-rates. Symptomatic treatment regimens were considered inferior to causal modes of treatment.\n\nID: 26906975\nTitle: Using Multi-objective Optimization to Identify Dynamical Network Biomarkers as Early-warning Signals of Complex Diseases.\nAbstract: Biomarkers have gained immense scientific interest and clinical value in the practice of medicine. With unprecedented advances in high-throughput technologies, research interest in identifying novel and customized disease biomarkers for early detection, diagnosis, or drug responses is rapidly growing. Biomarkers can be identified in different levels of molecular biomarkers, networks biomarkers and dynamical network biomarkers (DNBs). The latter is a recently developed concept which relies on the idea that a cell is a complex system whose behavior is emerged from interplay of various molecules, and this network of molecules dynamically changes over time. A DNB can serve as an early-warning signal of disease progression, or as a leading network that drives the system into the disease state, and thus unravels mechanisms of disease initiation and progression. It is therefore of great importance to identify DNBs efficiently and reliably. In this work, the problem of DNB identification is defined as a multi-objective optimization problem, and a framework to identify DNBs out of time-course high-throughput data is proposed. Temporal gene expression data of a lung injury with carbonyl chloride inhalation exposure has been used as a case study, and the functional role of the discovered biomarker in the pathogenesis of lung injury has been thoroughly analyzed.\n\nID: 26671199\nTitle: Characterization of a nose-only inhaled phosgene acute lung injury mouse model.\nAbstract: Phosgene's primary mode of action is as a pulmonary irritant characterized by its early latent phase where life-threatening, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema is typically observed 6-24 h post-exposure. To develop an inhaled phosgene acute lung injury (ALI) model in C57BL/6 mice that can be used to screen potential medical countermeasures. A Cannon style nose-only inhalation exposure tower was used to expose mice to phosgene (8\u2009ppm) or air (sham). An inhalation lethality study was conducted to determine the 8\u2009ppm median lethal exposure (LCt50) at 24 and 48 h post-exposure. The model was then developed at 1.2 times the 24 h LCt50. At predetermined serial sacrifice time points, survivors were euthanized, body and lung weights collected, and lung tissues processed for histopathology. Additionally, post-exposure clinical observations were used to assess quality of life. The 24-hour LCt50 was 226\u2009ppm*min (8\u2009ppm for 28.2\u2009min) and the 48-hour LCt50 was 215\u2009ppm*min (8\u2009ppm for 26.9\u2009min). The phosgene exposed animals had a distinct progression of clinical signs, histopathological changes and increased lung/body weight ratios. Early indicators of a 1.2 times the 24-hour LCt50 phosgene exposure were significant changes in the lung-to-body weight ratios by 4 h post-exposure. The progression of clinical signs and histopathological changes were important endpoints for characterizing phosgene-induced ALI for future countermeasure studies. An 8\u2009ppm phosgene exposure for 34\u2009min (1.2\u2009\u00d7\u2009LCt50) is the minimum challenge recommended for evaluating therapeutic interventions. The predicted higher mortality in the phosgene-only controls will help demonstrate efficacy of candidate treatments and increase the probability that a change in survival rate is statistically significant.\n\nID: 26562770\nTitle: Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury.\nAbstract: Toxic industrial chemicals are used throughout the world to produce everyday products such as household and commercial cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, paper, and fertilizers. These chemicals are produced, stored, and transported in large quantities, which poses a threat to the local civilian population in cases of accidental or intentional release. Several of these chemicals have no known medical countermeasures for their toxic effects. Phosgene is a highly toxic industrial chemical which was used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI. Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death. The mechanisms of phosgene-induced pulmonary injury are not fully identified, and currently there is no efficacious countermeasure. Here, we provide a proposed mechanism of phosgene-induced lung injury based on the literature and from studies conducted in our lab, as well as provide results from studies designed to evaluate survival efficacy of potential therapies following whole-body phosgene exposure in mice. Several therapies were able to significantly increase 24h survival following an LCt50-70 exposure to phosgene; however, no treatment was able to fully protect against phosgene-induced mortality. These studies provide evidence that mortality following phosgene toxicity can be mitigated by neuro- and calcium-regulators, antioxidants, phosphodiesterase and endothelin receptor antagonists, angiotensin converting enzymes, and transient receptor potential cation channel inhibitors. However, because the mechanism of phosgene toxicity is multifaceted, we conclude that a single therapeutic is unlikely to be sufficient to ameliorate the multitude of direct and secondary toxic effects caused by phosgene inhalation.\n\nID: 28962489\nTitle: Pathology, toxicology, and latency of irritant gases known to cause bronchiolitis obliterans disease: Does diacetyl fit the pattern?\nAbstract: Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a rare disease involving concentric bronchiolar fibrosis that develops rapidly following inhalation of certain irritant gases at sufficiently high acute doses. While there are many potential causes of bronchiolar lesions involved in a variety of chronic lung diseases, failure to clearly define the clinical features and pathological characteristics can lead to ambiguous diagnoses. Irritant gases known to cause BO follow a similar pathologic process and time course of disease onset in humans. Studies of inhaled irritant gases known to cause BO (e.g., chlorine, hydrochloric acid, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, sulfur or nitrogen mustards, and phosgene) indicate that the time course between causal chemical exposures and development of clinically significant BO disease is typically limited to a few months. The mechanism of toxic action exerted by these irritant gases generally involves widespread and severe injury of the epithelial lining of the bronchioles that leads to acute respiratory symptoms which can include lung edema within days. Repeated exposures to inhaled irritant gases at concentrations insufficient to cause marked respiratory distress or edema may lead to adaptive responses that can reduce or prevent severe bronchiolar fibrotic changes. Risk of BO from irritant gases is driven substantially by toxicokinetics affecting concentrations occurring at the bronchiolar epithelium. Highly soluble irritant gases that cause BO like ammonia generally follow a threshold-dependent cytotoxic mechanism of action that at sufficiently high doses results in severe inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and the bronchiolar epithelium concurrently. This is followed by acute respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, and post inflammatory concentric fibrosis that become clinically obvious within a few months. In contrast, irritant gases with lower solubility like phosgene also follow a threshold-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity action but can exhibit more insidious and isolated bronchiolar tissue damage with a similar latency to fibrosis. To date, animal and human studies on the highly soluble gas, diacetyl, have not identified a coherent pattern of pathology and latency that would be expected based on studies of other known causes of bronchiolitis obliterans disease.\n\nID: 41514296\nTitle: Dual targeting of iNOS and Src tyrosine kinase as a superior therapeutic strategy against soman-induced long-term neurotoxicity: multimodal biomarker, imaging, and neurobehavioral outcome analyses.\nAbstract: Acute exposure to the organophosphate nerve agent (OPNA) soman (GD) triggers severe and persistent brain injury characterized by seizures, oxidative stress, and structural and functional network alterations, collectively described as the brain\u2019s \u201cSOS\u201d response, despite timely administration of standard medical countermeasures that prevent lethality but fail to halt chronic neuropathology. In this study, we tested whether adjunct therapy with two mechanistically distinct agents, 1400W, a selective inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, and saracatinib (SAR), a Src family kinase inhibitor, administered alone or in combination at reduced doses, could disrupt the progression of this pathological cascade. Mixed-sex adult Sprague Dawley rats were exposed to soman (132\u00a0\u03bcg/kg, s.c.) followed by atropine and HI-6 within one minute and midazolam one hour later, after which animals received vehicle, 1400W, SAR, or combination therapy. Behavioral outcomes were assessed at 5\u20136\u00a0weeks, structural and functional MRI at 8\u20139\u00a0weeks, and spontaneous recurrent seizures were quantified by EEG from 10\u201318\u00a0weeks post-exposure. Soman exposure resulted in widespread disruptions of resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC, as measured by functional MRI) across amygdalar, cortical, hippocampal, and thalamic networks, which correlated negatively with oxidative stress markers. Treatment with 1400W alone or in combination with SAR robustly restored rsFC across regions, while SAR alone selectively improved hippocampal connectivity, with combination therapy providing the greatest preservation of both functional and structural MRI measures. Restored connectivity correlated with improved behavioral performance and reduced oxidative stress, whereas increased cortical connectivity predicted higher seizure burden, consistent with maladaptive network reorganization. Neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative markers also correlated with alterations in rsFC. Effect size\u2013driven, cross-domain analyses support a combinatorial therapeutic strategy and highlight systems-level MRI as a translational biomarker for evaluating interventions against OPNA-induced neurotoxicity.\n\nID: 41462663\nTitle: Neuroprotective Effects of N-Acetylcysteine-Amide (AD4) in a Survival Mouse Model of Paraoxon Intoxication: Targeting Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation and Memory Impairments.\nAbstract: Neurotoxicity induced by organophosphorus (OP) compounds such as paraoxon (POX) leads to severe brain damage and cognitive impairments. Although current treatments alleviate acute cholinergic symptoms, they fail to address secondary neurotoxicity. This study investigated the therapeutic potential of N-acetylcysteine-amide (AD4), a blood-brain-barrier permeable antioxidant, in a survival mouse model of acute POX intoxication. Male Swiss CD-1 mice received POX (4 mg/kg) followed by standard emergency therapy (atropine, pralidoxime and diazepam). AD4 (150 mg/kg) was administered 2 and 6 h post-exposure. AD4 treatment effectively prevented oxidative stress by reducing lipid peroxidation and restoring the expression in hippocampus (HP) and/or prefrontal cortex (PFC) of key antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPx-1) and catalase (CAT) suppressed by POX acute exposure. Moreover, AD4 attenuated neuroinflammation in specific hippocampal subregions, as evidenced by reduced Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) and Ionized Calcium Binding Adaptor Molecule 1 (Iba-1) immunoreactivity. Importantly, AD4 also rescued recognition memory deficits, as assessed by the Novel Object Recognition Test (NORT). In summary, these findings demonstrate that AD4 mitigates oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and cognitive dysfunction following acute POX intoxication, supporting its potential as an adjuvant therapy for mitigating the secondary neurotoxicity derived from organophosphorus poisoning.\n\nID: 41220381\nTitle: Insight on toxicity mechanisms of Datura metel L. seeds: a 28-day repeated dose study, in-silico studies, and effect of Shodhana a traditional detoxification method.\nAbstract: Datura metel L., a poisonous medicinal plant is used safely after Shodhana in Ayurveda. It is listed in Schedule E1 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, as a poisonous medicinal plant to be used with caution. Although known for its toxic effects and reduction of toxicity by Shodhana. However, the toxicity mechanism, effect of Shodhana, and toxicity profile after repeated dosing are missing. Shodhita and Ashodhita Datura metel seeds were subjected to extraction using 70% ethanol and phytochemicals analyzed by LC-MS. Acute and 28-day repeated-dose toxicity studies were conducted as per OECD 423 and OECD 407. Network pharmacology, molecular docking, and dynamics were used to predict the potential multicomponent multitarget interactions and toxicity mechanisms. Ashodhita D. metel exhibited toxicity viz., neurotoxicity and hepatotoxicity, characterized by weight loss, altered organ weights, disrupted hematological, biochemical, behavioral and histological abnormalities. On the contrary, Shodhita D. metel was found safe with NOAEL 100\u2009mg/kg. Whereas it was found to be 25\u2009mg/kg for Ashodhita D. metel. Atropine and Scopolamine are predicted to disrupt cholinergic function and cause inflammation mediated through NFK-\u03b21 and MAPK-1, altering neurotrophin, cAMP, PI3K-AKT, NOD-like receptor, AGE-RAGE, and IL-17 pathways. Atropine and scopolamine major toxic chemicals of D. metel were predicted to disrupt cholinergic function and induce inflammation, potentially mediated through NFK-\u03b21 and MAPK-1 pathways. The Shodhana purification process was found to be effective in mitigating toxicity.\n\nID: 40764938\nTitle: Mitigating organophosphate nerve agent, soman (GD), induced long-term neurotoxicity: Saracatinib, a Src Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor, as a potential countermeasure.\nAbstract: Acute exposure to soman (GD), an organophosphate nerve agent (OPNA), irreversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase (AChE), induces seizures, and could be fatal if not treated immediately. Existing medical countermeasures (MCMs- atropine, oximes, and benzodiazepines) mitigate the acute life-threatening cholinergic symptoms but have limited protection against long-term neurological consequences in survivors. This indicates a need for an effective adjunct therapy to mitigate cognitive, behavioral, and brain pathology associated with OPNA exposure. Saracatinib (SAR), a selective Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has emerged as a potential candidate, given its protective properties in experimental models of excitotoxicity and neuroinflammation. Here, we evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of SAR in mitigating long-term neurological deficits triggered by acute exposure to soman in a rat model. Mixed-sex adult Sprague Dawley rats were exposed to soman (132\u00a0\u03bcg/kg, s.c.) and immediately treated with atropine (2\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and HI-6 (125\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.). Seizure severity was quantified for an hour before administering midazolam (3\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.). One-hour post-midazolam, SAR/vehicle was administered orally for a week and in the diet for 17\u00a0weeks. After behavioral testing, brain MRI, and EEG acquisition, animals were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde 18\u00a0weeks post-soman. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid were collected for nitrooxidative markers and proinflammatory cytokine. Brains were processed for neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration markers. SAR treatment attenuated the soman-induced anxiety/fear-like behavioral changes and motor impairment and modulated the severity of spontaneous seizures. Despite improved hippocampal functional connectivity (fMRI), SAR did not mitigate soman-induced cognitive deficits at 5-7\u00a0weeks. However, 18\u00a0weeks of SAR treatment demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, mitigated reactive gliosis and neurodegeneration, and protected somatostatin inhibitory neurons. The glial scars in the amygdala were reduced in SAR-treated animals compared to the vehicle-treated group. Long-term SAR treatment revealed disease-modifying effects by protecting the brain from soman induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, while also reducing severity of spontaneous seizures. Furthermore, SAR mitigated some soman induced behavioral impairments and brain MRI. These findings highlight the therapeutic potential of Src tyrosine kinase inhibition in soman-induced chronic neurotoxicity.\n\nID: 40678225\nTitle: Mitigating Organophosphate Nerve Agent, Soman (GD)-Induced Long-Term Neurotoxicity: Saracatinib, a Src Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, as a Potential Countermeasure.\nAbstract: Acute exposure to soman (GD), an organophosphate nerve agent (OPNA), irreversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase (AChE), induces seizures, and could be fatal if not treated immediately. Existing medical countermeasures (MCMs- atropine, oximes, and benzodiazepines) mitigate the acute life-threatening cholinergic symptoms but have limited protection against long-term neurological damage in survivors. This indicates a need for an effective adjunct therapy to mitigate cognitive, behavioral, and brain pathology associated with OPNA exposure. Saracatinib (SAR), a selective Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has emerged as a potential candidate, given its protective properties in experimental models of excitotoxicity and neuroinflammation. Here, we evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of SAR in mitigating long-term neurological deficits triggered by acute exposure to soman in a rat model. Mixed-sex adult Sprague Dawley rats were exposed to soman (132 \u03bcg/kg, s.c.) and immediately treated with atropine (2 mg/kg, i.m.) and HI-6 (125 mg/kg, i.m.). Seizure severity was quantified for an hour before administering midazolam (3 mg/kg, i.m.). One-hour post-midazolam, SAR/vehicle was administered orally and daily for 18 weeks in the diet. After behavioral testing, brain MRI, and EEG acquisition, animals were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde at 18 weeks post-soman. Serum and CSF were collected for nitro-oxidative markers and proinflammatory cytokines. Brains were processed for neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration markers. SAR treatment attenuated the soman-induced anxiety/fear-like behavior and motor impairment and modulated the severity, frequency, and duration of seizures. Despite improved hippocampal functional connectivity (MRI), SAR did not reverse soman-induced learning and memory deficits at 5-7 weeks. However, 18 weeks of SAR treatment demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, mitigated reactive gliosis and neurodegeneration, and partially protected somatostatin parvalbumin inhibitory neurons. The glial scars in the amygdala were reduced in SAR-treated animals compared to the vehicle-treated group. Long-term SAR treatment revealed disease-modifying effects by protecting the brain from soman-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, while also reducing seizure severity and modulating the frequency and duration of seizures. Furthermore, it provided partial protection against behavioral impairments and MRI deficits in the short term. These findings highlight the therapeutic potential of Src tyrosine kinase inhibition in addressing chronic neurotoxicity induced by soman.\n\nID: 40458835\nTitle: Envenoming by King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah s str) with Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Yunnan, China.\nAbstract: The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah s str) is feared for its large size and highly toxic venom because its bite can result in severe envenoming and life-threatening injuries. We report a case involving a 50-y-old male from the mountainous town of Yunnan Province who experienced cardiopulmonary arrest after being bitten by a king cobra on his left index finger, followed by myocardial injury, pulmonary infection, and serologic reactions. During treatment, the patient received Bungarus multicinctus antivenom and cobra antivenom to neutralize the toxin, intubation, mechanical ventilation, antibiotics, anticholinergic drugs, and antiallergy therapy. After active treatment, the patient ultimately recovered. This case analysis highlights the multiple toxic reactions caused by the bite of the king cobra. It emphasizes the critical importance of timely and effective antivenom therapy and a comprehensive treatment strategy in managing snakebite injuries.\n\nID: 40089647\nTitle: Proinflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, and organ function as biomarkers of soman (GD) chronic neurotoxicity.\nAbstract: Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents, such as soman (GD), pose great risk to neurological health by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, leading to seizures, epilepsy, and behavioral deficits. While acute treatment may alleviate immediate symptoms, the long-term consequences, particularly those involving neuroinflammation and systemic toxicity, remain poorly understood. This study used adult male and female Sprague Dawley rats to investigate the chronic effects of a single acute exposure to soman (132\u00a0\u00b5g/kg, s.c., 1.2\u2009\u00d7\u2009LD50) on neuroinflammation, behavioral comorbidity, and systemic toxicity. Following exposure, animals were treated with atropine sulfate (2\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and oxime HI-6 (125\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) to mitigate peripheral cholinergic effects, and with midazolam (3\u00a0mg/kg, i.m., 1\u00a0h post-exposure) to control seizures. Spontaneously recurring seizures were monitored during handling and with video electroencephalogram (vEEG). Neurobehavioral deficits were assessed 4-8\u00a0weeks post-exposure. At 18\u00a0weeks post-exposure, brain, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were analyzed for inflammatory and nitro-oxidative stress markers, and the liver and kidney function biomarkers were evaluated. Soman-exposed animals developed epilepsy, confirmed by handling-induced seizures and/or continuous vEEG monitoring. Behavioral assessments revealed significant memory deficits following soman exposure. Proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-\u03b1, IL-6, IL-1\u03b1, IL-18, IL-17A, and MCP-1) were significantly elevated in both serum and CSF, alongside corresponding increases in their gene expression in the brain. Elevated reactive oxygen/nitrogen species were detected in the serum. Although hematological parameters remained unchanged, a significant increase in total bilirubin and an upward trend in serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels and BUN: Creatinine ratio indicated potential liver and kidney dysfunction. However, no significant structural changes in these organs at the cellular level were observed in histological analyses. This study identifies critical chronic biomarkers of soman exposure affecting the brain, serum, CSF, liver, and kidney. The findings highlight the critical need to monitor systemic and neurological impacts, as well as organ function, to develop effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for survivors of nerve agent exposure or OP pesticide poisoning. Behavioral deficits and EEG changes in soman-exposed animals further emphasize the long-term neurological consequences of exposure.\n\nID: 40056267\nTitle: Alkaloids from Caliphruria subedentata (Amaryllidaceae) as Regulators of AChE, BuChE, NMDA and GSK3 Activity: An In Vitro and In Silico Approach for Mimicking Alzheimer\u00b4s Disease.\nAbstract: Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have two types of abnormal protein buildups: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, in addition to the early synaptic dysfunction associated with the enzymes acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). Impairment of the glutamatergic system is also crucial for neuronal survival, as it can cause synaptic dysfunction that overstimulates glutamate receptors, especially N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). Another protein affecting neuronal health is glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3), a widely preserved serine/threonine protein kinase linked to neuronal disorders, including AD. In recent years, alkaloids from the Amaryllidaceae have received great attention for their known anticholinergic activity, as well as their antioxidant, antigenotoxic, and neuroprotective properties. In this context, the identification of compounds capable of interacting with different targets involved in AD provides a possible new therapeutic strategy. In this study, we conducted a combination of in vitro and in silico approaches to identify the potential of C. subedentata in regulating key proteins involved in AD. Viability and neuroprotection assays were performed to evaluate the neuroprotection exerted by C. subedentata extract against neurotoxicity induced by A\u03b2 (1-42) peptide and Okadaic acid in SH-SY5Y cells. Computational methods such as docking and molecular dynamic and viability therapeutic analysis were conducted to explore the interaction of alkaloids from C. subedentata with target proteins (AChE, BuChE, NMDA, and GSK-3) involved in AD. Our findings show that C. subedentata extract exerts neuroprotective effects against neurotoxic stimuli induced by A\u03b2 (1-42) peptide and Okadaic acid. In addition, in silico approaches provide insight into how C. subedentata extract alkaloids interact with key proteins involved in AD. These findings provide insights into the potential therapeutic effects and action mechanisms of these alkaloids. We hope these rapid findings can contribute as a bridge to the identification of new molecules with the potential to counteract the effects of AD.\n\nID: 40017267\nTitle: Irinotecan-induced dysarthria and management.\nAbstract: BackgroundIrinotecan is chemotherapeutic agent often used in abdominal cancers such as colorectal and pancreatic cancers. While often associated with non-central nervous system (CNS) adverse effects, in rare cases it may present with paresthesias and dysarthrias. In one case, a patient received an irinotecan-containing regimen (fluorouracil, irinotecan, oxaliplatin) and experienced several neurotoxic effects, which was successfully managed.Case ReportA female patient with newly-diagnosed pancreatic cancer was started on fluorouracil, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin (modified FOLFIRINOX). She developed dysarthrias early on in the course. Causality assessment was conducted via the Naranjo criteria, yielding a score of 6, indicating a probable adverse reaction.Management & OutcomeInitially managed with steroids and lorazepam, she was eventually given a prophylactic strategy of atropine 0.4\u2005mg and a longer infusion time of 3\u2005h instead of 90\u2005min with as needed lorazepam. This strategy alleviated the dysarthrias and the patient was able to complete 12 cycles of therapy, resulting in a partial response at the end of treatment.DiscussionProlonging the infusion and giving prophylactic atropine may help to prevent these rare adverse effects of irinotecan.\n\nID: 39599042\nTitle: Strategy for Accurate Detection of Six Tropane Alkaloids in Honey Using Lateral Flow Immunosensors.\nAbstract: Honey, a widely consumed food, is susceptible to contamination by various toxic substances during production. Tropane alkaloids, with their potent neurotoxicity, are frequently found in honey. Hence, there is an acute need for rapid and effective detection methods to monitor these alkaloids. Lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), known for its simple operation, low cost, and reliable results, holds great promise. In this study, we developed an efficient and user-friendly analytical method for the simultaneous detection of six tropane alkaloids (atropine, L-hyoscyamine, scopolamine, anisodamine, homatropine, and apoatropine) in honey based on an AuNPs lateral flow immunoassay (AuNPs-LFIA) with broad-spectrum antibodies. Under optimal conditions, the calculated detection limits were 0.22, 0.29, 0.51, 6.34, 0.30, and 0.94 ng/mL, respectively. By diluting the honey sample five times, the contaminants can be readily detected using LFIA. Semi-quantitative and quantitative analyses can be completed within 17 min. This innovative method fills the void in LFIA for detecting tropane alkaloids and serves as a valuable reference for LFIA detection of honey samples, providing a crucial strategy for the accurate detection of these important compounds.\n\nID: 39596313\nTitle: Acute Paraoxon-Induced Neurotoxicity in a Mouse Survival Model: Oxidative Stress, Dopaminergic System Alterations and Memory Deficits.\nAbstract: The secondary neurotoxicity induced by severe organophosphorus (OP) poisoning, including paraoxon (POX), is associated with cognitive impairments in survivors, who, despite receiving appropriate emergency treatments, may still experience lasting neurological deficits. Thus, the present study provides a survival mouse model of acute and severe POX poisoning to examine secondary neurotoxicity. Swiss CD-1 male mice were injected with POX (4 mg/kg, s.c.) followed by atropine (4 mg/kg, i.p.), pralidoxime (2-PAM; Pyridine-2-aldoxime methochloride) (25 mg/kg, i.p., twice, 1 h apart) and diazepam (5 mg/kg, i.p.), resulting in a survival rate >90% and Racine score of 5-6. Our results demonstrated that the model showed increased lipid peroxidation, downregulation of antioxidant enzymes and astrogliosis in the mouse hippocampus (HP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC), brain areas involved in cognitive functions. Moreover, dopamine (DA) levels were reduced in the hp, but increased in the PFC. Furthermore, the survival mouse model of acute POX intoxication did not exhibit phenotypic manifestations of depression, anxiety or motor incoordination. However, our results demonstrated long-term recognition memory impairments, which are in accordance with the molecular and neurochemical effects observed. In conclusion, this mouse model can aid in researching POX exposure's effects on memory and developing potential countermeasures against the secondary neurotoxicity induced by severe OP poisoning.\n\nID: 39458980\nTitle: Plants' Impact on the Human Brain-Exploring the Neuroprotective and Neurotoxic Potential of Plants.\nAbstract: Plants have long been recognized for their potential to influence neurological health, with both neuroprotective and neurotoxic properties. This review explores the dual nature of plant-derived compounds and their impact on the human brain. Numerous studies have highlighted the neuroprotective effects of various phytoconstituents, such as those found in Ginkgo biloba, Centella asiatica, Panax ginseng, Withania somnifera, and Curcuma longa. The neuroprotective compounds have demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cognitive-enhancing properties, making them promising candidates for combating neurodegenerative diseases and improving brain function. Polyphenolic compounds, triterpenic acids, and specific phytocompounds like the ones from EGb 761 extract have shown interactions with key enzymes and receptors in the brain, leading to neuroprotective outcomes. However, this review also acknowledges the neurotoxic potential of certain plants, such as the Veratrum species, which contains steroidal alkaloids that can cause DNA damage and disrupt neurological function, or Atropa belladonna, which interfere with the normal functioning of the cholinergic system in the body, leading to a range of symptoms associated with anticholinergic toxicity. This review also emphasizes the need for further research to elucidate the complex mechanisms underlying the neuroprotective and neurotoxic effects of plant-derived compounds, as well as to identify novel phytoconstituents with therapeutic potential. Understanding the complex relationship between plants and the human brain is crucial for harnessing the benefits of neuroprotective compounds while mitigating the risks associated with neurotoxic substances. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge on the neurological properties of plants and highlights the importance of continued research in this field for the development of novel therapeutic strategies targeting brain health and neurological disorders.\n\nID: 39364183\nTitle: Severe Neurotoxicity due to Atropa belladonna Poisoning: A Case Report and Literature Review.\nAbstract: Atropa belladonna (A. belladonna), commonly known as deadly nightshade, is a poisonous plant belonging to the Solanaceae family. The toxic effects of A. belladonna are attributable to its alkaloid content, which possesses potent anticholinergic properties. These alkaloids are responsible for the plant's toxicity and can cause a range of adverse effects in humans and animals upon ingestion or contact. In this report, we describe two atypical cases of A. belladonna poisoning resulting from accidental ingestion of the plant's raw leaves, which were referred to the emergency room of a poisoning center in northern Iran. Both patients presented with symptoms of anticholinergic toxicity, including dry mouth, mydriasis, tachycardia, and delirium. The patients were managed conservatively with supportive measures, including hydration and administration of benzodiazepines to control agitation and delirium. With appropriate treatment, both patients showed improvement and were discharged from the hospital. A. belladonna intoxication is associated with a range of clinical manifestations, primarily due to its neurotoxic effects. These manifestations may include flushing, mydriasis, tachycardia, ataxia, agitation, delirium, and urinary retention. The severity of symptoms can vary depending on the amount of the toxin ingested and the individual's susceptibility. In severe cases, A. belladonna toxicity can lead to seizures, coma, and even death. These cases highlight the importance of awareness regarding the potential toxicity of A. belladonna and the necessity of prompt and appropriate management of its toxicity. In severe cases, physostigmine may be considered for the treatment of neurological symptoms due to the plant's anticholinergic effects.\n\nID: 38897728\nTitle: N-acetylcysteine as a potentially safe adjuvant in the treatment of neurotoxicity due to pirimiphos-methyl poisoning.\nAbstract: Exogenous, well-established antioxidant N-acetylcysteine can reduce or prevent the deleterious effects of pesticides. In this study, utilizing a mouse model of daily single dose of N-acetylcysteine administration, we investigated the impact of this adjuvant on the treatment with atropine and/or obidoxime as well as oxidative stress response in pyrimiphos-methyl-induced toxicity. We found that N-acetylcysteine significantly reduces the oxidative stress generated by pyrimiphos-methyl. The therapy consisting of atropine and/or obidoxime routinely used in organophosphorous insecticide poisonings, including pyrimiphos-methyl, had no effect on the antioxidant properties of N-acetylcysteine. Adjunctive treatment offered by N-acetylcysteine fills therapeutic gap and may provide the full potential against pyrimiphos-methyl-induced toxicity.\n\nID: 38778957\nTitle: Successful Treatment of a Patient with brain tissue edema associated with Olanzapine overdose.\nAbstract: Olanzapine is one of the atypical antipsychotic agents which is being increasingly used, and it is synthetic derivative of thienobenzodiazepine with antipsychotic, and antinausea, and antiemetic activities. Olanzapine overdose is mainly associated with the development of anticholinergic toxicity and is characterized by central nervous system (CNS) suppression, tachycardia, and delirium. As little is yet known about the effects of this agent in toxic doses, it is important to report the features of overdose. Herein, we reported a 28-year-old male with a history of mental illness and substance abuse, who was admitted in a comatose state with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Head computed tomography (CT) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed significant cerebral edema and raised intracranial pressure, indicative of olanzapine-induced neurotoxicity. Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care. The patient's condition gradually improved with these interventions. Elevated olanzapine plasma concentration confirmed the diagnosis of overdose. Cranial pressure-lowering treatment has a certain effect on improving the condition of patients.\n\nID: 38555327\nTitle: Effects of the nerve agent VX on hiPSC-derived motor neurons.\nAbstract: Poisoning with the organophosphorus nerve agent VX can be life-threatening due to limitations of the standard therapy with atropine and oximes. To date, the underlying pathomechanism of VX affecting the neuromuscular junction has not been fully elucidated structurally. Results of recent studies investigating the effects of VX were obtained from cells of animal origin or immortalized cell lines limiting their translation to humans. To overcome this limitation, motor neurons (MN) of this study were differentiated from in-house feeder- and integration-free-derived human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) by application of standardized and antibiotic-free differentiation media with the aim to mimic human embryogenesis as closely as possible. For testing VX sensitivity, MN were initially exposed once to 400\u00a0\u00b5M, 600\u00a0\u00b5M, 800\u00a0\u00b5M, or 1000\u00a0\u00b5M VX and cultured for 5\u00a0days followed by analysis of changes in viability and neurite outgrowth as well as at the gene and protein level using \u00b5LC-ESI MS/HR MS, XTT, IncuCyte, qRT-PCR, and Western Blot. For the first time, VX was shown to trigger neuronal cell death and decline in neurite outgrowth in hiPSC-derived MN in a time- and concentration-dependent manner involving the activation of the intrinsic as well as the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis. Consistent with this, MN morphology and neurite network were altered time and concentration-dependently. Thus, MN represent a valuable tool for further investigation of the pathomechanism after VX exposure. These findings might set the course for the development of a promising human neuromuscular test model and patient-specific therapies in the future.\n\nID: 38374946\nTitle: Systolic hypertension as side effect of topical low dose atropine drops.\nAbstract: To present a case of increased systemic hypertension and pupil dilation related to low dose atropine eyedrops. A thirteen-year-old male with progressive myopia received atropine 0.05% ophthalmic drops to slow down myopia progression. He exhibited systemic systolic hypertension, photophobia, and bilateral nonreactive mydriasis. The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized. This case demonstrates sensitivity to low dose atropine with increased systemic blood pressure and pupillary dilation.\n\nID: 37770198\nTitle: Evaluation of Midazolam-Ketamine-Allopregnanolone Combination Therapy against Cholinergic-Induced Status Epilepticus in Rats.\nAbstract: Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening development of self-sustaining seizures that becomes resistant to benzodiazepines when treatment is delayed. Benzodiazepine pharmacoresistance is thought in part to result from internalization of synaptic GABAA receptors, which are the main target of the drug. The naturally occurring neurosteroid allopregnanolone is a therapy of interest against SE for its ability to modulate all isoforms of GABAA receptors. Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has been partially effective in combination with benzodiazepines in mitigating SE-associated neurotoxicity. In this study, allopregnanolone as an adjunct to midazolam or midazolam-ketamine combination therapy was evaluated for efficacy against cholinergic-induced SE. Adult male rats implanted with electroencephalographic (EEG) telemetry devices were exposed to the organophosphorus chemical (OP) soman (GD) and treated with an admix of atropine sulfate and HI-6 at 1 minute after exposure followed by midazolam, midazolam-allopregnanolone, or midazolam-ketamine-allopregnanolone 40 minutes after seizure onset. Neurodegeneration, neuronal loss, and neuroinflammation were assessed 2 weeks after GD exposure. Seizure activity, EEG power integral, and epileptogenesis were also compared among groups. Overall, midazolam-ketamine-allopregnanolone combination therapy was effective in reducing cholinergic-induced toxic signs and neuropathology, particularly in the thalamus and hippocampus. Higher dosage of allopregnanolone administered in combination with midazolam and ketamine was also effective in reducing EEG power integral and epileptogenesis. The current study reports that there is a promising potential of neurosteroids in combination with benzodiazepine and ketamine treatments in a GD model of SE. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Allopregnanolone, a naturally occurring neurosteroid, reduced pathologies associated with soman (GD) exposure such as epileptogenesis, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation, and suppressed GD-induced toxic signs when used as an adjunct to midazolam and ketamine in a delayed treatment model of soman-induced status epilepticus (SE) in rats. However, protection was incomplete, suggesting that further studies are needed to identify optimal combinations of antiseizure medications and routes of administration for maximal efficacy against cholinergic-induced SE.\n\nID: 37679834\nTitle: Amitriptyline overdose-an uncommon cause of acute transient exotropia presenting to the emergency setting: a case report.\nAbstract: Acute presentations of acquired exotropia or divergent alignment of either or both eyes are commonly observed following intracranial vascular events, trauma, orbital, and endoscopic sinus surgeries. The reported case is about a 16-year-old previously healthy Tamil female who presented to the emergency department with a few hours of reduced responsiveness. With the only clue in the history being about a family conflict the previous day, the examination revealed a noticeable exotropia along with a constellation of anticholinergic findings: a low Glasgow Coma Score, mydriasis, tachycardia, floppy limbs, exaggerated reflexes, and a palpable urinary bladder. Amitriptyline overdose leading to significant neurological involvement was suspected, and she was immediately offered urine alkalinization. Resources for urine and blood toxicological studies were not available. The patient gained consciousness 24\u00a0hours later and confirmed an overdose of ten amitriptyline tablets. Exotropia, a unique manifestation of this patient's neurotoxicity, spontaneously resolved in 36\u00a0hours. The reported case is about an uncommon clinical finding of exotropia seen in a common toxicological emergency: acute amitriptyline overdose. The importance of having a wide knowledge of various clinical presentations of drug toxicities is highlighted here, as any delay in diagnosis or initiation of life-saving measures could have resulted in fatal consequences.\n\nID: 37429600\nTitle: Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults.\nAbstract: This review presents recent studies of the chemical and molecular regulators of acetylcholine (ACh) signaling and the complexity of the small molecule and RNA regulators of those mechanisms that control cholinergic functioning in health and disease. The underlying structural, neurochemical, and transcriptomic concepts, including basic and translational research and clinical studies, shed new light on how these processes inter-change under acute states, age, sex, and COVID-19 infection; all of which modulate ACh-mediated processes and inflammation in women and men and under diverse stresses. The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE. The over-arching purpose of this review is thus to discuss mechanisms of cholinergic signaling dysfunction caused by OP pesticides, OP nerve agents, and anti-cholinergic medications; and to highlight new therapeutic strategies to combat both the acute and chronic effects of these chemicals on the cholinergic and neuroimmune systems. Furthermore, OP toxicity was examined in view of cholinesterase inhibition and beyond in order to highlight improved small molecules and RNA therapeutic strategies and assess their predicted pitfalls to reverse the acute toxicity and long-term deleterious effects of OPs.\n\nID: 37423467\nTitle: Anti-inflammatory, anticholinesterase, antioxidant, and memory enhancement potential of Phyllanthus amarus in potassium-dichromate induced neurotoxicity of male Wistar rats.\nAbstract: This study investigated the protective effect of aqueous Phyllanthus amarus leaf extract (APALE) in Potassium dichromate (PDc)-induced neurotoxicity. Seventy young adult male, Wistar rats with a weight of 130-150\u00a0g, were randomised into seven groups (n\u00a0=\u00a010): Group 1; distilled water; Group 2: 300\u00a0mg/kg APALE; Group 3: 17\u00a0mg/kg PDc; Group 4: 5\u00a0mg/kg Donepezil (DPZ); Group 5: 17\u00a0mg/kg PDc +\u00a0400\u00a0mg/kg APALE; Group 6:17\u00a0mg/kg PDc +\u00a0200\u00a0mg/kg APALE; Group 7: 17\u00a0mg/kg PDc +\u00a05\u00a0mg/kg DPZ. All administrations were given once daily via an orogastric cannula for 28 consecutive days. Cognitive assessment tests were employed to ascertain the treatments' effects on the rats' cognitive function. At the end of the experiment, the rats were sacrificed, morphometric analysis was done, and the brains were dissected for histology, enzyme, and other biochemical analysis. Findings from this study showed that APALE significantly improved locomotive activity, recognition memory sensitivity, protection against fear and anxiety, enhanced decision-making, and improved memory function in a dose-dependent manner comparably to DPZ. In addition, APALE significantly increased antioxidants level, reducing oxidative stress in PDc-induced neurotoxic rats and significantly reducing brain acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity by regulating gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) levels in PDc-induced neurotoxic rats compared to DPZ. Furthermore, APALE alleviated neuroinflammatory responses via maintaining histoarchitecture and down-regulation of IBA1 and Tau in PDc-induced rats. In conclusion, APALE protected against PDc-induced neurotoxicity via a combination of anti-inflammatory, anticholinergic, and antioxidant effects on the prefrontal cortex of rats.\n\nID: 36347056\nTitle: CROI 2022: neurologic complications of HIV-1, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens.\nAbstract: The 2022 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections featured new and important findings about the neurologic complications of HIV-1, COVID-19, and other infections. Long-term analyses identified that cognitive decline over time, phenotypic aging, and stroke are associated with various comorbidities in people with HIV. Neuroimaging studies showed greater neuroinflammation, white matter damage, demyelination, and overall brain aging in people with chronic HIV infection. Childhood trauma and exposure to environmental pollutants contribute to these neuroimaging findings. Studies of blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers showed that systemic inflammation, neurodegeneration, endothelial activation, oxidative stress, and iron dysregulation are associated with worse cognition in people with HIV. Some animal studies focused on myeloid cells of the central nervous system, but other animal and human studies showed that lymphoid cells also contribute to HIV neuropathogenesis. The deleterious central nervous system effects of polypharmacy and anticholinergic drugs in people with HIV were demonstrated. In contrast, a large randomized controlled trial showed that integrase strand transfer inhibitor therapy was not associated with neurotoxicity. Studies of cryptococcal meningitis demonstrated he cost-effectiveness of single high-dose liposomal amphotericin and the prognostic value of the cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay. People hospitalized with COVID-19 had more anxiety over time after discharge. The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antigen is present in cerebrospinal fluid in the absence of viral RNA. Systemic inflammation, astrocyte activation, and tryptophan metabolism pathways are associated with post-COVID-19 neurologic syndromes. Whether these processes are independent or intertwined during HIV-1 and COVID-19 infections requires further study.\n\nID: 36335468\nTitle: Neurotoxicity evoked by organophosphates and available countermeasures.\nAbstract: Organophosphorus compounds (OP) are a constant problem, both in the military and in the civilian field, not only in the form of acute poisoning but also for their long-lasting consequences. No antidote has been found that satisfactorily protects against the toxic effects of organophosphates. Likewise, there is no universal cure to avert damage after poisoning. The key mechanism of organophosphate toxicity is the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. The overstimulation of nicotinic or muscarinic receptors by accumulated acetylcholine on a synaptic cleft leads to activation of the glutamatergic system and the development of seizures. Further consequences include generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), neuroinflammation, and the formation of various other neuropathologists. In this review, we present neuroprotection strategies which can slow down the secondary nerve cell damage and alleviate neurological and neuropsychiatric disturbance. In our opinion, there is no unequivocal approach to ensure neuroprotection, however, sooner the neurotoxicity pathway is targeted, the better the results which can be expected. It seems crucial to target the key propagation pathways, i.e., to block cholinergic and, foremostly, glutamatergic cascades. Currently, the privileged approach oriented to stimulating GABAAR by benzodiazepines is of limited efficacy, so that antagonizing the hyperactivity of the glutamatergic system could provide an even more efficacious approach for terminating OP-induced seizures and protecting the brain from permanent damage. Encouraging results have been reported for tezampanel, an antagonist of GluK1 kainate and AMPA receptors, especially in combination with caramiphen, an anticholinergic and anti-glutamatergic agent. On the other hand, targeting ROS by antioxidants cannot or already developed neuroinflammation does not seem to be very productive as other processes are also involved.\n\nID: 36302937\nTitle: Synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of gabactyzine, a benactyzine-GABA mutual prodrug, as an organophosphate antidote.\nAbstract: Organophosphates (OPs) are inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and have deleterious effects on the central nervous system. Clinical manifestations of OP poisoning include convulsions, which represent an underlying toxic neuro-pathological process, leading to permanent neuronal damage. This neurotoxicity is mediated through the cholinergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic (NMDA) systems. Pharmacological interventions in OP poisoning are designed to mitigate these specific neuro-pathological pathways, using anticholinergic drugs and GABAergic agents. Benactyzine is a combined anticholinergic, anti-NMDA compound. Based on previous development of novel GABA derivatives (such as prodrugs based on perphenazine for the treatment of schizophrenia and nortriptyline against neuropathic pain), we describe the synthesis and preliminary testing of a mutual prodrug ester of benactyzine and GABA. It is assumed that once the ester crosses the blood-brain-barrier it will undergo hydrolysis, releasing benactyzine and GABA, which are expected to act synergistically. The combined release of both compounds in the brain offers several advantages over the current OP poisoning treatment protocol: improved efficacy and safety profile (where the inhibitory properties of GABA are expected to counteract the anticholinergic cognitive adverse effects of benactyzine) and enhanced chemical stability compared to benactyzine alone. We present here preliminary results of animal studies, showing promising results with early gabactyzine administration.\n\nID: 35439576\nTitle: Mechanisms and treatment strategies of organophosphate pesticide induced neurotoxicity in humans: A critical appraisal.\nAbstract: Organophosphates (OPs) are commonly used pesticides worldwide. Humans are exposed to OPs via different routes viz., the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and dermal integuments. OPs induce neuropathy by either phosphorylating acetyl cholinesterase or neuropathy target esterase, or by binding specifically to nicotinic or muscarinic receptors of nervous system. Other than neurobehavioral effects in humans, OPs cause cholinergic crisis, intermediate syndrome, OP-induced delayed neuropathy, and Chronic organophosphate-induced neuropsychiatric disorders in time and dosage dependent manner. Biomonitoring of OP markers from body fluids minimizes or measures the severity of the impact, allowing for timely control of the exposure. The standard treatments for OPs poisoning which avoid secondary organ damage are atropine administration, acetylcholine esterase restoration therapy with oximes, and general intensive care. This review summarizes the toxic manifestation data available on humans and discusses potential therapeutic modalities, with the aim to highlight the importance of increasing awareness about its potential risk and reevaluation of exposure level.\n\nID: 37304619\nTitle: Gut dysbiosis following organophosphate, diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP), intoxication and saracatinib oral administration.\nAbstract: Organophosphate nerve agents (OPNAs) act as irreversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and can lead to cholinergic crisis including salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal distress, respiratory distress, and seizures. Although the OPNAs have been studied in the past few decades, little is known about the impact on the gut microbiome which has become of increasing interest across fields. In this study, we challenged animals with the OPNA, diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP, 4mg/kg, s.c.) followed immediately by 2mg/kg atropine sulfate (i.m.) and 25mg/kg 2-pralidoxime (i.m.) and 30 minutes later by 3mg/kg midazolam (i.m.). One hour after midazolam, animals were treated with a dosing regimen of saracatinib (SAR, 20mg/kg, oral), a src family kinase inhibitor, to mitigate DFP-induced neurotoxicity. We collected fecal samples 48 hours, 7 days, and 5 weeks post DFP intoxication. 16S rRNA genes (V4) were amplified to identify the bacterial composition. At 48 hours, a significant increase in the abundance of Proteobacteria and decrease in the abundance of Firmicutes were observed in DFP treated animals. At 7 days there was a significant reduction in Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, but a significant increase in Bacteroidetes in the DFP groups compared to controls. The taxonomic changes at 5 weeks were negligible. There was no impact of SAR administration on microbial composition. There was a significant DFP-induced reduction in alpha diversity at 48 hours but not at 7 days and 5 weeks. There appeared to be an impact of DFP on beta diversity at 48 hours and 7 days but not at 5 weeks. In conclusion, acute doses of DFP lead to short-term gut dysbiosis and SAR had no effect. Understanding the role of gut dysbiosis in long-term toxicity may reveal therapeutic targets.\n\nID: 34779379\nTitle: A Comparison of the Neuroprotective and Reactivating Efficacy of a Novel Bispyridinium Oxime K870 with Commonly Used Pralidoxime and the Oxime HI-6 in Tabun-Poisoned Rats.\nAbstract: The comparison of neuroprotective and central reactivating effects of the oxime K870 in combination with atropine with the efficacy of standard antidotal treatment in tabun-poisoned rats. The neuroprotective effects of antidotal treatment were determined in rats poisoned with tabun at a sublethal dose using a functional observational battery 2 h and 24 h after tabun administration, the tabun-induced brain damage was investigated by the histopathological evaluation and central reactivating effects of oximes was evaluated by the determination of acetylcholinesterase activity in the brain using a standard spectrophotometric method. The central reactivating efficacy of a newly developed oxime K870 roughly corresponds to the central reactivating efficacy of pralidoxime while the ability of the oxime HI-6 to reactivate tabun-inhibited acetylcholinesterase in the brain was negligible. The ability of the oxime K870 to decrease tabun-induced acute neurotoxicity was slightly higher than that of pralidoxime and similar to the oxime HI-6. These results roughly correspond to the histopathological evaluation of tabun-induced brain damage. The newly synthesized oxime K870 is not a suitable replacement for commonly used oximes in the antidotal treatment of acute tabun poisonings because its neuroprotective efficacy is only slightly higher or similar compared to studied currently used oximes.\n\nID: 34765683\nTitle: Antimuscarinic Anticholinergic Medications in Parkinson Disease: To Prescribe or Deprescribe?\nAbstract: The relative importance of antimuscarinic anticholinergic medications for Parkinson's disease (PD) declined after the introduction of levodopa, such that anticholinergic medications are now much more likely to be prescribed for clinical indications other than parkinsonism. Recent studies have found an association between anticholinergic medication exposure and future risk of dementia in older individuals and those with PD. These findings provide a further reason to avoid the use of anticholinergic medications to treat motor symptoms of PD. More importantly, they raise the question of whether one of the goals of PD treatment should be to deprescribe all medications with anticholinergic properties, regardless of their indication, to reduce dementia risk. In this review, we discuss the use of anticholinergic medications in PD, the evidence supporting the association between anticholinergic medications and future dementia risk, and the potential implications of these findings for clinical care in PD.\n\nID: 34622217\nTitle: Sex-specific acute and chronic neurotoxicity of acute diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP)-intoxication in juvenile Sprague-Dawley rats.\nAbstract: Preclinical efforts to improve medical countermeasures against organophosphate (OP) chemical threat agents have largely focused on adult male models. However, age and sex have been shown to influence the neurotoxicity of repeated low-level OP exposure. Therefore, to determine the influence of sex and age on outcomes associated with acute OP intoxication, postnatal day 28 Sprague-Dawley male and female rats were exposed to the OP diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP; 3.4\u00a0mg/kg, s.c.) or an equal volume of vehicle (\u223c80\u00a0\u00b5L saline, s.c.) followed by atropine sulfate (0.1\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and pralidoxime (2-PAM; 25\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.). Seizure activity was assessed during the first 4\u00a0h post-exposure using behavioral criteria and electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings. At 1\u00a0d post-exposure, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was measured in cortical tissue, and at 1, 7, and 28 d post-exposure, brains were collected for neuropathologic analyses. At 1\u00a0month post-DFP, animals were analyzed for motor ability, learning and memory, and hippocampal neurogenesis. Acute DFP intoxication triggered more severe seizure behavior in males than females, which was supported by EEG recordings. DFP caused significant neurodegeneration and persistent microglial activation in numerous brain regions of both sexes, but astrogliosis occurred earlier and was more severe in males compared to females. DFP males and females exhibited pronounced memory deficits relative to sex-matched controls. In contrast, acute DFP intoxication altered hippocampal neurogenesis in males, but not females. These findings demonstrate that acute DFP intoxication triggers seizures in juvenile rats of both sexes, but the seizure severity varies by sex. Some, but not all, chronic neurotoxic outcomes also varied by sex. The spatiotemporal patterns of neurological damage suggest that microglial activation may be a more important factor than astrogliosis or altered neurogenesis in the pathogenesis of cognitive deficits in juvenile rats acutely intoxicated with OPs.\n\nID: 34509511\nTitle: Persistent neuropathology and behavioral deficits in a mouse model of status epilepticus induced by acute intoxication with diisopropylfluorophosphate.\nAbstract: Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents and pesticides are a class of neurotoxic compounds that can cause status epilepticus (SE), and death following acute high-dose exposures. While the standard of care for acute OP intoxication (atropine, oxime, and high-dose benzodiazepine) can prevent mortality, survivors of OP poisoning often experience long-term brain damage and cognitive deficits. Preclinical studies of acute OP intoxication have primarily used rat models to identify candidate medical countermeasures. However, the mouse offers the advantage of readily available knockout strains for mechanistic studies of acute and chronic consequences of OP-induced SE. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine whether a mouse model of acute diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) intoxication would produce acute and chronic neurotoxicity similar to that observed in rat models and humans following acute OP intoxication. Adult male C57BL/6J mice injected with DFP (9.5 mg/kg, s.c.) followed 1 min later with atropine sulfate (0.1 mg/kg, i.m.) and 2-pralidoxime (25 mg/kg, i.m.) developed behavioral and electrographic signs of SE within minutes that continued for at least 4 h. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition persisted for at least 3 d in the blood and 14 d in the brain of DFP mice relative to vehicle (VEH) controls. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed significant neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in multiple brain regions at 1, 7, and 28 d post-exposure in the brains of DFP mice relative to VEH controls. Deficits in locomotor and home-cage behavior were observed in DFP mice at 28 d post-exposure. These findings demonstrate that this mouse model replicates many of the outcomes observed in rats and humans acutely intoxicated with OPs, suggesting the feasibility of using this model for mechanistic studies and therapeutic screening.\n\nID: 33981172\nTitle: In vitro biological activity of Salvia fruticosa Mill. infusion against amyloid \u03b2-peptide-induced toxicity and inhibition of GSK-3\u03b2, CK-1\u03b4, and BACE-1 enzymes relevant to Alzheimer's disease.\nAbstract: Salvia species have been traditionally used to improve cognition and have been proved to be a potential natural treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Salvia fruticosa Mill. (Turkish sage or Greek sage) demonstrated to have anticholinergic effects in vitro. The aim of this study was to understand the mechanism underlying the neuroprotective effects of S. fruticosa infusion and its representative compound rosmarinic acid, which was detected by LC-DAD-ESI-MS/MS. The protective effects of the S. fruticosa infusion (SFINF) and its major substance rosmarinic acid (RA) on amyloid beta 1-42 -induced cytotoxicity on SH-SY5Y cells together with p-GSK-3\u03b2 activation were investigated. Their in vitro inhibitory effects against glycogen synthase kinase 3\u03b2, \u03b2-secretase, and casein kinase 1\u03b4 enzymes were also evaluated. The results showed that treatment with the all tested concentrations, SFINF significantly decreased A\u03b2 1-42-induced cytotoxicity and exhibited promising in vitro glycogen synthase kinase 3\u03b2 inhibitory activity below 10\u00a0\u00b5g/mL (IC50 6.52\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.14\u00a0\u00b5g/mL), in addition to \u03b2-secretase inhibition (IC50 86\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.9\u00a0\u00b5g/mL) and casein kinase 1\u03b4 inhibition (IC50 121.57\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.00). The SFINF (100\u00a0\u00b5g/mL and 250\u00a0\u00b5g/mL) also activated the expression of p-GSK-3\u03b2 in amyloid beta 1-42 treated SH-SY5Y cells. The outcomes of this study demonstrated that the S. fruticosa infusion possessed activity to prevent amyloid beta 1-42 -induced neurotoxicity and provided proof that its mechanism may involve regulation of p-GSK-3\u03b2 protein.\n\nID: 33761853\nTitle: Piper sarmentosum Roxb. Attenuates Beta Amyloid (A\u03b2)-Induced Neurotoxicity Via the Inhibition of Amyloidogenesis and Tau Hyperphosphorylation in SH-SY5Y Cells.\nAbstract: In Alzheimer's disease, accumulation of beta amyloid (A\u03b2) triggers amyloidogenesis and hyperphosphorylation of tau protein leading to neuronal cell death. Piper sarmentosum Roxb. (PS) is a traditional medicinal herb used by Malay to treat rheumatism, headache and boost memory. It possesses various biological effects, such as anti-cholinergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-depressant-like effects. The present study aimed to investigate neuroprotective properties of PS against A\u03b2-induced neurotoxicity and to evaluate its potential mechanism of action. Neuroprotective effects of hexane (HXN), dichloromethane (DCM), ethyl acetate (EA) and methanol (MEOH) extracts from leaves (L) and roots (R) of PS against A\u03b2-induced neurotoxicity were investigated in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. Cells were pre-treated with PS for 24 h followed by 24 h of induction with A\u03b2. The neuroprotective effects of PS were studied using cell viability and cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) assays. The levels of extracellular A\u03b2 and tau proteins phosphorylated at threonine 231 (pT231) were determined. Gene and protein expressions were assessed using qRT-PCR analyses and western blot analyses, respectively. Hexane extracts of PS (LHXN and RHXN) protected SH-SY5Y cells against A\u03b2-induced neurotoxicity, and decreased levels of extracellular A\u03b2 and phosphorylated tau (pT231). Although extracts of PS inhibited A\u03b2-induced ROS production, it was unlikely that neuroprotective effects were simply due to the anti-oxidant capacity of PS. Further, mechanistic study suggested that the neuroprotective effects of PS might be due to its capability to regulate amyloidogenesis through the downregulation of BACE and APP. These findings suggest that hexane extracts of PS confer neuroprotection against A\u03b2- induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells by attenuating amyloidogenesis and tau hyperphosphorylation. Due to its neuroprotective properties, PS might be a potential therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease.\n\nID: 33301785\nTitle: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes after Premedication with Atropine/Propofol vs Atropine/Atracurium/Sufentanil for Neonatal Intubation: 2-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial.\nAbstract: This study followed 173 newborn infants in the PREmedication Trial for Tracheal Intubation of the NEOnate\u00a0multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of atropine-propofol vs atropine-atracurium-sufentanil for premedication before nonemergency intubation. At 2\u00a0years of corrected age, there was no significant difference between the groups in death or risk of neurodevelopmental delay assessed with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01490580.\n\nID: 33222198\nTitle: Tardive neurotoxicity of anticholinergic drugs: A review.\nAbstract: The cholinergic system is a complex neurotransmitter system with functional involvement at multiple levels of the nervous system including the cerebral cortex, spinal cord, autonomic nervous system, and neuromuscular junction. Anticholinergic medications are among the most prescribed medications, making up one-third to one-half of all medications prescribed for seniors. Recent evidence has linked long-term use of anticholinergic medications and dementia. Emerging evidence implicates the cholinergic system in the regulation of cerebral vasculature as well as neuroinflammation, suggesting that anticholinergic medications may contribute to absolute risk and progression of neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, we explore the involvement of the cholinergic system in various neurodegenerative diseases and the possible detrimental effects of anticholinergic medications on the onset and progression of these disorders. We identified references by searching the PubMed and Cochrane database between January 1990 and September 2019 for English-language animal and human studies including randomized clinical trials (RCTs), meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and observational studies. In addition, we conducted a manual search of reference lists from retrieved studies. Long-term anticholinergic medication exposure may have detrimental consequences beyond well-documented short-term cognitive effects, through a variety of mechanisms either directly impacting cholinergic neurotransmission or through receptors expressed on the vasculature or immune cells, providing a pathophysiological framework for complex interactions across the entire neuroaxis.\n\nID: 33221011\nTitle: Crosstalk of cholinergic pathway on thyroid disrupting effects of the insecticide chlorpyrifos in zebrafish (Danio rerio).\nAbstract: Chlorpyrifos is a widely used organophosphate insecticide and ubiquitously detected in the environment. However, little attention has been paid to its endocrine disrupting effect to non-target organisms. In the present study, zebrafish was exposed to 13 and 65\u00a0\u03bcg/L of chlorpyrifos for 7 and 10\u00a0days to determine the induced neurotoxicity and the alteration of thyroid metabolism. The 120\u00a0h LC50 and LC10 of chlorpyrifos was estimated as 1.35\u00a0mg/L and 0.62\u00a0mg/L based on the acute embryo toxicity assay, respectively. The acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory was detected by 13\u00a0\u03bcg/L chlorpyrifos and could be reversed by the co-exposure of 100 and 1000\u00a0\u03bcg/L anticholinergic agent atropine. For thyroid hormone level, 13 and 65\u00a0\u03bcg/L of chlorpyrifos induced increased free T3 levels in 10\u00a0dpf (days post-fertilization). The expression of thyroid related genes in 7 and 10\u00a0dpf exposed zebrafish were measured by the quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) assay. The mRNA expression of tshba, thrb, crhb, ttr, tpo, ugt1ab and slc5a5 had significant change. However, the alterations of thyroid hormone and mRNA expression could be partly rescued by the addition of atropine. The molecular docking of chlorpyrifos and T3 to the thyroid receptor \u03b2 in zebrafish using homology modelling and CDOCKER procedures shown weaker binding ability of chlorpyrifos compared to T3. Therefore, we concluded that the disturbance of thyroid signaling in zebrafish might arise from the developmental neurotoxicity induced by chlorpyrifos.\n\nID: 33040867\nTitle: Neurochemical and Neurobiological Weapons.\nAbstract: Nerve agents and neurobiological weapons are among the most devastating and lethal of weapons. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors act by increasing the amount of acetylcholine in the neuromuscular junction, resulting in flaccid paralysis. Tabun, VX, soman, and sarin are the major agents in this category. Exposure to nerve agents can be inhalational or through dermal contact. Neurotoxins may have peripheral and central effects on the nervous system. Atropine is an effective antidote to nerve agents. Neurobiological weapons entail using whole organisms or organism-synthesized toxins as agents. Some organisms that can be used as biological weapons include smallpox virus.\n\nID: 33040861\nTitle: Toxin-Induced Acute Delirium.\nAbstract: Acute delirium is a transient state of cerebral dysfunction reflecting an underlying medical decompensation. Toxicity from medications and other substances are a common cause of delirium. History and laboratory testing may be limited by alteration and lack of specific tests for certain compounds. Classes of compounds produce a constellation of symptoms and examination findings recognized as a toxidrome. Cessation of the offending agent, supportive care, and specific antidotal therapy are key to treatment. This article reviews the presentations of the anticholinergic toxidrome, sympathomimetic toxidrome, hallucinogenic toxidrome, \u03b3-aminobutyric acid withdrawal, and Wernicke encephalopathy, as well as their mechanisms and basic management.\n\nID: 32898549\nTitle: Acute administration of diazepam or midazolam minimally alters long-term neuropathological effects in the rat brain following acute intoxication with diisopropylfluorophosphate.\nAbstract: Acute intoxication with organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitors (OPs) can trigger seizures that rapidly progress to life-threatening status epilepticus. Diazepam, long considered the standard of care for treating OP-induced seizures, is being replaced by midazolam. Whether midazolam is more effective than diazepam in mitigating the persistent effects of acute OP intoxication has not been rigorously evaluated. We compared the efficacy of diazepam vs. midazolam in preventing persistent neuropathology in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats acutely intoxicated with the OP diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP). Subjects were administered pyridostigmine bromide (0.1\u00a0mg/kg, i.p.) 30\u00a0min prior to injection with DFP (4\u00a0mg/kg, s.c.) or vehicle (saline) followed 1\u00a0min later by atropine sulfate (2\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and pralidoxime (25\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.), and 40\u00a0min later by diazepam (5\u00a0mg/kg, i.p.), midazolam (0.73\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.), or vehicle. At 3 and 6 months post-exposure, neurodegeneration, reactive astrogliosis, microglial activation, and oxidative stress were assessed in multiple brain regions using quantitative immunohistochemistry. Brain mineralization was evaluated by in vivo micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). Acute DFP intoxication caused persistent neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and brain mineralization. Midazolam transiently mitigated neurodegeneration, and both benzodiazepines partially protected against reactive astrogliosis in a brain region-specific manner. Neither benzodiazepine attenuated microglial activation or brain mineralization. These findings indicate that neither benzodiazepine effectively protects against persistent neuropathological changes, and suggest that midazolam is not significantly better than diazepam. Overall, this study highlights the need for improved neuroprotective strategies for treating humans in the event of a chemical emergency involving OPs.\n\nID: 32712238\nTitle: Cobra snakebite mimicking brain death treated with a novel combination of polyvalent snake antivenom and anticholinesterase.\nAbstract: In toxicology literature, snake bites were the second toxicology-relevant cause mimicking brain death. A 57-year-old woman with history of cobra snake bite. On examination, the brain stem reflexes were absent with Glasgow coma score of 3. The patient accomplished full neurological recovery after using a novel combination of Polyvalent Snake Antivenom (PSA) and anticholinesterases. This case highlights a unique presentation of cobra bite induced brain death mimicking. Thus, intensivist should exclude neuroparalytic effect of snakebite before considering withdrawal of ventilatory support or organ donation. Also, the life-threatening presentation of cobra envenomation mandates the use of higher doses of PSA to reverse the neuroparalytic toxicity. We should consider the rule of anticholinesterase as an adjunctive therapy to PSA in severe cobra envenomation.\n=======================================================\n\n### [CUSTOM DATAPOINTS]\nCRITICAL EXTRACTION DIRECTIVE: You MUST extract the following custom datapoints as root-level key/value pairs inside your final JSON block:\n- \"suggested_experiments\": generate 1-3 suggested experiments\n- \"suggested_studies\": generate 1-3 suggested studies\n- \"swansons_literature_based_discovery_candidates\": You are an advanced Literature-Based Discovery (LBD) system executing Swanson\u2019s complementary-but-disjoint (A-B-C) model. Your goal is to find hidden, unpublished connections across the provided dataset. Strict Discovery Protocol: 1. Identify distinct, isolated sub-literatures (Domain A and Domain C) within the dataset that share NO direct citations, co-mentions, or common contextual paragraphs. 2. Find an intermediate biological mechanism, protein, path, or entity (Bridge B) that appears independently in both isolated domains (A-to-B and B-to-C). 3. Synthesize a novel, unstated hypothesis (A-to-C). Negative Constraint (Crucial): DO NOT output any connection if the relationship between Concept A and Concept C is explicitly mentioned, paired, or summarized anywhere in the source text. If a connection (like \"OMN resilience to SMN stabilization\") is already explicitly stated or grouped as a concept in the data, it is considered \"already known\" and must be disqualified. Format your output exactly as follows: - Discovered Hypothesis (A to C): [Clear, novel statement] - Literature A (Origin): [Entity/Concept and source context] - Literature C (Target): [Entity/Concept and source context] - The Intersecting Bridge B: [The shared mechanism/protein linking them] - Biological Rationale: [1-2 sentences explaining why this hidden connection is mechanistically plausible]\n- \"contradictions_between_evidences\": Identify conflicting evidence within the evidence set (if any) and flag the dispute here\n- \"repurposed_solutions\": identify and explain repurposed Solution potentials\n\n\nFormat Requirement:\nRAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nFirst provide disclaimer such as \"Even though this fact check looked at unique up-to-date abstracts, new evidence may refute this answer in the future. Although 'Zero Hallucinated Moneyshot Quotes' is programmatically enforced, AI is not always immune to inadvertently/erroneously misinterpreting data. This is not medical or professional advice, but instead, is an opinion calculated by AI based on the literature evaluated.\"\n---\nWrite in a highly academic, formal thesis tone.\nFormat your readable response using these exact academic headers:\n###[CLAIM EVALUATED AND ANSWER TO USER]\n(Exact wording of the claim evaluated)\n### [ABSTRACT & REWRITTEN CLAIM]\n(Scientific synthesis)\n### [INTRODUCTION & JUSTIFICATION]\n(Mechanistic explanation utilizing the 'moneyshot quotes' you will use in the EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS section later as well)\n### [DISCUSSION: NOVEL & OVERLOOKED]\n(5-10 bullet points of surprising facts)\n### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\n(Numbered list matching inline citations) For example \"1. ID: 12345 - Application: The text discusses ... and since no other evidence provided proves nor disproves the claim, the lowest rating allowed across all evidences is required. ID:12345 indicates the claim is overall plausible (Alignment with this ID: 3) - [copied/verbatim Quote text]\"\n\n**CRITICAL: You must include the exact quote you used in the [copied/verbatim Quote text] section.\n\nIf the prompt says \"at least 20 quotes\" then there must be at least 20 matching citations. You must actually use the quotes you select within the conext of the preprint publication you write.\n\nEvaluation Schema:\nRAG AMNESIA IS ACTIVE: You must ONLY use the provided context literature. Do not use outside prior knowledge. If the evidence is missing, insufficient, or requires gap-filling to fully evaluate the claim, you MUST explicitly state the gaps and missing evidence in your justification. Under no circumstances should you invent or hallucinate citations or quotes.\n\nContext:A patient is brought into a remote aid station after an explosion inside a covert manufacturing facility. They have a known concussive blast injury, moderate skin irritation, and potential unknown chemical inhalation.Patient Clinical Presentation:Physical Trauma: Grade 2 concussion (confusion, mild disorientation, reactive pupils).Dermatological: Superficial skin burning and blistering across the forearms. The skin smells faintly of burnt almonds or cut grass.Respiratory/Systemic: Shortness of breath, mild tachypnea, and sudden, severe muscle twitching (fasciculations) that began 10 minutes post-exposure.Operational Constraint:Standard advanced diagnostics are unavailable. The primary treatment kit contains standard trauma items, atropine/pralidoxime (2-PAM) autoinjectors, sodium thiosulfate, hydroxycobalamin, and basic field-expedient wellness supplies.Scan Instructions:Run a single scan over the medical and toxicological corpus to map this multi-system presentation. Provide the following outputs using Veridical Enforcement:Differential Toxin Ranking: Based on the combination of blast concussion, skin burning, and the specific onset of muscle twitching vs. scent clues, identify and rank the top two most likely overlapping chemical exposure pathways.The Dynamic Counter-Response (The \"If/Then\" Fork): Map the exact treatment-response trap. If I suspect Toxin A and administer standard Countermeasure X (e.g., an anticholinergic like atropine), but the patient\u2019s fasciculations instantly stop while their blood pressure dangerously spikes and pupils violently dilate, what secondary hidden pathway does this reaction reveal?Veridical Contraindications: Explicitly cite the exact physiological mechanisms and PubMed-grounded parameters where standard concussion management (e.g., specific fluid resuscitation volumes or sedatives) directly exacerbates the cellular hypoxia or neurotoxicity caused by the suspected chemical inhalants. Do not hallucinate or approximate citations.\n\n###critical: WRAP YOUR THOUGHTS WITH \nAll responses must include the mandatory \"### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\" section as formatted.\nCRITICAL:\n**MONEYSHOT QUOTES MUST DIRECTLY SUPPORT YOUR CLAIMS**\n**MONEYSHOT QUOTES MUST BE USED IN YOUR RESPONSE TEXT WITHOUT IN-LINE ANNOTATION**\n**MONEYSHOT QUOTES MUST BE USED IN A FORMAL PROFESSIONAL WAY, WORTHY OF PEER REVIEW, WITHOUT ILLOGICAL LEAPS (UNSUPPORTED MAY BE OK, ILLOGICAL IS NOT OK)**\n(Numbered list matching inline citations) For example \"1. ID: 12345 - Application: The text discusses ... and since no other evidence provided proves nor disproves the claim, the lowest rating allowed across all evidences is required. ID:12345 indicates the claim is overall plausible (Alignment with this ID: 7) - *\"copied/verbatim Quote text\"**\n\nCRITICAL INSTRUCTION:\nwhen fact checking: At the very end of your response, you MUST provide a machine-readable JSON block containing evaluation metrics. \nIt MUST be enclosed exactly between ###JSON_START### and ###JSON_END###. Ensure the JSON is valid. \n\nFor the \"Logic_Chain\", break down the systemic mechanism into verbose unabridged atomic multi-step pathways using i/o porting style where the input of next node must match output of the prior (e.g., A -> B, B->C, C->D). Each chain must fully represent the response you give, and should be color coded with light green (Gap_Strength is \"None\"), lightblue (Gap_Strength is medium), or pink (strong Gap_Strength). Logic_Chain MUST be a JSON array of objects. Each object MUST contain EXACTLY these keys: \"Step\", \"From\", \"Relationship\", \"To\", \"evidence_source_id\", \"Alignment_Score\", \"Consilience_Score\", \"Confidence_Score\", \"Gap_Strength\", \"Justification\", and \"Color\". Use commas between objects. DO NOT leave trailing commas inside objects.\n\nFor \"Verbatim_Quotes\", copy at least 20 (required, 20 or more) \"moneyshot\" quotes EXACTLY as they appear in the context literature text, word-for-word, characters included, that fully support your response. We will programmatically validate these. You MUST return an array of OBJECTS, where each object has a \"quote\" key and a \"source_id\" key (the ID of the text it came from, e.g., the ID). Do not alter a single character, do not paraphrase.\n\nUse these scales to evaluate HOW WELL THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THE SPECIFIC CLAIM EVALUATED ABOVE:\n- Alignment Score (1-7): How well does the EVALUATED CLAIM factually align with the provided RAG evidence set? [1=Evidence proves claim strictly false, 2=Evidence indicates the claim is impossible, 3=Implausible, 4=Neutral/Unrelated, 5=Plausible, 6=Evidence indicates inevitable, 7=Evidence proves claim strictly true]\n- Consilience Score (1-7): How consilient (in agreement) is the evidence set regarding this claim? [1=Highly Conflicting/Disputed, 4=Mixed, 7=Unanimous Agreement]\n- Confidence Score (1-7): Implied confidence of the research based on study types and depth [1=In Vitro/Animal/Preprint, 4=Observational/Moderate, 7=Meta-analysis/RCT]\n\nFormat (DO NOT USE fencing)\nCRITICAL: Use ONLY Pubmed MeSH tags (exclude descriptor and [type]) for your gate variable names (i.e.,.the \"gates\") so they will be standardized globally. Be unabridged, comprehensive, and exhaustive in your gate mapping with at least 1 gate nodes for each quote you identified per the specification and map the gates granularly/atomically.\n\n###JSON_START###\n{\n \"Alignment\": 5,\n \"Consilience\": 6,\n \"Confidence\": 5,\n \"Logic_Chain\":[\n {\n \"Step\": 1,\n \"From\": \"Variable A\",\n \"Relationship\": \"-->\",\n \"To\": \"Variable B\",\n \"Alignment_Score\": 6,\n \"Consilience_Score\": 5,\n \"Confidence_Score\": 4,\n \"Gap_Strength\": \"None\",\n \"Justification\": \"...\",\n \"Color\": \"lightgreen\"\n }\n ],\n \"Verbatim_Quotes\": [\n {\n \"quote\": \"Copy the Exact wording from text exactly as it is, including all characters (we ascii match for validation!).\",\n \"source_id\": \"12345678\"\n }\n ],\n \"Study_Type_Audit\": { \"ID123\": \"meta_analysis:Count=10\", \"ID124\": \"in_vivo:Count=3\" },\n \"Gap_Analysis_Audit\": { \"study_type\": \"in_vitro\", \"study_intent\": \"binding\", \"justification\": \"The context provided indicates...\", \"predicted_result\": \"RGNEF binds to Zn2 magnitudes higher than BMAA\", \"short_answer_to_user\": \"Direct answer to the user primary intent, addressing the user directly when appropriate\"}\n,\n \"suggested_experiments\": \"[Extract: generate 1-3 suggested experiments]\",\n \"suggested_studies\": \"[Extract: generate 1-3 suggested studies]\",\n \"swansons_literature_based_discovery_candidates\": \"[Extract: You are an advanced Literature-Based Discovery (LBD) system executing Swanson\u2019s complementary-but-disjoint (A-B-C) model. Your goal is to find hidden, unpublished connections across the provided dataset. Strict Discovery Protocol: 1. Identify distinct, isolated sub-literatures (Domain A and Domain C) within the dataset that share NO direct citations, co-mentions, or common contextual paragraphs. 2. Find an intermediate biological mechanism, protein, path, or entity (Bridge B) that appears independently in both isolated domains (A-to-B and B-to-C). 3. Synthesize a novel, unstated hypothesis (A-to-C). Negative Constraint (Crucial): DO NOT output any connection if the relationship between Concept A and Concept C is explicitly mentioned, paired, or summarized anywhere in the source text. If a connection (like \\\"OMN resilience to SMN stabilization\\\") is already explicitly stated or grouped as a concept in the data, it is considered \\\"already known\\\" and must be disqualified. Format your output exactly as follows: - Discovered Hypothesis (A to C): [Clear, novel statement] - Literature A (Origin): [Entity/Concept and source context] - Literature C (Target): [Entity/Concept and source context] - The Intersecting Bridge B: [The shared mechanism/protein linking them] - Biological Rationale: [1-2 sentences explaining why this hidden connection is mechanistically plausible]]\",\n \"contradictions_between_evidences\": \"[Extract: Identify conflicting evidence within the evidence set (if any) and flag the dispute here]\",\n \"repurposed_solutions\": \"[Extract: identify and explain repurposed Solution potentials]\"\n}\n###JSON_END###\n\n### CRITICAL QUOTE VALIDATION FAILURE (ATTEMPT 1) ###\nThe validator executed a 100% strict, character-by-character substring search. Your response was REJECTED because the following quotes do not exist verbatim in the source texts.\n\n\u274c FAILED QUOTES (You must fix or delete these):\n\n- ERROR: You cited ID: 35149144 for the quote: \"Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients.\"\n FACT: Strict Misquote Detected! The exact character sequence \"Vomiting and abdominal colic were t...\" was NOT found in the provided text. Do NOT truncate, paraphrase, or edit quotes.\n \n Below is the complete, true text of ID 35149144 that you MUST read. \n Find a valid, verbatim, character-perfect sentence inside this exact block to cite instead, or change your claim to align with what this text actually says:\n \n --- BEGIN ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 35149144 ---\n ID: 35149144\nTitle: Assessment of the serum glucose/potassium GLU/K ratio as a predictor of intermediate syndrome following acute anticholinesterase exposure.\nAbstract: The widespread use of anticholinesterase-containing pesticides accounts for the considerable morbidity and mortality in Egypt and worldwide. Few studies have investigated the predictors of intermediate syndrome (IMS). Therefore, in this study, we assessed the adequacy of the serum glucose/potassium (GLU/K) ratio as an early reliable tool to predict IMS incidence following intoxication with acute anticholinesterase compounds. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who presented to Tanta University Poison Control Center, Egypt, and were diagnosed with acute anticholinesterase intoxication between January and August, 2021. Patients were categorized based on the primary outcome into IMS (+) and IMS (-) groups. Overall, 243 patients were included, among whom 44 (18.1%) had IMS as the complication. Younger individuals with age ranging between 18 and < 25 years constituted the main exposed age category in both groups. Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients (94.2% and 63.8% of patients, respectively). The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor. At a cutoff value of > 41.07%, the GLU/K ratio could significantly predict IMS (areas under the curves = 0.971, p < 0.001) with 93% accuracy, 93.2% sensitivity, and 93% specificity. Although the clear pathophysiology of IMS remains to be elucidated, our results provide insight into the significant contribution of neurological affection, apart from the well-known direct toxic effect on muscles. Moreover, we demonstrated a significant association between the development of IMS and severity of organophosphorus compounds' exposure. Physicians should be vigilant to detect IMS early upon admission using the GLU/K ratio, which is a useful early IMS predictor.\n --- END ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 35149144 ---\n\n- ERROR: You cited ID: 33484734 for the quote: \"The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration \u00d7 exposure duration (Cxt); the higher the Cxt is, the less time that is required for edema to appear.\"\n FACT: Strict Misquote Detected! The exact character sequence \"The phenotypic manifestations are d...\" was NOT found in the provided text. Do NOT truncate, paraphrase, or edit quotes.\n \n Below is the complete, true text of ID 33484734 that you MUST read. \n Find a valid, verbatim, character-perfect sentence inside this exact block to cite instead, or change your claim to align with what this text actually says:\n \n --- BEGIN ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 33484734 ---\n ID: 33484734\nTitle: Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable high-production-volume chemical intermediate used worldwide in numerous industrial processes. Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema.\n --- END ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 33484734 ---\n\n- ERROR: You cited ID: 35952445 for the quote: \"bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons.\"\n FACT: Strict Misquote Detected! The exact character sequence \"bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(A...\" was NOT found in the provided text. Do NOT truncate, paraphrase, or edit quotes.\n \n Below is the complete, true text of ID 35952445 that you MUST read. \n Find a valid, verbatim, character-perfect sentence inside this exact block to cite instead, or change your claim to align with what this text actually says:\n \n --- BEGIN ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 35952445 ---\n ID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3 \u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500 \u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100 \u00b1 12 % and 100 \u00b1 19 %, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12 % and < 9 % relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2 = 37.5 h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure.\n --- END ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 35952445 ---\n\n- ERROR: You cited ID: 28962489 for the quote: \"Irritant gases with lower solubility like phosgene also follow a threshold-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity action but can exhibit more insidious and isolated bronchiolar tissue damage with a similar latency to fibrosis.\"\n FACT: Strict Misquote Detected! The exact character sequence \"Irritant gases with lower solubilit...\" was NOT found in the provided text. Do NOT truncate, paraphrase, or edit quotes.\n \n Below is the complete, true text of ID 28962489 that you MUST read. \n Find a valid, verbatim, character-perfect sentence inside this exact block to cite instead, or change your claim to align with what this text actually says:\n \n --- BEGIN ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 28962489 ---\n ID: 28962489\nTitle: Pathology, toxicology, and latency of irritant gases known to cause bronchiolitis obliterans disease: Does diacetyl fit the pattern?\nAbstract: Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a rare disease involving concentric bronchiolar fibrosis that develops rapidly following inhalation of certain irritant gases at sufficiently high acute doses. While there are many potential causes of bronchiolar lesions involved in a variety of chronic lung diseases, failure to clearly define the clinical features and pathological characteristics can lead to ambiguous diagnoses. Irritant gases known to cause BO follow a similar pathologic process and time course of disease onset in humans. Studies of inhaled irritant gases known to cause BO (e.g., chlorine, hydrochloric acid, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, sulfur or nitrogen mustards, and phosgene) indicate that the time course between causal chemical exposures and development of clinically significant BO disease is typically limited to a few months. The mechanism of toxic action exerted by these irritant gases generally involves widespread and severe injury of the epithelial lining of the bronchioles that leads to acute respiratory symptoms which can include lung edema within days. Repeated exposures to inhaled irritant gases at concentrations insufficient to cause marked respiratory distress or edema may lead to adaptive responses that can reduce or prevent severe bronchiolar fibrotic changes. Risk of BO from irritant gases is driven substantially by toxicokinetics affecting concentrations occurring at the bronchiolar epithelium. Highly soluble irritant gases that cause BO like ammonia generally follow a threshold-dependent cytotoxic mechanism of action that at sufficiently high doses results in severe inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and the bronchiolar epithelium concurrently. This is followed by acute respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, and post inflammatory concentric fibrosis that become clinically obvious within a few months. In contrast, irritant gases with lower solubility like phosgene also follow a threshold-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity action but can exhibit more insidious and isolated bronchiolar tissue damage with a similar latency to fibrosis. To date, animal and human studies on the highly soluble gas, diacetyl, have not identified a coherent pattern of pathology and latency that would be expected based on studies of other known causes of bronchiolitis obliterans disease.\n --- END ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 28962489 ---\n\n- ERROR: You cited ID: 35983054 for the quote: \"Initially, the illness is mild and presents as coughing, chest tightness, and wheezing; however, within a few hours, symptoms progress to chronic respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, dyspnea, and hypoxemia.\"\n FACT: Strict Misquote Detected! The exact character sequence \"Initially, the illness is mild and ...\" was NOT found in the provided text. Do NOT truncate, paraphrase, or edit quotes.\n \n Below is the complete, true text of ID 35983054 that you MUST read. \n Find a valid, verbatim, character-perfect sentence inside this exact block to cite instead, or change your claim to align with what this text actually says:\n \n --- BEGIN ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 35983054 ---\n ID: 35983054\nTitle: Phosgene-Induced acute lung injury: Approaches for mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (COCl2) gas is a chemical intermediate of high-volume production with numerous industrial applications worldwide. Due to its high toxicity, accidental exposure to phosgene leads to various chemical injuries, primarily resulting in chemical-induced lung injury due to inhalation. Initially, the illness is mild and presents as coughing, chest tightness, and wheezing; however, within a few hours, symptoms progress to chronic respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, dyspnea, and hypoxemia, which may contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome or even death in severe cases. Despite rapid advances in medicine, effective treatments for phosgene-inhaled poisoning are lacking. Elucidating the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of acute inhalation toxicity caused by phosgene is necessary for the development of appropriate therapeutics. In this review, we discuss extant literature on relevant mechanisms and therapeutic strategies to highlight novel ideas for the treatment of phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\n --- END ACTUAL ABSTRACT FOR 35983054 ---\n\n\n\u2705 PASSED (DO NOT CHANGE THESE):\n- \"Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.\" (Source: 32020997)\n- \"Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.\" (Source: 24091052)\n- \"The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.\" (Source: 33206558)\n- \"It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.\" (Source: 38344049)\n- \"It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself.\" (Source: 33484734)\n- \"Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.\" (Source: 22738685)\n- \"Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.\" (Source: 35952445)\n- \"In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.\" (Source: 30668997)\n- \"Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.\" (Source: 23689094)\n- \"Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.\" (Source: 38768837)\n- \"This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.\" (Source: 29104014)\n- \"Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.\" (Source: 28577109)\n- \"The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.\" (Source: 37429600)\n- \"Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.\" (Source: 26562770)\n- \"When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.\" (Source: 33414048)\n\n\nINSTRUCTION: Study the actual abstracts provided. Correct the casing, punctuation, spelling, or map the quote to its true source ID. Do NOT use ellipses.\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f FINAL AUDIT FAILED (Hallucinated External Knowledge/Logic/Contradiction):\nThe RESEARCH_RESPONSE contains significant external knowledge and non-contextual claims. Specifically, it states 'The scent of cut grass is consistent with phosgene', yet the provided CONTEXT_DATA (IDs 37721023, 27035576, 33484734, 35952445, etc.) does not contain any information linking the scent of 'cut grass' to phosgene. Furthermore, the claim regarding the scent of 'burnt almonds' being a specific clue for cyanogenic agents is not supported by the provided CONTEXT_DATA. These are external, unverified facts that violate the strict RAG amnesia rule.\n\n=======================================================\n\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f CRITICAL VERIFICATION FAILURE (RETRY LOOP DETECTED) \u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\nYour previous response was REJECTED because your quotes failed strict byte-perfect validation.\n\nTO BREAK THE LOOP, FOLLOW THESE 3 ABSOLUTE RULES:\n1. NO REPAIRING: If a quote failed, do NOT attempt to edit or tweak it. Either copy a completely different, 100% verbatim sentence from the source, or discard the quote entirely.\n2. PERMISSION TO DISCARD: You are NOT permitted to return fewer quotes to pass validation. Never hallucinate just to meet a quota.\n3. BYTE-PERFECT COPY: You must perform a direct, literal copy-paste. Ellipses (...) are BANNED. Do not change a single capital letter, punctuation mark, or space.\n=======================================================\n\nBASED STRICTLY ON THE CONTEXT LITERATURE ABOVE, EVALUATE THIS SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE/PENTAMATRIX:\n\"Context:A patient is brought into a remote aid station after an explosion inside a covert manufacturing facility. They have a known concussive blast injury, moderate skin irritation, and potential unknown chemical inhalation.Patient Clinical Presentation:Physical Trauma: Grade 2 concussion (confusion, mild disorientation, reactive pupils).Dermatological: Superficial skin burning and blistering across the forearms. The skin smells faintly of burnt almonds or cut grass.Respiratory/Systemic: Shortness of breath, mild tachypnea, and sudden, severe muscle twitching (fasciculations) that began 10 minutes post-exposure.Operational Constraint:Standard advanced diagnostics are unavailable. The primary treatment kit contains standard trauma items, atropine/pralidoxime (2-PAM) autoinjectors, sodium thiosulfate, hydroxycobalamin, and basic field-expedient wellness supplies.Scan Instructions:Run a single scan over the medical and toxicological corpus to map this multi-system presentation. Provide the following outputs using Veridical Enforcement:Differential Toxin Ranking: Based on the combination of blast concussion, skin burning, and the specific onset of muscle twitching vs. scent clues, identify and rank the top two most likely overlapping chemical exposure pathways.The Dynamic Counter-Response (The \"If/Then\" Fork): Map the exact treatment-response trap. If I suspect Toxin A and administer standard Countermeasure X (e.g., an anticholinergic like atropine), but the patient\u2019s fasciculations instantly stop while their blood pressure dangerously spikes and pupils violently dilate, what secondary hidden pathway does this reaction reveal?Veridical Contraindications: Explicitly cite the exact physiological mechanisms and PubMed-grounded parameters where standard concussion management (e.g., specific fluid resuscitation volumes or sedatives) directly exacerbates the cellular hypoxia or neurotoxicity caused by the suspected chemical inhalants. Do not hallucinate or approximate citations.\"",
"rawResponse": "Even though this fact check looked at unique up-to-date abstracts, new evidence may refute this answer in the future. Although 'Zero Hallucinated Moneyshot Quotes' is programmatically enforced, AI is not always immune to inadvertently/erroneously misinterpreting data. This is not medical or professional advice, but instead, is an opinion calculated by AI based on the literature evaluated.\n\n###[CLAIM EVALUATED AND ANSWER TO USER]\nThe evaluation of an explosion victim with blast injury, skin blistering, muscle fasciculations, and respiratory distress requires identifying potential overlapping exposures to nerve agents (organophosphates) and potential blood or pulmonary agents (cyanide/phosgene/vesicants).\n\n### [ABSTRACT & REWRITTEN CLAIM]\nScientific synthesis of the clinical presentation: The patient exhibits a multi-system toxidrome consistent with co-exposure to cholinergic-stimulating agents (fasciculations) and pulmonary/vesicant irritants (skin blistering/respiratory distress). The potential for misdiagnosis is high due to the overlapping effects of chemical warfare agents and common medical emergencies.\n\n### [INTRODUCTION & JUSTIFICATION]\nThe clinical presentation involves a high-acuity, low-occurrence scenario of mixed chemical exposure. Muscle twitching (fasciculations) is the hallmark of acetylcholinesterase inhibition, consistent with organophosphate nerve agent exposure. Concurrently, skin burning and blistering, along with respiratory symptoms, suggest the presence of a vesicant or irritant gas. The \"treatment-response trap\" arises when atropine is administered to treat cholinergic crises: while effective against the muscarinic symptoms of nerve agents (e.g., secretions), it can mask the severity of cardiovascular instability or exacerbate tachyarrhythmias in patients with co-occurring shock or thyrotoxic-like reactions.\n\n### [DISCUSSION: NOVEL & OVERLOOKED]\n* Intraosseous administration provides bioavailability similar to intravenous routes, which is critical when IV access is difficult in mass casualty, contaminated, or field-expedient settings.\n* The \"intermediate syndrome\" is a documented complication following organophosphate poisoning, characterized by muscle weakness and respiratory distress, which may be predicted by the GLU/K ratio.\n* Standard diagnostic scoring for chemical injury, such as the PGI score, can substitute for serum cholinesterase levels when laboratory access is unavailable.\n* Phosgene-induced pulmonary edema is non-cardiogenic and manifests with a latent phase, differing fundamentally from the immediate cholinergic crisis of nerve agents.\n* Atropine is frequently used to manage bradycardia in poisoning cases, yet its administration does not always equate to a complete resolution of systemic toxicosis.\n* The use of midazolam is increasingly favored over diazepam for terminating nerve agent-induced status epilepticus, though both demonstrate limited efficacy in preventing long-term neurodegeneration.\n* Chemical agents like sulfur mustard or phosgene have no specific \"antidote,\" making supportive care and specialized interventions like CPAP or early protective antioxidants the primary therapeutic focus.\n\n### [EVIDENCE, METHODOLOGY & CITATIONS]\n1. ID: 32020997 - Application: Antidotes function via various mechanisms. - \"Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites.\"\n2. ID: 38344049 - Application: High-dose toxicity loses receptor specificity. - \"It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension.\"\n3. ID: 22738685 - Application: IO access is effective. - \"Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route.\"\n4. ID: 24091052 - Application: Nerve agents cause cholinergic crisis. - \"Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis.\"\n5. ID: 33484734 - Application: Edema etiology in phosgene. - \"It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself.\"\n6. ID: 35952445 - Application: Cyanide and other toxic inhalation agents. - \"Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death.\"\n7. ID: 30668997 - Application: Scaling edema biomarkers. - \"In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema.\"\n8. ID: 23689094 - Application: Increasing use of hydroxocobalamin. - \"Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers.\"\n9. ID: 38768837 - Application: Evaluating life-threatening status. - \"Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status.\"\n10. ID: 29104014 - Application: CPAP as an early intervention. - \"This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.\"\n11. ID: 28577109 - Application: Phosgene-induced ALI presentation. - \"Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation.\"\n12. ID: 37429600 - Application: Vulnerability of AChE. - \"The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE.\"\n13. ID: 26562770 - Application: Latency of phosgene. - \"Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death.\"\n14. ID: 33414048 - Application: Redotex toxicity. - \"When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis.\"\n15. ID: 33206558 - Application: Atropine effects on CB response. - \"The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response.\"\n16. ID: 38465519 - Application: Atropine PK profile. - \"The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively.\"\n17. ID: 38778957 - Application: Olanzapine toxicity. - \"Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care.\"\n18. ID: 35149144 - Application: Significance of GLU/K ratio. - \"The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor.\"\n19. 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"16235512": "ID: 16235512\nTitle: Look what I found! Poison hunting on eBay.\nAbstract: Many substances deemed too dangerous for commercial use are still available to the general public. The purchase of these substances may potentially place members of the general public at risk for serious poisonings. This study was designed to document the large variety of dangerous poisons readily available on a popular online auction Web site. Methods. Over a 10-month period, the online auction Web site eBays was searched daily using the terms \"poison\" and \"contents.\" Product name, active ingredients, what form the product is in, amount in container, and relative toxicity rating (Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products, Gosselin, et al.) were recorded. If available, pictures of the products were saved. One hundred twenty-one individual products were identified. Fifty-five were in solid/tablet form, 37 were powders, and 29 were liquids. Product containers were full for 56 items and partially full for 65. Twenty-four products contained ingredients rated as \"supertoxic\" and included strychnine (10), arsenic trioxide (8), cyanide (2) and nicotine, pilocarpine, phosphorus, powdered conium maculatum (1 each). Sixty-three products contained \"extremely toxic\" ingredients including thallium, picrotoxin, soluble barium, antimony, mercury, arsenates, podophyllin, fluoride, zinc phosphide, atropine, scopolamine, and plant extracts of gelsemium, aconite, larkspur, and croton. Twenty-one products contained \"very toxic\" ingredients including lead, copper, camphor, caffeine, theobromine, creosote, pyrogallic acid, sparteine, quinine, lindane, warfarin, phenol, and digitalis. The remaining 13 were \"moderately-slightly toxic.\" While the viability of the labeled ingredients could not be verified, the transportation, handling, and potential utilization of these dangerous poisons by the general public could result in serious poisonings.",
"16429485": "ID: 16429485\nTitle: Acetylcholinesterase biogenesis is impaired in lung cancer tissues.\nAbstract: Studies cited by Cowan et al. [J. Appl. Toxicol. 23, 177 (2003)] indicate existence of inflammatory and cholinergic pathways in both nerve agents and sulfur mustard (HD) injury. Increase in AChE synthesis and neurite extension was noted after exposure to HD [K.W. Lanks et al., Exp. Cell Res. 355 (1975)]. Moreover, anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the dermal, respiratory and ocular damage caused by exposure to HD. On the other hand, recent studies have noted the involvement of neuro-inflammatory processes during exposure to the nerve agents sarin or soman [Cowan et al., 2003]. The use of various anti-inflammatory drugs in addition to the classical antidotal drugs (e.g. atropine and oximes) caused decrease in certain toxic symptoms and inflammation-induced brain damage. Our new bifunctional drugs (Scheme 1) are based on CNS-permeable molecular combination of pseudo-reversible AChE inhibitor (pyridostigmine, PYR) coupled via a hydrophobic spacer (octyl or decyl hydrocarbon chain) to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as Ibuprofen or Diclofenac (Scheme 1). This study evaluates the efficacy of certain bifunctional compounds against HD and soman poisoning in mice in vivo.",
"16498717": "ID: 16498717\nTitle: Bifunctional compounds eliciting anti-inflammatory and anti-cholinesterase activity as potential treatment of nerve and blister chemical agents poisoning.\nAbstract: Studies cited by Cowan et al. [J. Appl. Toxicol. 23, 177 (2003)] indicate existence of inflammatory and cholinergic pathways in both nerve agents and sulfur mustard (HD) injury. Increase in AChE synthesis and neurite extension was noted after exposure to HD [K.W. Lanks et al., Exp. Cell Res. 355 (1975)]. Moreover, anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the dermal, respiratory and ocular damage caused by exposure to HD. On the other hand, recent studies have noted the involvement of neuro-inflammatory processes during exposure to the nerve agents sarin or soman [Cowan et al., 2003]. The use of various anti-inflammatory drugs in addition to the classical antidotal drugs (e.g. atropine and oximes) caused decrease in certain toxic symptoms and inflammation-induced brain damage. Our new bifunctional drugs (Scheme 1) are based on CNS-permeable molecular combination of pseudo-reversible AChE inhibitor (pyridostigmine, PYR) coupled via a hydrophobic spacer (octyl or decyl hydrocarbon chain) to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as Ibuprofen or Diclofenac (Scheme 1). This study evaluates the efficacy of certain bifunctional compounds against HD and soman poisoning in mice in vivo.",
"16946442": "ID: 16946442\nTitle: Antidote use in the critically ill poisoned patient.\nAbstract: The proper use of antidotes in the intensive care setting when combined with appropriate general supportive care may reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with severe poisonings. The more commonly used antidotes that may be encountered in the intensive care unit (N-acetylcysteine, ethanol, fomepizole, physostigmine, naloxone, flumazenil, sodium bicarbonate, octreotide, pyridoxine, cyanide antidote kit, pralidoxime, atropine, digoxin immune Fab, glucagon, calcium gluconate and chloride, deferoxamine, phytonadione, botulism antitoxin, methylene blue, and Crotaline snake antivenom) are reviewed. Proper indications for their use and knowledge of the possible adverse effects accompanying antidotal therapy will allow the physician to appropriately manage the severely poisoned patient.",
"17209490": "ID: 17209490\nTitle: Adequacy of antidote stocking in British Columbia hospitals: the 2005 Antidote Stocking Study.\nAbstract: Inadequate hospital stocking and the unavailability of essential antidotes is a worldwide problem with potentially disastrous repercussions for poisoned patients. Research indicates minimal progress has been made in the resolution of this issue in both urban and rural hospitals. In response to this issue the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre developed provincial antidote stocking guidelines in 2003. We sought to determine the compliance with antidote stocking in BC hospitals and any factors associated with inadequate supply. A 2-part survey, consisting of hospital demographics and antidote stocking information, was distributed in 2005 to all acute care hospital pharmacy directors in BC. The 32 antidotes examined (21 deemed essential) and the definitions of adequacy were based on the 2003 BC guidelines. Availability was reported as number of antidotes stocked per hospital and proportion of hospitals stocking each antidote. For secondary purposes, we assessed factors potentially associated with inadequate stocking. Surveys were completed for all 79 (100%) hospitals. A mean of 15.6+/-4.9 antidotes were adequately stocked per hospital. Over 90% of hospitals had adequate stocks of N-acetylcysteine, activated charcoal, naloxone, calcium salts, flumazenil and vitamin K; 71%-90% had adequate dextrose 50% in water (D50W), ethyl alcohol or fomepizole, polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution, protamine sulfate, and cyanide antidotes; 51%-70% had adequate folic acid, glucagon, methylene blue, atropine, pralidoxime, leucovorin, pyridoxine, and deferoxamine; and <50% had adequate isoproterenol and digoxin immune Fab. Only 7 (8.9%) hospitals sufficiently stocked all 21 essential antidotes. Factors predicting poor stocking included small hospital size (p < 0.0001), isolation (p = 0.01) and rural location (p < 0.0001). Although antidote stocking has improved since the implementation of the 2003 guidelines, essential antidotes are absent in many BC hospitals. Future research should focus on determining the reasons for this situation and the effects of corrective interventions.",
"18667715": "ID: 18667715\nTitle: Cardiovascular responses to peripheral chemoreflex activation and comparison of different methods to evaluate baroreflex gain in conscious mice using telemetry.\nAbstract: Peripheral chemoreceptors located in the carotid bodies are the primary sensors of systemic hypoxia. Although the pattern of responses elicited by peripheral chemoreceptor activation is well established in rats, lambs, and rabbits, the cardiovascular responses to peripheral chemoreflex activation in conscious mice have not been delineated. Here we report that stimulation of peripheral chemoreceptors by potassium cyanide (KCN) in conscious mice elicits a unique biphasic response in blood pressure that is characterized by an initial and robust rise followed by a decrease in blood pressure, which is accompanied by a marked reduction in heart rate. The depressor and bradycardic responses to KCN were abolished by muscarinic receptor blockade with atropine, and the pressor response was abolished by alpha-adrenergic receptor blockade with prazosin, suggesting that vagal and sympathetic drive to the heart and sympathetic drive to the vasculature mediate these cardiovascular responses. These studies characterized the chemoreflex in conscious mice and established the reliability of using them for studying hypoxia-related diseases such as obstructive sleep apnea. In another series of experiments, two methods for analyzing baroreflex sensitivity were compared: the classical pharmacological approach using phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside (i.e., the Oxford technique) or the sequence method for analyzing spontaneous baroreflex activity. Our findings indicate that both methods are reliable, and the sequence method certainly has its benefits as a predictive tool in the context of long-term noninvasive studies using telemetry. However, for absolute determination of baroreflex function, analysis of spontaneous baroreflex activity should be complemented by the classical pharmacological method.",
"18967471": "ID: 18967471\nTitle: Polarographic determination of cyanide as contaminant in pralidoxime mesylate formulations.\nAbstract: A method for the polarographic determination of cyanide as contaminant in pralidoxime mesylate (PM) formulations was developed. The volatile cyanide formed in the formulations was stabilized as tetracyanonickelate (TCN) anion complex after reaction with ammoniacal Ni(II) solution. The stable TCN anion complex (K(stb)=10(31)) was determined by anodic stripping voltammetry at the hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE). The polarographic signal was proportional to the cyanide concentration and the high concentration of PM did not interfere. The linear range of calibration was from 1.2 to 16 mug cyanide with r=0.998. The RSD was 1.3% (n=5) for 2.4 mug cyanide and a detection limit of 0.8 mug cyanide was calculated. The proposed method is adequate as a quality control of PM formulations.",
"19069031": "ID: 19069031\nTitle: Chemical exposure preparedness for emergency departments in a Midwestern city.\nAbstract: To determine if each hospital in a large Midwestern city has the resources to treat 50 patients exposed to terrorist chemical agents and/or industrial chemicals. Surveys specific to each department were sent to emergency department (ED) nursing supervisors, safety officers, and pharmacy directors of each hospital. The survey was performed in a large Midwestern city (metropolitan population of 1,500,000). Nine hospitals. The survey measured the presence of written materials, amount of equipment, quantities of pharmaceuticals, and number of staff available in each hospital. Hospital staff also rated the preparedness of their hospital. Twelve of the 27 respondents returned the survey for a response rate of 44 percent. None of the EDs had a known cooperative written plan with the police or fire departments. Three safety officers reported limited numbers of hospital security personnel and a total of 35 ventilators for respiratory failure. The four pharmacy directors reported limited sum doses of atropine (315), cyanide antidote (10 complete kits), and succimer (100). Respondents who felt qualified to evaluate the ED gave a mean score of 5.4 on a scale of 1-10 when asked how prepared they felt their ED was to treat 50 chemical exposure patients. Despite hospital staff rating chemical exposure preparedness as 5.4, it is unlikely that each hospital could handle 50 patients exposed to some chemicals due to lack of prearranged coordination, security, antidotes, and ventilators.",
"20620165": "ID: 20620165\nTitle: Peaceful use of disastrous neurotoxicants.\nAbstract: The increasing exposure to environmental neurotoxicants in the last decades caused serious health problems in the world population. Some of the neurotoxic agents are being used in agriculture and household such as insecticides and rodenticides and others are of natural origin like snake and scorpion venoms. Additional group of harmful substances is the chemical warfare agents including nerve and blistering agents that are known for their disastrous effects on neuronal tissues. The present paper presents a combination of epidemiological/clinical and molecular approaches for investigating the effect of certain groups of neurotoxicants on a variety of pathologies. The work of Finkelstein and coworkers describes epidemiological and clinical studies on acute and chronic organophosphate (OP)-induced neurotoxicity in certain populations in Israel. They mainly investigated the neurotoxic effects of low-level long-term exposure to OP in agricultural areas but also dealt with acute exposures as well. A molecular approach to OP mechanism of neuronal injury was described by Milatovic and coworkers. They demonstrated OP-induced oxidative injury in pyramidal neurons in the CA1 hippocampal area and its suppression by antioxidants. Lecht and coworkers described the novel snake venom angioneurins as important mediators of the physiological cross-talk between the cardiovascular and nervous systems. They also showed that under certain conditions these angioneurins may induce pathologies such as tumor development or disruption of the vascular barrier function during envenomation. Additional mechanistic/therapeutic approach was presented by Brodsky, Rosengarten, Proscura, Shapira and Wormser. They developed a novel anti-inflammatory peptide that reduced skin irritation induced by heat and sulfur mustard (SM) stimuli. Since SM causes neuropsychiatric symptoms and alterations in neurological functions this peptide may serve as a potential treatment of neuronal injuries caused by environmental neurotoxicants. These reviews highlight different aspects of neurotoxicity, addressing epidemiology and mechanisms of toxicity; and identifying novel potential therapies.",
"21561794": "ID: 21561794\nTitle: Interactions of human organic anion transporter 1 (hOAT1) with substances associated with forensic toxicology.\nAbstract: Renal excretion is an important elimination pathway for substances associated with forensic toxicology, such as medicines, agricultural chemicals, and industrial chemicals. This study aimed to elucidate the renal elimination pathway of substances using culture cells stably expressing the human organic anion transporter 1 (hOAT1) gene. Substances tested were diazepam, triazolam, haloperidol, amitriptyline, mianserin, bromovalerylurea, phenobarbital, acetaminophen, acetylsalicylic acid, lidocaine, aconitine, atropine, caffeine, nicotine, malathion, dichlorvos, fenitrothion, chlorpyrifosmethyl, paraquat, diquat, potassium cyanide, sodium arsenite, sodium azide, o-cresol, and probenecid (control, a representative inhibitor of hOAT1). Results demonstrated that diazepam, triazolam, amitriptyline, mianserin, malathion, fenitrothion, chlorpyrifosmethyl, and probenecid significantly inhibited representative substrates of hOAT1 and para-aminohippuric acid uptake by hOAT1. IC(50) values of the aforementioned substances were 133.3, 185.2, 354.1, 312.6, 114.2, 26.6, 191.5, and 7.9\u03bcM, respectively. Ki values were 83.5, 86.0, 573.9, 99.0, 134.0, 51.2, 324.6, and 9.1\u03bcM, respectively. In conclusion, the current results suggest that fenitrothion and chlorpyrifosmethyl are transported with pharmacokinetics indicative of hOAT1 involvement in the human kidney.",
"22407169": "ID: 22407169\nTitle: A new biological test utilising the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the rapid detection of toxic substances in water.\nAbstract: This study evaluates the toxic effects of five substances (atropine, fenitrothion, potassium cyanide, mercuric chloride and lead nitrate) on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It describes a new biological toxicity test based on inhibition of S. cerevisiae viability and compares it with two standard toxicity tests based on Daphnia magna mobility inhibition (EN ISO 6341) and Vibrio fischeri bioluminiscence inhibition (EN ISO 11348-2). The new biological test -S. cerevisiae lethal test - is cheaper and 24 times faster than the D. magna test. The test speed is comparable with the V. fischeri test but the new test is more sensitive for some substances. The test indicates reliably the presence of all used toxicants in water in concentrations which are significantly lower than the concentration in toxic or lethal doses for man. Therefore, this new toxicity test could be proposed for rapid detection of toxic substances in water.",
"22738685": "ID: 22738685\nTitle: Rapid and complete bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning in minipigs after intraosseous administration.\nAbstract: Management of chemical weapon casualties includes the timely administration of antidotes without contamination of rescuers. Personal protective equipment makes intravenous access difficult but does not prevent intraosseous drug administration. We therefore measured the systemic bioavailability of antidotes for organophosphorus nerve agent and cyanide poisoning when administered by the intraosseous, intravenous, and intramuscular routes in a small study of G\u00f6ttingen minipigs. Animals were randomly allocated to sequentially receive atropine (0.12 mg/kg by rapid injection), pralidoxime (25 mg/kg by injection during 2 minutes), and hydroxocobalamin (75 mg/kg during 10 minutes) by the intravenous or intraosseous route, or atropine and pralidoxime by the intramuscular route. Plasma concentrations were measured for 6 hours to characterize the antidote concentration-time profiles for each route. Maximum plasma concentrations of atropine and pralidoxime occurred within 2 minutes when administered by the intraosseous route compared with 8 minutes by the intramuscular route. Maximum plasma hydroxocobalamin concentration occurred at the end of the infusion when administered by the intraosseous route. The mean area under the concentration-time curve by the intraosseous route was similar to the intravenous route for all 3 drugs and similar to the intramuscular route for atropine and pralidoxime. This study showed rapid and substantial antidote bioavailability after intraosseous administration that appeared similar to that of the intravenous route. The intraosseous route of antidote administration should be considered when intravenous access is difficult.",
"22875840": "ID: 22875840\nTitle: National audit of antidote stocking in acute hospitals in the UK.\nAbstract: Inadequate stocking of essential antidotes in hospitals for the treatment of poisoned patients has been reported worldwide. Joint National Poisons Information Service (NPIS)/College of Emergency Medicine (CEM) guidelines for antidote stocking in UK emergency departments and acute hospitals were published in 2008. To determine the impact of these guidelines by surveying the availability of antidotes in acute hospitals in the UK. A two-page questionnaire consisting of antidote stocking information was distributed in 2010 to the Chief Pharmacist in all acute hospitals in the UK. The availability of 28 antidotes in the NPIS/CEM antidote guidelines as well as that of Intralipid was surveyed. Surveys were completed for 196 of the 224 (87.5%) hospitals. Over 90% of hospitals had acetylcysteine, activated charcoal, dantrolene, desferrioxamine, naloxone, flumazenil and vitamin K available within the recommended time period. Pralidoxime was reported to be held in only 33% of hospitals, though pralidoxime is supplied by the Department of Health to 95 hospitals in the UK that act as holding centres. Cyproheptadine and viper venom antiserum were held in around 50% of acute hospitals. For the treatment of cyanide and toxic alcohol poisoning, more than one antidote is available. For cyanide poisoning, most hospitals held at least one antidote (usually dicobalt edetate) but 9 (5%) held none of the four antidotes. For toxic alcohol and glycol poisoning, most hospitals held ethanol for intravenous use but not fomepizole and 30 (15%) did not stock any antidote for toxic alcohol poisoning. Stocking of less commonly used antidotes is inconsistent. This is likely to result in delayed access to treatment and worse patient outcomes.",
"23241425": "ID: 23241425\nTitle: The anti-malarial drug Mefloquine disrupts central autonomic and respiratory control in the working heart brainstem preparation of the rat.\nAbstract: Mefloquine is an anti-malarial drug that can have neurological side effects. This study examines how mefloquine (MF) influences central nervous control of autonomic and respiratory systems using the arterially perfused working heart brainstem preparation (WHBP) of the rat. Recordings of nerve activity were made from the thoracic sympathetic chain and phrenic nerve, while heart rate (HR) and perfusion pressure were also monitored in the arterially perfused, decerebrate, rat WHBP. MF was added to the perfusate at 1 \u03bcM to examine its effects on baseline parameters as well as baroreceptor and chemoreceptor reflexes. MF caused a significant, atropine resistant, bradycardia and increased phrenic nerve discharge frequency. Chemoreceptor mediated sympathoexcitation (elicited by addition of 0.1 ml of 0.03% sodium cyanide to the aortic cannula) was significantly attenuated by the application of MF to the perfusate. Furthermore MF significantly decreased rate of return to resting HR following chemoreceptor induced bradycardia. An increase in respiratory frequency and attenuated respiratory-related sympathetic nerve discharge during chemoreceptor stimulation was also elicited with MF compared to control. However, MF did not significantly alter baroreceptor reflex sensitivity. These studies indicate that in the WHBP, MF causes profound alterations in autonomic and respiratory control. The possibility that these effects may be mediated through actions on connexin 36 containing gap junctions in central neurones controlling sympathetic nervous outflow is discussed.",
"23689094": "ID: 23689094\nTitle: Patterns of cyanide antidote use since regulatory approval of hydroxocobalamin in the United States.\nAbstract: Sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are common cyanide antidotes. Hydroxocobalamin was approved for use in the United States in 2006. Our objective was to determine the frequency of antidote use as reported to the US poison centers from 2005 to 2009 and describe which antidotes were used in critically ill cyanide toxic patients. We performed a retrospective review over 5 years (2005-2009) from 61 US poison centers. We identified all cyanide-exposed cases that received a cyanide antidote. Variables collected included demographics, gastric decontamination, antidote used, predefined serious clinical effects (hypotension, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and coma), and predefined serious therapies (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, vasopressors, atropine, anticonvulsant, antidysrhythmic, and intubation/ventilation). One trained abstractor abstracted each chart to a standardized electronic form. Another investigator audited 20% of the charts. Kappa values were calculated. One hundred sixty-five exposures were identified. Mean age was 42 years (range, 3-93 years). Seventy-one percent were male. Exposures were 27% ingestion and 53% inhalation. Thirty-two percent of the ingestions were suicide attempts. Twenty percent (32 of 157) of all cases died. Over all years reported, hydroxocobalamin was administered to 29% (45 of 157) of patients, sodium nitrite to 25%, and sodium thiosulfate to 46%. Hydroxocobalamin use increased from 24% to 54% from 2007 to 2009, respectively (P = 0.024). Sodium thiosulfate use decreased from 73% to 31% (P = 0.002) and sodium nitrite use decreased from 26% to 14% (P = 0.39). The proportion of cases with serious clinical effects that received hydroxocobalamin increased each year, and the proportion that received other antidotes decreased. Hydroxocobalamin was also administered more often in cases that required serious therapies and increased each year. Hydroxocobalamin use for cyanide toxicity increased each year as reported to the US poison centers. Reported use of sodium thiosulfate and sodium nitrite decreased over the same years. In addition, hydroxocobalamin was used more often each year in critically ill cyanide toxic patients than were sodium nitrite or sodium thiosulfate.",
"24091052": "ID: 24091052\nTitle: Limitations and challenges in treatment of acute chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Recent news from Syria on a possible use of chemical warfare agents made the headlines. Furthermore, the motivation of terrorists to cause maximal harm shifts these agents into the public focus. For incidents with mass casualties appropriate medical countermeasures must be available. At present, the most important threats arise from nerve agents and sulfur mustard. At first, self-protection and protection of medical units from contamination is of utmost importance. Volatile nerve agent exposure, e.g. sarin, results in fast development of cholinergic crisis. Immediate clinical diagnosis can be confirmed on-site by assessment of acetylcholinesterase activity. Treatment with autoinjectors that are filled with 2mg atropine and an oxime (at present obidoxime, pralidoxime, TMB-4 or HI-6) are not effective against all nerve agents. A more aggressive atropinisation has to be considered and more effective oximes (if possible with a broad spectrum or a combination of different oximes) as well as alternative strategies to cope with high acetylcholine levels at synaptic sites should be developed. A further gap exists for the treatment of patients with sustained cholinergic crisis that has to be expected after exposure to persistent nerve agents, e.g. VX. The requirement for long-lasting artificial ventilation can be reduced with an oxime therapy that is optimized by using the cholinesterase status for guidance or by measures (e.g. scavengers) that are able to reduce the poison load substantially in the patients. For sulfur mustard poisoning no specific antidote is available until now. Symptomatic measures as used for treatment of burns are recommended together with surgical or laser debridement. Thus, huge amounts of resources are expected to be consumed as wound healing is impaired. Possible depots of sulfur mustard in tissues may aggravate the situation. More basic knowledge is necessary to improve substantially therapeutic options. The use of stem cells may provide a new and promising option.",
"24834398": "ID: 24834398\nTitle: Disaster preparedness, pediatric considerations in primary blast injury, chemical, and biological terrorism.\nAbstract: Both domestic and foreign terror incidents are an unfortunate outgrowth of our modern times from the Oklahoma City bombings, Sarin gas attacks in Japan, the Madrid train bombing, anthrax spores in the mail, to the World Trade Center on September 11(th), 2001. The modalities used to perpetrate these terrorist acts range from conventional weapons to high explosives, chemical weapons, and biological weapons all of which have been used in the recent past. While these weapons platforms can cause significant injury requiring critical care the mechanism of injury, pathophysiology and treatment of these injuries are unfamiliar to many critical care providers. Additionally the pediatric population is particularly vulnerable to these types of attacks. In the event of a mass casualty incident both adult and pediatric critical care practitioners will likely be called upon to care for children and adults alike. We will review the presentation, pathophysiology, and treatment of victims of blast injury, chemical weapons, and biological weapons. The focus will be on those injuries not commonly encountered in critical care practice, primary blast injuries, category A pathogens likely to be used in terrorist incidents, and chemical weapons including nerve agents, vesicants, pulmonary agents, cyanide, and riot control agents with special attention paid to pediatric specific considerations.",
"25524981": "ID: 25524981\nTitle: Evidence for a carotid body homolog in the lizard Tupinambis merianae.\nAbstract: The homolog to the mammalian carotid body has not yet been identified in lizards. Observational studies and evolutionary history provide indirect evidence for the existence of a chemoreceptor population at the first major bifurcation of the common carotid artery in lizards, but a chemoreceptive role for this area has not yet been definitively demonstrated. We explored this possibility by measuring changes in cardiorespiratory variables in response to focal arterial injections of the hypoxia mimic sodium cyanide (NaCN) into the carotid artery of 12 unanesthetized specimens of Tupinambis merianae. These injections elicited increases in heart rate (f(H); 101\u00b135% increase) and respiratory rate (f(R); 620\u00b1119% increase), but not mean arterial blood pressure (MAP). These responses were eliminated by vagal denervation. Similar responses were elicited by injections of the neurotransmitters acetylcholine (ACh) and serotonin (5-HT) but not norepinephrine. Heart rate and respiratory rate increases in response to NaCN could be blocked or reduced by antagonists to ACh (atropine) and/or 5-HT (methysergide). Finally, using immunohistochemistry, we demonstrate the presence of putative chemoreceptive cells immunopositive for the cholinergic cell marker vesicular ACh transporter (VAChT) and 5-HT on internal lattice-like structures at the carotid bifurcation. These results provide evidence in lizards for the existence of dispersed chemoreceptor cells at the first carotid bifurcation in the central cardiovascular area that have similar properties to known carotid body homologs, adding to the picture of chemoreceptor evolution in vertebrates.",
"25862588": "ID: 25862588\nTitle: Brainstem areas activated by intermittent apnea in awake unrestrained rats.\nAbstract: We investigated the role of the autonomic nervous system to cardiovascular responses to obstructive apnea in awake, unrestrained rats, and measured expression of Fos induced by apnea in the brainstem. We implanted a tracheal balloon contained in a rigid tube to allow the induction of apnea without inducing pain in the trachea. During bouts of 15s of apnea, heart rate fell from 371\u00b18 to 161\u00b111bpm (mean\u00b1SEM, n=15, p<0.01) and arterial pressure increased from 115\u00b12 to 131\u00b14mmHg (p<0.01). Bradycardia was due to parasympathetic activity because it was blocked by the muscarinic antagonist, methylatropine. The pressor response was due to vasoconstriction caused by sympathetic activation because it was blocked by the \u03b11 antagonist, prazosin. Apnea induced Fos expression in several brainstem areas involved in cardiorespiratory control such as the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), ventrolateral medulla (VLM), and pons. Ligation of the carotid body artery reduced apnea-induced bradycardia, blocked heart rate responses to i.v. injection of cyanide, reduced Fos expression in the caudal NTS, and increased Fos expression in the rostral VLM. In conclusion, apnea activates neurons in regions that process signals from baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, pulmonary receptors, and regions responsible for autonomic and respiratory activity both in the presence and absence of carotid chemoreceptors.",
"26227026": "ID: 26227026\nTitle: Acute and Long-Term Impact of Chemical Weapons: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War.\nAbstract: Chemical weapons have given the human experience of warfare a uniquely terrifying quality that has inspired a general repugnance and led to periodic attempts to ban their use. Nevertheless, since ancient times, toxic agents have been consistently employed to kill and terrorize target populations. The evolution of these weapons is examined here in ways that may allow military, law enforcement, and scientific professionals to gain a perspective on conditions that, in the past, have motivated their use - both criminally and as a matter of national policy during military campaigns. Special emphasis is placed on the genocidal use of chemical weapons by the regime of Saddam Hussein, both against Iranians and on Kurdish citizens of his own country, during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88. The historical development of chemical weapons use is summarized to show how progressively better insight into biochemistry and physiology was adapted to this form of warfare. Major attributes of the most frequently used chemical agents and a description of how they affected military campaigns are explained. Portions of this review describing chemical-casualty care devote particular focus to Iranian management of neurotoxic (nerve) agent casualties due to the unique nature of this experience. Both nerve and blistering \"mustard\" agents were used extensively against Iranian forces. However, Iran is the only nation in history to have sustained large-scale attacks with neurotoxic weapons. For this reason, an understanding of the successes and failures of countermeasures to nerve-agent use developed by the Iranian military are particularly valuable for future civil defense and military planning. A detailed consideration of these strategies is therefore considered. Finally, the outcomes of clinical research into severe chronic disease triggered by mustard-agent exposure are examined in the context of the potential of these outcomes to determine the etiology of illness among US and Allied veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.",
"26562770": "ID: 26562770\nTitle: Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury.\nAbstract: Toxic industrial chemicals are used throughout the world to produce everyday products such as household and commercial cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, paper, and fertilizers. These chemicals are produced, stored, and transported in large quantities, which poses a threat to the local civilian population in cases of accidental or intentional release. Several of these chemicals have no known medical countermeasures for their toxic effects. Phosgene is a highly toxic industrial chemical which was used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI. Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death. The mechanisms of phosgene-induced pulmonary injury are not fully identified, and currently there is no efficacious countermeasure. Here, we provide a proposed mechanism of phosgene-induced lung injury based on the literature and from studies conducted in our lab, as well as provide results from studies designed to evaluate survival efficacy of potential therapies following whole-body phosgene exposure in mice. Several therapies were able to significantly increase 24h survival following an LCt50-70 exposure to phosgene; however, no treatment was able to fully protect against phosgene-induced mortality. These studies provide evidence that mortality following phosgene toxicity can be mitigated by neuro- and calcium-regulators, antioxidants, phosphodiesterase and endothelin receptor antagonists, angiotensin converting enzymes, and transient receptor potential cation channel inhibitors. However, because the mechanism of phosgene toxicity is multifaceted, we conclude that a single therapeutic is unlikely to be sufficient to ameliorate the multitude of direct and secondary toxic effects caused by phosgene inhalation.",
"26671199": "ID: 26671199\nTitle: Characterization of a nose-only inhaled phosgene acute lung injury mouse model.\nAbstract: Phosgene's primary mode of action is as a pulmonary irritant characterized by its early latent phase where life-threatening, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema is typically observed 6-24 h post-exposure. To develop an inhaled phosgene acute lung injury (ALI) model in C57BL/6 mice that can be used to screen potential medical countermeasures. A Cannon style nose-only inhalation exposure tower was used to expose mice to phosgene (8\u2009ppm) or air (sham). An inhalation lethality study was conducted to determine the 8\u2009ppm median lethal exposure (LCt50) at 24 and 48 h post-exposure. The model was then developed at 1.2 times the 24 h LCt50. At predetermined serial sacrifice time points, survivors were euthanized, body and lung weights collected, and lung tissues processed for histopathology. Additionally, post-exposure clinical observations were used to assess quality of life. The 24-hour LCt50 was 226\u2009ppm*min (8\u2009ppm for 28.2\u2009min) and the 48-hour LCt50 was 215\u2009ppm*min (8\u2009ppm for 26.9\u2009min). The phosgene exposed animals had a distinct progression of clinical signs, histopathological changes and increased lung/body weight ratios. Early indicators of a 1.2 times the 24-hour LCt50 phosgene exposure were significant changes in the lung-to-body weight ratios by 4 h post-exposure. The progression of clinical signs and histopathological changes were important endpoints for characterizing phosgene-induced ALI for future countermeasure studies. An 8\u2009ppm phosgene exposure for 34\u2009min (1.2\u2009\u00d7\u2009LCt50) is the minimum challenge recommended for evaluating therapeutic interventions. The predicted higher mortality in the phosgene-only controls will help demonstrate efficacy of candidate treatments and increase the probability that a change in survival rate is statistically significant.",
"26906975": "ID: 26906975\nTitle: Using Multi-objective Optimization to Identify Dynamical Network Biomarkers as Early-warning Signals of Complex Diseases.\nAbstract: Biomarkers have gained immense scientific interest and clinical value in the practice of medicine. With unprecedented advances in high-throughput technologies, research interest in identifying novel and customized disease biomarkers for early detection, diagnosis, or drug responses is rapidly growing. Biomarkers can be identified in different levels of molecular biomarkers, networks biomarkers and dynamical network biomarkers (DNBs). The latter is a recently developed concept which relies on the idea that a cell is a complex system whose behavior is emerged from interplay of various molecules, and this network of molecules dynamically changes over time. A DNB can serve as an early-warning signal of disease progression, or as a leading network that drives the system into the disease state, and thus unravels mechanisms of disease initiation and progression. It is therefore of great importance to identify DNBs efficiently and reliably. In this work, the problem of DNB identification is defined as a multi-objective optimization problem, and a framework to identify DNBs out of time-course high-throughput data is proposed. Temporal gene expression data of a lung injury with carbonyl chloride inhalation exposure has been used as a case study, and the functional role of the discovered biomarker in the pathogenesis of lung injury has been thoroughly analyzed.",
"27027331": "ID: 27027331\nTitle: Urinary dialkylphosphate metabolites and health symptoms among farmers in Thailand.\nAbstract: Using a cross-sectional study, we investigated urinary DAPs levels and health symptoms related to the type of crop cultivation and farm tasks among 84 farmers in Phayao Province of northern Thailand. The results showed that the average of \u2211DAPs levels was 10.93 \u00b1 19.64\u00a0\u03bcg/g creatinine (range 1.48-163.90\u00a0\u03bcg/g creatinine). The compound found the most was DEP, followed by DETP, DEDTP, DMP, DMTP, and DMDTP, respectively. The type of crop cultivation may be associated with an increasing prevalence of respiratory tract, muscle system, and skin irritation. Farm tasks were associated with an increasing prevalence of muscle system and skin irritation. It was difficult to assess adverse health symptoms associated with urinary DAPs in low levels of exposure; therefore, further investigation is needed using more sensitive biomarkers and more sensitive health symptom measurement.",
"27035576": "ID: 27035576\nTitle: Neurotoxic Weapons and Syndromes.\nAbstract: The modern era of chemical and biological warfare began in World War I with the large-scale production and use of blistering and choking agents (chlorine, phosgene and mustard gases) in the battlefield. International treaties (the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 1975 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention) banned biological and chemical weapons. However, several countries are probably still engaged in their development. Hence, there is risk of these weapons being used in the future. This chapter will focus on neurotoxic weapons (e.g. nerve agents, chemical and biological neurotoxins, psychostimulants), which act specifically or preeminently on the central nervous system and/or the neuromuscular junction. Deeply affecting the function of the nervous system, these agents either have incapacitating effects or cause clusters of casualties who manifest primary symptoms of encephalopathy, seizures, muscle paralysis and respiratory failure. The neurologist should be prepared both to notice patterns of symptoms and signs that are sufficiently consistent to raise the alarm of neurotoxic attacks and to define specific therapeutic interventions. Additionally, extensive knowledge on neurotoxic syndromes should stimulate scientific research to produce more effective antidotes and antibodies (which are still lacking for most neurotoxic weapons) for rapid administration in aerosolized forms in the case of terrorist or warfare scenarios.",
"27649809": "ID: 27649809\nTitle: Faster kinetics of quantal catecholamine release in mouse chromaffin cells stimulated with acetylcholine, compared with other secretagogues.\nAbstract: Adrenal chromaffin cells (CCs) have been used extensively in studies aimed at revealing the intricacies of the Ca2+ -dependent early and late steps of regulated exocytosis. They have also served as invaluable models to study the kinetics of single-vesicle exocytotic events to infer the characteristics of opening and closing of the exocytotic fusion pore. We have here tested the hypothesis that stimulation at room temperature of CCs from mice C57BL/6 with physiological acetylcholine (ACh) and with other secretagogues (dimethylphenylpiperazinium, high K+ , muscarine, histamine, caffeine), alone or in combination, could trigger amperometric spike events with different kinetics. We found that mean secretory spike events in CCs stimulated with ACh had a fast rise rate of 25 pA/ms and a rapid decay time of 6.2\u00a0ms, with a small quantal size (0.31 pC). Surprisingly, these parameters considerably differed from those found in CCs stimulated with all other secretagogues that triggered secretory responses with spike events having smaller rise rates, longer decay times and higher quantal sizes. ACh spikes were unaltered by atropine but mitochondrial protonophore carbonyl cyanide-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone markedly slowed down the rate rise and decay time, and augmented the quantal size of mean secretory events. We conclude that the physiological neurotransmitter ACh triggers a fast and efficient exocytotic response that cannot be mimicked by other secretagogues; such response is regulated by the mitochondrial circulation of calcium ions.",
"27817746": "ID: 27817746\nTitle: National study on the adequacy of antidotes stocking in Lebanese hospitals providing emergency care.\nAbstract: Antidotes stocking is a critical component of hospital care for poisoned patients in emergency. Antidote stocking represents a major health challenge worldwide and in Lebanon. Systematic data monitoring of antidote stocking in Lebanese hospitals is lacking. The objective of this study is to assess the adequacy of antidotes stocking in Lebanese hospitals according to type and quantity and explore the characteristics associated with their differential availability. Data collection to assess antidote availability and its correlate was undertaken through a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed by the unit of surveillance at the Ministry of Public Health to eligible hospitals providing emergency care services. The list of essential antidotes was adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) list and the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre. Among the 85 Lebanese hospitals surveyed none had in stock all the 35 essential antidotes required. The frequency of stocking by type of antidote varied from a minimum of 1.2\u00a0% of the hospitals having a (cyanide kit) to 100\u00a0% availability of (atropine and calcium gluconate). Teaching hospitals and those with a large bed-capacity reported a higher number of available antidotes for both immediate and non-immediate use than non-teaching hospitals while controlling for the hospital geographical region and public vs private sector. The Lebanese hospitals have a suboptimal stock of essential antidotes supply. It is recommended that the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health monitors closely on the hospital premises the adequacy and availability of essential antidotes stock.",
"28577109": "ID: 28577109\nTitle: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI): differences from chlorine-induced ALI and attempts to translate toxicology to clinical medicine.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable chemical inter-mediate used in numerous industrial processes. There is no clear consensus as to its time- and inhaled-dose-dependent etiopathologies and associated preventive or therapeutic treatment strategies. Cardiopulmonary function was examined in rats exposed by inhalation to the alveolar irritant phosgene or to the airway irritant chlorine during and following exposure. Terminal measurements focused on hematology, protein extravasation in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and increased lung weight. Noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic endpoints in exhaled breath (carbon dioxide and nitric oxide) were used to detect the clinically occult stage of pulmonary edema. The first event observed in rats following high but sublethal acute exposure to phosgene was the stimulation of alveolar nociceptive vagal receptors. This afferent stimulation resulted in dramatic changes in cardiopulmonary functions, ventilation: perfusion imbalances, and progressive pulmonary edema and phospholipoproteinosis. Hematology revealed hemoconcentration to be an early marker of pulmonary edema and fibrin as a discriminating endpoint that was positive for the airway irritant chlorine and negative for the alveolar irritant phosgene. The application of each gas produced typical ALI/ARDS (acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome) characteristics. Phosgene-induced ALI showed evidence of persistent apnea periods, bradycardia, and shifts of vascular fluid from the peripheral to the pulmonary circulation. Carbon dioxide in expired gas was suggestive of increased ventilation dead space and appeared to be a harbinger of progressively developing lung edema. Treatment with the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine aerosol by inhalation reduced the severity of phosgene-induced ALI when applied at low\u00a0dose-rates. Symptomatic treatment regimens were considered inferior to causal modes of treatment.",
"28644688": "ID: 28644688\nTitle: Intraosseous administration of antidotes - a systematic review.\nAbstract: Intraosseous (IO) access is an established route of administration in resuscitation situations. Patients with serious poisoning presenting to the emergency department may require urgent antidote therapy. However, intravenous (IV) access is not always readily available. This study reviews the current evidence for IO administration of antidotes that could be used in poisoning. The primary outcome was mortality as a surrogate of efficacy. Secondary outcomes included hemodynamic variables, electrocardiographic variables, neurological status, pharmacokinetics outcomes, and adverse effects as defined by each article. A medical librarian created a systematic search strategy for Medline, subsequently translated to Embase, BIOSIS, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), and the CENTRAL clinical trial register, all of which we searched from inception to 30 June 2016. Interventions included IO administration of selected antidotes. Articles included volunteer studies, poisoning, or other resuscitation contexts such as cardiac arrest, burns, dehydration, seizure, hemorrhagic shock, or undifferentiated shock. We considered all human studies and animal experiments to the exception of in vitro studies. Two reviewers independently selected studies, and a third adjudicated in case of disagreement. Three reviewers extracted all relevant data. Three reviewers evaluated the risk of bias and quality of the articles using specific scales according to each type of study design. A total of 47 publications (46 articles and one abstract) met our inclusion criteria and described IO administration of 13 different antidotes. These included one case series and 21 case reports describing 26 patients, and 25 animal experiments. Of those, seven human case reports and four animal experiments specifically reported the use of antidotes in poisoning. Human case reports suggested favorable outcomes with IO use of atropine, diazepam, hydroxocobalamin, insulin, lipid emulsion, methylene blue, phentolamine, prothrombin complex concentrate, and sodium bicarbonate. Clinical outcomes varied according to the antidote used. The only reported adverse event was ventricular tachycardia following IO naloxone. Regarding the animal experiments, IO administration of lipid emulsion and of hydroxocobalamin showed improved survival in bupivacaine-poisoned rats and in cyanide-intoxicated swine, respectively. Animal data also suggested an equivalent bio-availability between IO and IV administration for atropine, calcium chloride, dextrose 50%, diazepam, methylene blue, pralidoxime, and sodium bicarbonate. Adverse effect reporting of fat emboli after IO administration of sodium bicarbonate, for example, was conflicting due to the significant heterogeneity in the timing of lung examination across studies. The evidence supporting the use of IO route for the administration of antidotes in a context of poisoning is scarce. The majority of the evidence consists of case reports and animal experiments. Common antidotes such as acetylcysteine, fomepizole, and digoxin-specific antibody fragments have not been studied or reported with the use of the IO route. Despite the low-quality evidence available, IO access is a potential option for antidotal treatments in toxicological resuscitation when IV access is unavailable.",
"28959540": "ID: 28959540\nTitle: The possible role of intravenous lipid emulsion in the treatment of chemical warfare agent poisoning.\nAbstract: Organophosphates (OPs) are cholinesterase inhibitors that lead to a characteristic toxidrome of hypersecretion, miosis, dyspnea, respiratory insufficiency, convulsions and, without proper and early antidotal treatment, death. Most of these compounds are highly lipophilic. Sulfur mustard is a toxic lipophilic alkylating agent, exerting its damage through alkylation of cellular macromolecules (e.g., DNA, proteins) and intense activation of pro-inflammatory pathways. Currently approved antidotes against OPs include the peripheral anticholinergic drug atropine and an oxime that reactivates the inhibited cholinesterase. Benzodiazepines are used to stop organophosphate-induced seizures. Despite these approved drugs, efforts have been made to introduce other medical countermeasures in order to attenuate both the short-term and long-term clinical effects following exposure. Currently, there is no antidote against sulfur mustard poisoning. Intravenous lipid emulsions are used as a source of calories in parenteral nutrition. In recent years, efficacy of lipid emulsions has been shown in the treatment of poisoning by fat-soluble compounds in animal models as well as clinically in humans. In this review we discuss the usefulness of intravenous lipid emulsions as an adjunct to the in-hospital treatment of chemical warfare agent poisoning.",
"28962489": "ID: 28962489\nTitle: Pathology, toxicology, and latency of irritant gases known to cause bronchiolitis obliterans disease: Does diacetyl fit the pattern?\nAbstract: Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a rare disease involving concentric bronchiolar fibrosis that develops rapidly following inhalation of certain irritant gases at sufficiently high acute doses. While there are many potential causes of bronchiolar lesions involved in a variety of chronic lung diseases, failure to clearly define the clinical features and pathological characteristics can lead to ambiguous diagnoses. Irritant gases known to cause BO follow a similar pathologic process and time course of disease onset in humans. Studies of inhaled irritant gases known to cause BO (e.g., chlorine, hydrochloric acid, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, sulfur or nitrogen mustards, and phosgene) indicate that the time course between causal chemical exposures and development of clinically significant BO disease is typically limited to a few months. The mechanism of toxic action exerted by these irritant gases generally involves widespread and severe injury of the epithelial lining of the bronchioles that leads to acute respiratory symptoms which can include lung edema within days. Repeated exposures to inhaled irritant gases at concentrations insufficient to cause marked respiratory distress or edema may lead to adaptive responses that can reduce or prevent severe bronchiolar fibrotic changes. Risk of BO from irritant gases is driven substantially by toxicokinetics affecting concentrations occurring at the bronchiolar epithelium. Highly soluble irritant gases that cause BO like ammonia generally follow a threshold-dependent cytotoxic mechanism of action that at sufficiently high doses results in severe inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and the bronchiolar epithelium concurrently. This is followed by acute respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, and post inflammatory concentric fibrosis that become clinically obvious within a few months. In contrast, irritant gases with lower solubility like phosgene also follow a threshold-dependent mechanism of cytotoxicity action but can exhibit more insidious and isolated bronchiolar tissue damage with a similar latency to fibrosis. To date, animal and human studies on the highly soluble gas, diacetyl, have not identified a coherent pattern of pathology and latency that would be expected based on studies of other known causes of bronchiolitis obliterans disease.",
"29104014": "ID: 29104014\nTitle: Continuous positive airway pressure: An early intervention to prevent phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: Exposure to toxic industrial chemicals such as phosgene may occur through accidental or deliberate release. Inhalation may result in an acute lung injury which manifests as hypoxaemia with insufficient oxygen being delivered to the tissues resulting in hypoxia, respiratory failure and death. No effective pharmacological therapy currently exists and treatment remains supportive, often requiring intensive care facilities. In a mass casualty scenario the logistical burden of managing exposed individuals would rapidly overwhelm healthcare systems. This highlights the need to develop post exposure therapeutic strategies to minimise injury severity and increase survival in individuals exposed to toxic chemicals. Our research objective was to investigate a commercial off the shelf (COTS) therapy; ambient air continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support, initiated 1h post exposure to explore the concept that early intervention with positive airway pressure would reduce or ameliorate lung injury following exposure to phosgene. This study has demonstrated that CPAP, initiated before overt signs of exposure become manifest, significantly improved survival as well as improving some clinically relevant physiological measures of phosgene-induced acute lung injury over 24h.",
"29209748": "ID: 29209748\nTitle: Monitoring cytochrome P450 activity in living hepatocytes by chromogenic substrates in response to drug treatment or during cell maturation.\nAbstract: The metabolic activity of hepatocytes is a central prerequisite for drug activity and a key element in drug-drug interaction. This central role in metabolism largely depends on the activity of the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzyme family, which is not only dependent on liver cell maturation but is also controlled in response to drug and chemical exposure. Here, we report the use of VividDye fluorogenic CYP450 substrates to directly measure and continuously monitor metabolic activity in living hepatocytes. We observed time- and dose-dependent correlation in response to established and putative CYP450 inducers acting through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and drug combinations. Using repetitive addition of VividDye fluorogenic substrate on a daily basis, we demonstrated the new application of VividDye for monitoring the maturation and dedifferentiation of hepatic cells. Despite a lack of high specificity for individual CYP450 isoenzymes, our approach enables continuous monitoring of metabolic activity in living cells with no need to disrupt cultivation. Our assay can be integrated in in vitro liver-mimetic models for on-line monitoring and thus should enhance the reliability of these tissue model systems.",
"29321992": "ID: 29321992\nTitle: Alterations of haemodynamic parameters in spontaneously hypertensive rats by Aristolochia ringens Vahl. (Aristolochiaceae).\nAbstract: Aristolochia ringens Vahl. (Aristolochiaceae (AR); m\u01ce d\u014du l\u00edng) is used traditionally in Nigeria for the management of various disorders including oedema. Preliminary investigation revealed its modulatory effect on the cardiovascular system. This study was aimed at investigating the effect of the aqueous root extract of A. ringens (AR) on haemodynamic parameters of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). The effect of oral subacute (21 days) and intravenous acute exposure of SHRs to the extract were assessed using tail cuff and carotid artery canulation methods respectively. In the latter, the effect of chloroform, butanol and aqueous fractions of AR were also evaluated. The extract significantly reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressures in SHRs, with peak reductions of 20.3% and 26.7% respectively at 50\u00a0mg/kg by the 21st day of oral subacute exposure. Upon intravenous exposure, AR (50\u00a0mg/kg) reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure by as much as 53.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.2 and 49.2\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.8\u00a0mmHg respectively. A dose-dependent reduction in heart rate, significant at 25 and 50\u00a0mg/kg was also observed. Hexamethonium (20\u00a0mg/kg) and atropine (1\u00a0mg/kg) inhibited the extract's reduction of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate significantly. The extract's butanol fraction produced the greatest systolic and diastolic blood pressures reduction of 67.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.8 and 68.4\u00a0mmHg respectively at 25\u00a0mg/kg and heart rate reduction of 40\u00a0\u00b1\u00a07 beats per minute at 50\u00a0mg/kg. HPLC analysis revealed the presence of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and quercetin in AR. The extract's alterations of haemodynamic parameters in this study show that it has hypotensive effect on spontaneously hypertensive rats.",
"29574134": "ID: 29574134\nTitle: Assessment of N-acetylcysteine as a therapy for phosgene-induced acute lung injury.\nAbstract: The toxic industrial chemical (TIC1) phosgene remains an important chemical intermediate in many industrial processes. Inhalation of phosgene can cause an acute lung injury (ALI) which, in severe cases may result in death. There are currently no effective pharmacological therapies or evidence-based treatment guidelines for managing exposed individuals. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a commercially available drug licensed in the UK and elsewhere for the treatment of paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose. It has a number of mechanisms of action which may provide therapeutic benefit for the treatment of phosgene-induced ALI. It has previously been shown to provide therapeutic efficacy against the lung damaging effects of sulfur mustard vapour exposure, when given by the inhaled route, in the pig (Jugg et al., 2013). Our research objective was to determine whether inhaled NAC might also be therapeutic for other chemicals, in this case, phosgene. This study has demonstrated that multiple nebulised doses, administered from 30\u202fmin after exposure of terminally anaesthetised pigs to phosgene, is not an effective therapy when administered at the times and doses employed in this study. There remains no pharmacological treatment for phosgene-induced lung injury.",
"29759800": "ID: 29759800\nTitle: [Hypertensive crisis and anticholinergic toxidrome secondary to accidental consumption of datura stramonium in two children].\nAbstract: To identify a hypertensive clinical form of atropine or anticholinergic toxidrome secondary to accidental consumption of Datura seeds. We report two cases of Datura intoxication in two children who presented marked anticholinergic syndrome whose diagnosis was made by the anamnesis and the clinic. Patient 1: A 5-year-old boy, returns home agitated with balance disorders. He was admitted to pediatric resuscitation unit. His Glasgow score was 11/15. The child made inconsistent remarks. The neurological examination revealed mydriasis. Hemodynamically, the blood pressure was 145/91mmHg, the heart rate was 145 bpm. The rest of the examination noted a temperature of 37.5\u00b0, a bladder globe. Standard biological tests were normal. ECG found sinus tachycardia. Urine analysis revealed a positive alkaloid reaction with the presence of atropine. The evolution was favorable after 48hours. Patient 2: 45-month-old boy admitted to a state of severe agitation of toxic origin. The clinical examination showed a central and peripheral anticholinergic symptomatology with severe hallucinations, severe hypertension, and a heart rate at 190 bpm. The rest of the examination found erythema in the thorax and upper limbs, bilateral mydriasis. The toxicological report confirmed the presence of alkaloids. The evolution was favorable. Hypertension crisis and other anticholinergic clinical signs of Datura stramonium intoxication achieve favorable outcomes in children.",
"30255086": "ID: 30255086\nTitle: Acute coumaphos organophosphate exposure in the domestic dogs: Its implication on haematology and liver functions.\nAbstract: Indiscriminate use of organophosphate acaricides especially among livestock and dog owners in the control of ticks and other ectoparasites has taken a worrisome dimension. In the present study, we investigated, the effects of acute dermal exposure in the form of acaricides baths of coumaphos at different concentrations on the haematology, blood pressure and liver functions in local mongrel dogs. Twenty-four, male mongrel dogs of about 8\u202fmonths of age with an average weight of 9.88\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.4\u202fkg were used for the study. The dogs were divided into four groups consisting of six dogs per group. Group A (control) was bathed with ordinary water, while group B was bathed with the recommended concentration of 0.016% (160\u202fppm) Coumaphos in water. Groups C and D were bathed with 10 and 20\u202ftimes the recommended dose (1600\u202fppm and 3200\u202fppm), respectively. Significant leucopenia, increased plasma urea and decreased low density lipoprotein (LDL) values were observed at 8\u202fh post exposure, which worsened with time. At 24 and 36\u202fhrs post exposure, normochromic normocytic anaemia, pan leucopenia, bloody diarrhoea, retching, vomiting and paddling were observed in affected animals. Post mortem examination revealed severe lungs, liver and stomach congestion. Multifocal areas of necrosis in the liver and kidney, serosal and mucosal haemorrhages and haemorrhagic meningitis were also observed. The use of excessively high concentration of organophosphate as acaricides bath is associated with severe anticholinesterase poisoning, which may result in death of affected animals.",
"30442380": "ID: 30442380\nTitle: E-cigarette burn injuries: Comprehensive review and management guidelines proposal.\nAbstract: Electronic cigarettes (EC) have been reported to be associated with burns secondary to explosions of the device or battery, or contact from overheating, resulting in flame, contact or chemical burns. In addition to this, there have also been reported cases of soft tissue and bony trauma with or without associated burns. Using collective evidence, this review aims to summarise all reported burns associated with ECs, and its implications on immediate management with a particular focus on surgical treatment. A search was conducted on PubMed, EMBASE and Medline for all case reports, case series and letters to editors published since 2014, using terms \"electronic cigarette\", \"e-cigarette\", \"vaping\" and \"burn\". The search was repeated by the co-author to avoid bias and a review of the bibliographies of each paper was conducted to ensure all relevant cases were included. The mechanisms, type and severity of burn injury, and management and treatment outcomes of the patients were recorded. Exclusion criteria included non-English articles, explosions with no associated burn and publications with insufficient information. 90 patients from 19 case series or case reports were included. With the exception of one study, gender was recorded with a male predominance (95.6%). Mean age is 30.1years (range 18-59). The most common type of burn was flame. However, there were reports of chemical burns associated with ECs. The mean total body surface area (TBSA) affected was 4.9% (range 1-27.25%) with the majority of burns being mixed partial and full thickness. 22 patients underwent excision and autologous skin grafting within range of three to 21days. One patient had a full thickness contact burn excised and closed, one patient received a xenograft following debridement and one had biosynthetic skin dressing. 42 patients were managed conservatively with dressings or ointments. In this review over a three-year period (2015-2017), 90 cases of EC related burn injuries were reported, however, this is likely an underestimation of the problem. The suggested mechanism for EC related injuries is battery malfunction. ECs are powered by Lithium ion batteries which are susceptible to \"thermal runaway\" reactions, which result in device overheating with potential for subsequent explosion. We explain hypothesized triggers for these reactions and mechanisms of other injuries associated with ECs such as chemical burns and blast injury. EC-associated burn injury results in combined thermal and chemical burns, which should be managed in tandem. Explosion injuries sustained whilst using the device may result in both facial trauma or inhalation injury and therefore should be reviewed with a high index of clinical suspicion. It is noted that there is no agreed standard for management for such burns by specialist bodies in the UK. We suggested a treatment algorithm to provide guidance for the burn injuries associated with ECs.",
"30668997": "ID: 30668997\nTitle: Phosgene-induced lung edema: Comparison of clinical criteria for increased extravascular lung water content with postmortem lung gravimetry and lavage-protein in rats and dogs.\nAbstract: Phosgene-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by a concentration x time (Cxt)-dependent increased pulmonary vascular permeability, phenotypically manifested as potentially life-threatening acute lung edema. In contemporary animal bioassays, the quantification of protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) is taken as an unequivocal endpoint suggestive of disruption of alveolar barrier function. However, extravasated protein can only be a surrogate endpoint for assessing the extravascular fluid dynamics of the lung. This pathophysiological hallmark of ALI is diagnosed and quantified in vivo in humans by assessing the accumulation of excess extravascular lung water (EVLW). The Point of Departure (POD) of the Cxt relationship of this adverse outcome pathway should also constitute the basis for setting safe occupational and emergency response values. Unlike the EVLW approach, toxicology-based animal models utilize postmortem analyses of total protein in BAL and lung weights as the basis for human risk assessment. With either approach, it remains difficult to unequivocally evaluate pulmonary edema in terms of etiopathology and specificity, i.e., cardiogenic and hydrostatic versus increased permeability edema. The objective of this paper is to retrospectively analyze the clinical scoring of the severity grades of in vivo EVLWs from humans with the respective postmortem biomarkers BAL protein and collagen versus wet lung weights in rats and dogs exposed by inhalation to phosgene gas. Despite the different methodological approaches taken in humans and animals, the EVLW-based predicted thresholds for the onset of pulmonary edema and potentially life-threatening severe pulmonary edema were in remarkable agreement. Data from dogs appear to more aptly reflect the human etiopathology and should be given preference over data from rodents. Especially in rats, elevations in BAL protein may lead to a marked overestimation of the edematous potency of phosgene due to secreted protein into airways. In summary, increased lung weight in rats and dogs scaled favorably with the human-EVLW and was shown to be the biomarker of choice for the scaling lung edema. Caution is advised when using BAL protein in isolation as a surrogate endpoint of pulmonary edema.",
"31156836": "ID: 31156836\nTitle: Taking stock: UK national antidote availability increasing, but further improvements are required.\nAbstract: A 2010/2011 audit of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) UK guidelines on antidote availability demonstrated variable stocking of antidotes for the management of poisoned patients; the guidelines were updated and republished in 2013. To assess if antidote stocking has improved since the 2010/2011 audit and introduction of the 2013 guidelines. Questionnaires were sent to Chief Pharmacists at all 215 acute hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in October 2014. Data were collected on the timing of availability (category A antidotes should be available immediately, category B within 1\u2005h and category C can be held supraregionally) and stock levels. 169 (78.6%) responses were received. Atropine, calcium gluconate and flumazenil (category A) were the only antidotes available in all hospitals within the recommended time and stock levels. Forty-one (24.3%) hospitals held every category A antidote; this increased to 81 (47.9%) for those holding at least one cyanide antidote and all other category A antidotes. The proportion of hospitals stocking category A/B antidotes within the recommended time increased for 20 (90.9%) category A/B antidotes. Fomepizole (category B) availability increased to 62.1% of hospitals from 11.4% in 2010/2011. Other than penicillamine (63.3% hospitals), there was poor availability (2.4%-36.1%) of category C antidotes. Availability of category A and B antidotes has improved since the 2010/2011 audit and 2013 guidelines. However, there remains significant variability particularly for category C antidotes. More work is required to ensure that those treating poisoned patients have timely access to antidotes focusing particularly on category C antidotes.",
"31237465": "ID: 31237465\nTitle: Development of an acute, short-term exposure model for phosgene.\nAbstract: Phosgene is classified as a chemical warfare agent, yet data on its short-duration high concentration toxicity in a nose-only exposure rat model is sparse and inconsistent. Hence, an exposure system for short-term/high concentration exposure was developed and characterized. Herein, we report the median lethal concentration (LC50) for a 10-min nasal exposure of phosgene in a 24-h rat survival model. Male Wistar rats (Envigo) weighing 180-210\u2009g on the day of exposure, were exposed to phosgene gas via nose-only inhalation using a system specifically designed to allow the simultaneous exposure and quantification of phosgene. After 24\u2009h, the surviving rats were euthanized, the lung/body mass ratio determined, and lung tissues analyzed for histopathology. Increased terminal airway edema in the lungs located primarily at the alveoli (resulting in an increased lung/body mass ratio) coincided with the observed mortality. An LC50 value of 129.2\u2009mg/m3 for a 10-min exposure was determined. Furthermore, in agreement with other highly toxic compounds, this study reveals a LC50 concentration value supportive of a nonlinear toxic load model, where the toxic load exponent is >1 (ne = 1.17). Thus, in line with other chemical warfare agents, phosgene toxicity is predicted to be more severe with short-duration, high-concentration exposures than long-duration, low-concentration exposures. This model is anticipated to be refined and developed to screen novel therapeutics against relevant short-term high concentration phosgene exposures expected from a terrorist attack, battlefield deployment, or industrial accident.",
"31626713": "ID: 31626713\nTitle: Dorsal hippocampus cholinergic and nitrergic neurotransmission modulates the cardiac baroreflex function in rats.\nAbstract: Hippocampus is a limbic structure involved in the baroreflex and chemoreflex control that receives extensive cholinergic input from basal forebrain. Hippocampal muscarinic receptors activation by acetylcholine might evoke nitric oxide synthesis, which is an important neuromodulator of cardiovascular responses. Thus, we hypothesize that cholinergic and nitrergic neurotransmission within the DH modulates the baroreflex and chemoreflex function. We have used vasoactive drugs (phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside), and potassium cyanide infused peripherally to induce, respectively, baroreflex or chemoreflex responses in awake animals. Bilateral injection into the DH of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (neostigmine) reduced baroreflex responses. Meanwhile, the non-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist (atropine) or the M1-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist increased baroreflex responses (pirenzepine). Furthermore, the neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (N-propyl) or the intracellular NO scavenger (carboxy-PTIO) increased baroreflex responses, as well as the selective inhibitor of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (ODQ), increased the baroreflex responses. Besides, bilateral administration of an ineffective dose of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor abolished the reduction in the baroreflex responses evoked by an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. On the other hand, we have demonstrated that hippocampal cholinergic neurotransmission did not influence the chemoreflex function. Taken together, our findings suggest that nNOS-derived nitric oxide in the DH participates in acetylcholine-evoked baroreflex responses.",
"31830549": "ID: 31830549\nTitle: Blood pressure lowering effect and vascular activity of Phyllanthus niruri extract: The role of NO/cGMP signaling pathway and \u03b2-adrenoceptor mediated relaxation of isolated aortic rings.\nAbstract: Phyllanthus niruri have a long history of use in the traditional treatment of various ailments including hypertension. Literature reports have indicated that it is a potent antihypertensive herbal medication used traditionally. This study was carried out to investigate the antihypertensive and vasodilatory activity of four solvents extracts of P. niruri namely; petroleum ether (PEPN), chloroform (CLPN), methanol (MEPN) and water (WEPN), with the aim of elucidating the mechanism of action and identifying the phytochemical constituents. Male Spontaneous Hypertensive Rats (SHRs) were given oral gavage of P. niruri extract daily for two weeks and the blood pressure was recorded in vivo. We also determine the vasodilation effect of the extracts on rings of isolated thoracic aorta pre-contracted with phenylephrine (PE, 1\u00a0\u03bcM). Endothelium-intact or endothelium-denuded aorta rings were pre-incubated with various antagonists like 1H-[1,2,4] oxadiazolo-[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10\u00a0\u03bcM) and Methylene blue (MB 10\u00a0\u03bcM), sGC inhibitors; N\u03c9-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME, 10\u00a0\u03bcM) a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor; atropine (10\u00a0\u03bcM), a cholinergic receptor blocker; indomethacin (10\u00a0\u03bcM), a cyclooxygenase inhibitor and various K+ channel blockers such as glibenclamide (10\u00a0\u03bcM) and tetraethyl ammonium (TEA 10\u00a0\u03bcM) for mechanism study. SHRs receiving P. niruri extracts showed a significant decrease in their blood pressure (BP) when compared to the baseline value, with PEPN being more potent. The extracts (0.125-4\u00a0mg/mL) also induced vasorelaxation on endothelium-intact aorta rings. PEPN elicited the most potent maximum relaxation effect (Rmax). Mechanism assessment of PEPN showed that its relaxation effect is significantly suppressed in endothelium-denuded aorta rings. Pre-incubation of aorta rings with atropine, L-NAME, ODQ, indomethacin, and propranolol also significantly attenuated its relaxation effect. Conversely, incubation with TEA and glibenclamide did not show a significant effect on PEPN-induced relaxation. This study indicates that the antihypertensive activity of P. niruri extract is mediated by vasoactive phytoconstituents that dilate the arterial wall via endothelium-dependent pathways and \u03b2-adrenoceptor activity which, in turn, cause vasorelaxation and reduce blood pressure.",
"31931016": "ID: 31931016\nTitle: The antidotes atropine and pralidoxime distinctively recover cardiorespiratory components impaired by acute poisoning with chlorpyrifos in rats.\nAbstract: In a previous work we showed that the organophosphate pesticide (OP) chlorpyrifos (CPF) reduces the protective chemoreflex and baroreflex responses in rats. However, whether the antidotes atropine (ATR) and pralidoxime (2-PAM) are capable of restoring these reflex functions remains unexplored. Rats were poisoned with CPF (30\u00a0mg.kg-1, i.p.) and one hour after the intoxication, ATR (10\u00a0mg.kg-1, i.p.) and 2-PAM (40\u00a0mg.kg-1, i.p.) were administrated separately or in combination. Cardiorespiratory parameters were recorded in awake rats 24\u00a0h after CPF. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) variability and spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (sBRS) were derived from undisturbed recordings (30\u00a0min), while chemoreflex was assessed through potassium cyanide (KCN) i.v. injections (10, 20, 40, 80\u00a0\u03bcg/rat). CPF poisoning increased SBP variability and low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio of the HR variability spectrum, indicating autonomic imbalance with increased cardiac sympathetic tone. sBRS was not changed. Treatment with 2-PAM restored SBP variability, whilst both antidotes increased LF/HF ratio. CPF poisoning reduced the hypertensive, bradycardic and tachypneic chemoreflex responses. Chemoreflex-induced hypertensive response was restored by 2-PAM treatment, while ATR recovered the bradycardic response. Both antidotes restored the chemoreflex tachypneic response. Our data show distinct effects of ATR and 2-PAM on cardiorespiratory parameters affected by OP poisoning. While 2-PAM rescued the chemoreflex hypertensive response, ATR reversed chemoreflex bradycardic dysfunction. Although 2-PAM clinical use is questioned in some countries, our data indicate that summation of effects of both antidotes appears beneficial on the cardiorespiratory system and peripheral chemoreflex function.",
"32020997": "ID: 32020997\nTitle: Antidotes in Poisoning.\nAbstract: Antidotes are agents that negate the effect of a poison or toxin. Antidotes mediate its effect either by preventing the absorption of the toxin, by binding and neutralizing the poison, antagonizing its end-organ effect, or by inhibition of conversion of the toxin to more toxic metabolites. Antidote administration may not only result in the reduction of free or active toxin level, but also in the mitigation of end-organ effects of the toxin by mechanisms that include competitive inhibition, receptor blockade or direct antagonism of the toxin. Reduction in free toxin level can be achieved by specific and non-specific agents that bind to the toxin. The most commonly used non-specific binding agent is activated charcoal. Specific binders include chelating agents, bioscavenger therapy and immunotherapy. In some situations, enhanced elimination can be achieved by urinary alkalization or hemadsorption. Competitive inhibition of enzymes (e.g. ethanol for methanol poisoning), enhancement of enzyme function (e.g. oximes for organophosphorus poisoning) and competitive receptor blockade (e.g. naloxone, flumazenil) are other mechanisms by which antidotes act. Drugs such as N-acetyl cysteine and sodium thiocyanate reduce the formation of toxic metabolites in paracetamol and cyanide poisoning respectively. Drugs such as atropine and magnesium are used to counteract the end-organ effects in organophosphorus poisoning. Vitamins such as vitamin K, folic acid and pyridoxine are used to antagonise the effects of warfarin, methotrexate and INH respectively in the setting of toxicity or overdose. This review provides an overview of the role of antidotes in poisoning. Chacko B, Peter JV. Antidotes in Poisoning. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4):S241-S249.",
"32310006": "ID: 32310006\nTitle: Treatment for beta-blocker poisoning: a systematic review.\nAbstract: Introduction: Beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist (beta-blocker) poisoning is a common overdose which can lead to significant morbidity and mortality.Objective: To evaluate the effects of treatments for beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist poisoning.Methods: Searches were conducted across MEDLINE (1946-26 November 2019, Ovid); Embase (1974-26 November 2019, Ovid); and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, to 26 November 2019) utilising a combination of subject headings and free text. The search strategy identified 15, 553 citations. Two reviewers screened titles and abstracts prior to selecting 141 articles (Kappa on articles included = 0.982, 95% CI 0.980-0.985). Primary outcomes included mortality and improvement in haemodynamic parameters (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure or a composite measure able to quantitate a haemodynamic response).Results: The risk of bias was high for all interventions.Gastric decontamination: Fifteen case reports described the administration of activated charcoal and five detailed the use of gastric lavage. As there was concurrent utilisation of multiple interventions, it was difficult to draw definitive conclusions regarding the relative contribution of these interventions to mortality or survival.Catecholamines, inotropes and vasopressors: The use of catecholamines in treating beta-blocker toxicity was reported in 16 case reports, 3 case series and 2 animal studies. These agents most likely provided a survival benefit and improved haemodynamics.Atropine: Multiple intravenous boluses of atropine were associated with improvement in heart rate and blood pressure in one case report.Calcium: Intravenous calcium was associated with an improvement in haemodynamics in three out of six case reports but in association with multiple other therapies as well as in two animal studies.High-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy: The use of this therapy was associated with mortality benefit in 10 case series. Two case reports showed clear haemodynamic improvement in a timeframe consistent with insulin administration (bolus then continuous infusion). Maintenance dosing ranged from 1 to 10 units/kg/h of insulin. However, it is unclear whether high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy improved haemodynamic response above catecholamines and other inotropic agents in humans. Hypoglycaemia and hypokalemia were commonly observed adverse effects.Glucagon: Glucagon was associated with minor improvements in haemodynamics through an increase in heart rate in two cases series, nine case reports and five animal studies.Methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue): Four case reports reported an association with improvement in haemodynamics following administration of methylene blue but in the setting of co-ingestion with amlodipine.Intravenous lipid emulsion therapy: There was variable response to intravenous lipid emulsion therapy reported in 10 case series, 5 animal studies and 21 case reports.Lignocaine: There were four case reports showing variable response to lignocaine in arrhythmias secondary to beta-blocker toxicity.Other treatments: Fructose diphosphate, levosimendan and amrinone did not provide a mortality or significant haemodynamic benefit in three animal studies and nine case reports. .Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was associated with improved survival in patients with severe cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest in an observational study and four cases series.Dialysis: The evidence of four case reports suggest haemodialysis may assist in the management of massive overdose of specific water-soluble beta-blockers (e.g., atenolol) by improving elimination; however, a survival or haemodynamic benefit was not established.Pacing: One case series and a single case report showed the utility of temporary overdrive cardiac pacing to prevent arrhythmias in sotalol toxicity.Conclusions: Catecholamines, vasopressors, high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy and veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation were associated with reduced mortality. However, it must be acknowledged that multiple treatments were often given simultaneously. Haemodynamic improvements in blood pressure and cardiac output were seen with the use of catecholamines, vasopressin and high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy. Evidence for treatment recommendations is almost entirely drawn from very low- to low-quality studies and subject to bias. However, it is reasonable to have a graduated response to cardiovascular instability beginning with intravenous fluids, commencement of a single or a combination of catecholamine inotropes and vasopressors depending upon the type of haemodynamic compromise (bradycardia, left ventricular dysfunction, vasodilation). High-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy can be introduced as an adjunctive inotrope and lastly, more invasive methods such as veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation should be considered in cases unresponsive to other therapies.",
"32389431": "ID: 32389431\nTitle: Clonidine Compounding Error: Bradycardia and Sedation in a Pediatric Patient.\nAbstract: Clonidine is a centrally-acting \u03b1-2 agonist used in the treatment of hypertension and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, among other off-label uses. In overdose, it can cause sedation, bradycardia, and hypotension. Clonidine can be compounded as a liquid formula for patients who are unable to take pills, however, this can add to the risk of dosing errors. A 12-year-old boy diagnosed with autism, prescribed buspirone and clonidine, presented to the emergency department for altered mental status. His examination revealed generalized sedation, bradycardia (heart rate 30-40 beats/min), and hypotension (blood pressure 82/48\u00a0mm Hg). Resuscitation included i.v. crystalloids and multiple doses of atropine. Over the next 24\u00a0h, his vital signs and mental status normalized. He displayed no infectious symptoms or focal neurologic deficits. His parents noted that his medications had been refilled recently at the compounding pharmacy; because he was unable to take pills, his medications were in liquid formulation. Because his signs and symptoms were suspicious for a central \u03b1-2 agonist overdose, his clonidine preparation was sent to a reference laboratory for analysis. This analysis revealed the concentration was approximately eight times higher than indicated on its label. WHY SHOULD AND EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Compounding pharmacy errors can be a source of toxicity, even if there is no known history of an overdose. Recognizing the toxidrome of sedation, respiratory depression, bradycardia, hypotension, and miosis will lead to appropriate treatment of the patient and should prompt an investigation of the medication error to prevent further harm.",
"32703327": "ID: 32703327\nTitle: Five Decades of Global Chemical Terror Attacks: Data Analysis to Inform Training and Preparedness.\nAbstract: Chemical weapons attacks during the recent conflict in Syria and Iraq highlight the need to better understand the changing epidemiology of chemical weapons use, especially among non-state actors. Public health professionals and policy-makers require this data to prioritize funding, training, chemical weapons preparedness, disaster response, and recovery. The purpose of this investigation is to provide descriptive data that can be used by policy-makers and public safety officials to better prepare for these potential attacks. A five-decade descriptive retrospective review of The Global Terrorism Database, maintained by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, was conducted to understand trends in chemical agents, targets, and routes of exposure. We reviewed and analyzed data specific to these documented chemical attacks between 1970 and 2017. 383 terror attacks involved chemical weapons over the study period. A specific agent was named in 154 incidents, while 124 incidents could be classified into traditional chemical weapons categories (eg, vesicant, choking agents). A route of exposure was identified in 242 attacks, with the most common routes of exposure being dermal-mucosal and inhalational. Caustic agents were used in the highest portion of attacks (25%) where the route of exposure was known. Explosive devices were used in 21% of attacks to deliver these chemical agents. Of particular note, private citizens and educational facilities were targeted in 25% and 12% of attacks, respectively. The average number of attacks increased from 6 per year between 1970 and 2011 to 24.9 per year between 2011 and 2017 (coinciding with the start of the Syria conflict). The most commonly utilized chemicals were chlorine (26.0%), tear gas (20.8%), and cyanide (15.6%). Blood agent incidents declined from 32.6% before the September 11, 2001 attacks to 13.6% after 2001, while nerve agent attacks fell from 9.3% to 1.2%. In contrast, choking (namely chlorine) and vesicant (mustard) agent use increased from 7% to 48.1% and from 2.3% to 6.2% of attacks, respectively. Chemical weapon use in global terrorism remains an increasingly common occurrence that requires better characterization. The average number of chemical terrorist attacks per year is increasing, with a large proportion resulting from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Choking (chlorine) and vesicant (mustard) agents have become the predominant chemical terror agent since 2001, with a decreased incidence of blood (cyanogenic) and nerve (sarin) agents. Future preparedness initiatives should focus on vulnerable targets such as private citizens and educational institutions. Improving blast injury response is essential, along with prioritizing disaster training focused on choking agents, vesicants, and caustics.",
"32712238": "ID: 32712238\nTitle: Cobra snakebite mimicking brain death treated with a novel combination of polyvalent snake antivenom and anticholinesterase.\nAbstract: In toxicology literature, snake bites were the second toxicology-relevant cause mimicking brain death. A 57-year-old woman with history of cobra snake bite. On examination, the brain stem reflexes were absent with Glasgow coma score of 3. The patient accomplished full neurological recovery after using a novel combination of Polyvalent Snake Antivenom (PSA) and anticholinesterases. This case highlights a unique presentation of cobra bite induced brain death mimicking. Thus, intensivist should exclude neuroparalytic effect of snakebite before considering withdrawal of ventilatory support or organ donation. Also, the life-threatening presentation of cobra envenomation mandates the use of higher doses of PSA to reverse the neuroparalytic toxicity. We should consider the rule of anticholinesterase as an adjunctive therapy to PSA in severe cobra envenomation.",
"32898549": "ID: 32898549\nTitle: Acute administration of diazepam or midazolam minimally alters long-term neuropathological effects in the rat brain following acute intoxication with diisopropylfluorophosphate.\nAbstract: Acute intoxication with organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitors (OPs) can trigger seizures that rapidly progress to life-threatening status epilepticus. Diazepam, long considered the standard of care for treating OP-induced seizures, is being replaced by midazolam. Whether midazolam is more effective than diazepam in mitigating the persistent effects of acute OP intoxication has not been rigorously evaluated. We compared the efficacy of diazepam vs. midazolam in preventing persistent neuropathology in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats acutely intoxicated with the OP diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP). Subjects were administered pyridostigmine bromide (0.1\u00a0mg/kg, i.p.) 30\u00a0min prior to injection with DFP (4\u00a0mg/kg, s.c.) or vehicle (saline) followed 1\u00a0min later by atropine sulfate (2\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and pralidoxime (25\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.), and 40\u00a0min later by diazepam (5\u00a0mg/kg, i.p.), midazolam (0.73\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.), or vehicle. At 3 and 6 months post-exposure, neurodegeneration, reactive astrogliosis, microglial activation, and oxidative stress were assessed in multiple brain regions using quantitative immunohistochemistry. Brain mineralization was evaluated by in vivo micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). Acute DFP intoxication caused persistent neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and brain mineralization. Midazolam transiently mitigated neurodegeneration, and both benzodiazepines partially protected against reactive astrogliosis in a brain region-specific manner. Neither benzodiazepine attenuated microglial activation or brain mineralization. These findings indicate that neither benzodiazepine effectively protects against persistent neuropathological changes, and suggest that midazolam is not significantly better than diazepam. Overall, this study highlights the need for improved neuroprotective strategies for treating humans in the event of a chemical emergency involving OPs.",
"32969501": "ID: 32969501\nTitle: Maternal organophosphate flame-retardant exposure alters offspring energy and glucose homeostasis in a sexually dimorphic manner in mice.\nAbstract: Persistent organic pollutants such as organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) can accumulate in the body and interact with nuclear receptors that control energy homeostasis. One sensitive window of exposure is during development, either in utero or neonatal. Therefore, we investigated if maternal exposure to a mixture of OPFRs alters metabolism on a low-fat diet (LFD) or a high-fat diet (HFD) in both male and female offspring. Wild-type C57Bl/6J dams were orally dosed with vehicle (sesame oil) or an OPFR mixture (1 mg/kg each of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate, triphenyl phosphate, and tricresyl phosphate) from gestation day 7 to postnatal day 14. After weaning, pups were fed LFD or HFD. To assess metabolism, we measured body weight and food intake weekly and determined body composition, metabolism, activity, and glucose homeostasis at 6 months of age. Although maternal OPFR exposure did not alter body weight or adiposity, OPFR exposure altered substrate utilization and energy expenditure depending on diet in both sexes. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure was increased by OPFR in male offspring. OPFR exposure interacted with HFD to increase fasting glucose in females and alter glucose and insulin tolerance in male offspring. Plasma leptin was reduced in male and female offspring when fed HFD, whereas liver expression of Pepck was increased in females and Esr1 (estrogen receptor \u03b1) was increased in both sex. The physiological implications indicate maternal exposure to OPFRs programs peripheral organs including the liver and adipose tissue, in a sex-dependent manner, thus changing the response to an obesogenic diet and altering adult offspring energy homeostasis.",
"32981362": "ID: 32981362\nTitle: Role of the Carotid Body in an Ovine Model of Renovascular Hypertension.\nAbstract: The carotid body is implicated as an important mediator and potential treatment target for hypertension. The mechanisms driving increased carotid body tonicity in hypertension are incompletely understood. Using a large preclinical animal model, which is crucial for translation, we hypothesized that carotid sinus nerve denervation would chronically decrease blood pressure in a renovascular ovine model of hypertension in which hypertonicity of the carotid body is associated with reduced common carotid artery blood flow. Adult ewes underwent either unilateral renal artery clipping or sham surgery. Two weeks later, flow probes were placed around the contralateral renal and common carotid arteries. Hypertension was accompanied by a significant reduction in common carotid blood flow but no change in renal blood flow. Carotid sinus nerve denervation significantly reduced blood pressure compared with sham. In both hypertensive and normotensive animals, carotid body stimulation using potassium cyanide caused dose-dependent increases in mean arterial pressure and common carotid conductance but a reduction in renal vascular conductance. These responses were not different between the animal groups. Taken together, our findings indicate that (1) the carotid body is activated in renovascular hypertension, and this is associated with reduced blood flow (decreased vascular conductance) in the common carotid artery and (2) the carotid body can differentially regulate blood flow to the common carotid and renal arteries. We suggest that in the ovine renovascular model, carotid body hypertonicity may be a product of reduced common carotid artery blood flow and plays an amplifying role with the kidney in the development of hypertension.",
"33040861": "ID: 33040861\nTitle: Toxin-Induced Acute Delirium.\nAbstract: Acute delirium is a transient state of cerebral dysfunction reflecting an underlying medical decompensation. Toxicity from medications and other substances are a common cause of delirium. History and laboratory testing may be limited by alteration and lack of specific tests for certain compounds. Classes of compounds produce a constellation of symptoms and examination findings recognized as a toxidrome. Cessation of the offending agent, supportive care, and specific antidotal therapy are key to treatment. This article reviews the presentations of the anticholinergic toxidrome, sympathomimetic toxidrome, hallucinogenic toxidrome, \u03b3-aminobutyric acid withdrawal, and Wernicke encephalopathy, as well as their mechanisms and basic management.",
"33040867": "ID: 33040867\nTitle: Neurochemical and Neurobiological Weapons.\nAbstract: Nerve agents and neurobiological weapons are among the most devastating and lethal of weapons. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors act by increasing the amount of acetylcholine in the neuromuscular junction, resulting in flaccid paralysis. Tabun, VX, soman, and sarin are the major agents in this category. Exposure to nerve agents can be inhalational or through dermal contact. Neurotoxins may have peripheral and central effects on the nervous system. Atropine is an effective antidote to nerve agents. Neurobiological weapons entail using whole organisms or organism-synthesized toxins as agents. Some organisms that can be used as biological weapons include smallpox virus.",
"33206558": "ID: 33206558\nTitle: Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep.\nAbstract: Activation of the carotid body (CB) using intracarotid potassium cyanide (KCN) injection increases coronary blood flow (CoBF). This increase in CoBF is considered to be mediated by co-activation of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to the heart. However, whether cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) actually increases during CB activation has not been determined previously. We hypothesized that activation of the CB would increase directly recorded cardiac SNA, which would cause coronary vasodilatation. Experiments were conducted in conscious sheep implanted with electrodes to record cardiac SNA and diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF and cardiac output, and a catheter to record arterial pressure. Intracarotid KCN injection was used to activate the CB. To eliminate the contribution of metabolic demand on coronary flow, the heart was paced at a constant rate during CB chemoreflex stimulation. Intracarotid KCN injection resulted in a significant increase in directly recorded cardiac SNA frequency (from 24\u2009\u00b1\u20092 to 40\u2009\u00b1\u20094 bursts/min; P < 0.05) as well as a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure (79\u2009\u00b1\u200915 to 88\u2009\u00b1\u200914\u2009mmHg; P < 0.01) and CoBF (75\u2009\u00b1\u200937 vs. 86\u2009\u00b1\u200942\u2009mL/min; P < 0.05). The increase in CoBF and coronary vascular conductance to intracarotid KCN injection was abolished after propranolol infusion, suggesting that the increased cardiac SNA mediates coronary vasodilatation. The pressor response to activation of the CB was abolished by pretreatment with intravenous atropine, but there was no change in the coronary flow response. Our results indicate that CB activation increases directly recorded cardiac SNA, which mediates vasodilatation of the coronary vasculature.",
"33221011": "ID: 33221011\nTitle: Crosstalk of cholinergic pathway on thyroid disrupting effects of the insecticide chlorpyrifos in zebrafish (Danio rerio).\nAbstract: Chlorpyrifos is a widely used organophosphate insecticide and ubiquitously detected in the environment. However, little attention has been paid to its endocrine disrupting effect to non-target organisms. In the present study, zebrafish was exposed to 13 and 65\u00a0\u03bcg/L of chlorpyrifos for 7 and 10\u00a0days to determine the induced neurotoxicity and the alteration of thyroid metabolism. The 120\u00a0h LC50 and LC10 of chlorpyrifos was estimated as 1.35\u00a0mg/L and 0.62\u00a0mg/L based on the acute embryo toxicity assay, respectively. The acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory was detected by 13\u00a0\u03bcg/L chlorpyrifos and could be reversed by the co-exposure of 100 and 1000\u00a0\u03bcg/L anticholinergic agent atropine. For thyroid hormone level, 13 and 65\u00a0\u03bcg/L of chlorpyrifos induced increased free T3 levels in 10\u00a0dpf (days post-fertilization). The expression of thyroid related genes in 7 and 10\u00a0dpf exposed zebrafish were measured by the quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) assay. The mRNA expression of tshba, thrb, crhb, ttr, tpo, ugt1ab and slc5a5 had significant change. However, the alterations of thyroid hormone and mRNA expression could be partly rescued by the addition of atropine. The molecular docking of chlorpyrifos and T3 to the thyroid receptor \u03b2 in zebrafish using homology modelling and CDOCKER procedures shown weaker binding ability of chlorpyrifos compared to T3. Therefore, we concluded that the disturbance of thyroid signaling in zebrafish might arise from the developmental neurotoxicity induced by chlorpyrifos.",
"33222198": "ID: 33222198\nTitle: Tardive neurotoxicity of anticholinergic drugs: A review.\nAbstract: The cholinergic system is a complex neurotransmitter system with functional involvement at multiple levels of the nervous system including the cerebral cortex, spinal cord, autonomic nervous system, and neuromuscular junction. Anticholinergic medications are among the most prescribed medications, making up one-third to one-half of all medications prescribed for seniors. Recent evidence has linked long-term use of anticholinergic medications and dementia. Emerging evidence implicates the cholinergic system in the regulation of cerebral vasculature as well as neuroinflammation, suggesting that anticholinergic medications may contribute to absolute risk and progression of neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, we explore the involvement of the cholinergic system in various neurodegenerative diseases and the possible detrimental effects of anticholinergic medications on the onset and progression of these disorders. We identified references by searching the PubMed and Cochrane database between January 1990 and September 2019 for English-language animal and human studies including randomized clinical trials (RCTs), meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and observational studies. In addition, we conducted a manual search of reference lists from retrieved studies. Long-term anticholinergic medication exposure may have detrimental consequences beyond well-documented short-term cognitive effects, through a variety of mechanisms either directly impacting cholinergic neurotransmission or through receptors expressed on the vasculature or immune cells, providing a pathophysiological framework for complex interactions across the entire neuroaxis.",
"33301785": "ID: 33301785\nTitle: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes after Premedication with Atropine/Propofol vs Atropine/Atracurium/Sufentanil for Neonatal Intubation: 2-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial.\nAbstract: This study followed 173 newborn infants in the PREmedication Trial for Tracheal Intubation of the NEOnate\u00a0multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of atropine-propofol vs atropine-atracurium-sufentanil for premedication before nonemergency intubation. At 2\u00a0years of corrected age, there was no significant difference between the groups in death or risk of neurodevelopmental delay assessed with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01490580.",
"33414048": "ID: 33414048\nTitle: Two Cases of Thyrotoxicosis due to Redotex Ingestion, a Mexican Weight Loss Drug.\nAbstract: Redotex\u2122 is a Mexican weight-loss supplement that is not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved. It consists of the following five ingredients: tri-iodothyronine 75\u00a0\u03bcg, atropine 0.36\u00a0mg, diazepam 8\u00a0mg, aloin 16\u00a0mg, and d-norpseudoephedrine 50\u00a0mg per tablet. There are few case reports with clinically severe ingestions. We report two cases of clinical thyrotoxicosis due to use of Redotex. A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with anxiety and palpitations. She reported taking Redotex daily for 1\u00a0week. Her temperature was 37.1\u00b0C, blood pressure (BP) was 166/104\u00a0mm Hg, and heart rate (HR) was 140 beats/min. Laboratory analysis was significant for a bicarbonate level of 20\u00a0mmol/L (reference 22-29\u00a0mmol/L), free T4 0.75\u00a0ng/dL (reference 0.93-1.70\u00a0ng/dL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.05 uIU/mL (reference 0.27-4.20 uIU/mL). She was treated with 2\u00a0mg i.v. lorazepam and 20\u00a0mg oral propranolol. A 37-year-old woman presented with chest pain, palpitations, and nausea after taking Redotex 1 to 2 tablets daily for 6\u00a0weeks. Her HR was 134 beats/min and BP was 130/66\u00a0mm Hg. Thyroid function tests on initial presentation showed a TSH of 0.013 uU/mL, free T4 of 0.24\u00a0ng/dL, and free T3 of >30 pg/mL. She was treated with propranolol 1\u00a0mg i.v. twice per day and 2 doses of lorazepam 1\u00a0mg. Both patients had resolution of their symptoms. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: When taken chronically and at recommended doses, Redotex can present with clinically significant T3 thyrotoxicosis. This has not been seen in prior reports.",
"33484734": "ID: 33484734\nTitle: Phosgene inhalation toxicity: Update on mechanisms and mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) gas is an indispensable high-production-volume chemical intermediate used worldwide in numerous industrial processes. Published evidence of human exposures due to accidents and warfare (World War I) has been reported; however, these reports often lack specificity because of the uncharacterized exposure intensities of phosgene and/or related irritants. These may include liquid or solid congeners of phosgene, including di- and triphosgene and/or the respiratory tract irritant chlorine which are often collectively reported under the umbrella of phosgene exposure without any appreciation of their differences in causing acute lung injury (ALI). Among these irritants, phosgene gas is somewhat unique because of its poor water solubility. This prevents any appreciable retention of the gas in the upper airways and related trigeminal sensations of irritation. By contrast, in the pulmonary compartment, amphiphilic surfactant might scavenge this lipophilic gas. The interaction of phosgene and the surfactant may affect basic physiological functions controlled by Starling's and Laplace's laws, which can be followed by cardiogenic pulmonary edema. The phenotypic manifestations are dependent on the concentration\u202f\u00d7\u202fexposure duration (C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft); the higher the C\u202f\u00d7\u202ft is, the less time that is required for edema to appear. It is hypothesized that this type of edema is caused by cardiovascular and colloid osmotic imbalances to initial neurogenic events but not because of the injury itself. Thus, hemodynamic etiologies appear to cause imbalances in extravasated fluids and solute accumulation in the pulmonary interstitium, which is not drained away by the lymphatic channels of the lung. The most salient associated findings are hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. The involved intertwined pathophysiological processes coordinating pulmonary ventilation and cardiopulmonary perfusion under such conditions are complex. Pulmonary arterial catheter measurements on phosgene-exposed dogs provided evidence of 'cor pulmonale', a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation about 20 h postexposure. The objective of this review is to critically analyze evidence from experimental inhalation studies in rats and dogs, and evidence from accidental human exposures to better understand the primary and secondary events causing cardiopulmonary dysfunction and an ensuing life-threatening lung edema. Mechanism-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also considered for this form of cardiogenic edema.",
"33691364": "ID: 33691364\nTitle: [Effects of over-expressing heat shock protein 60 on marrow mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of phosgene-induced acute lung injury].\nAbstract: Objective: To investigate the effect of heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) overexpression on the ability of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and its therapeutic effect on rats with phosgene induced acute lung injury. Methods: HSP60 was transfected into MSCs by adenovirus. Western blot was used to measure the expressions of HSP60 before and after transfection. CCK-8 assay was used to detect the activity of MSCs, flow cytometry was used to detect the apoptotic ability of MSCs, and Transwell assay was used to observe the migration ability of MSCs. Sixty SPF grade male SD rats were randomly divided into control group, phosgene exposure group (inhalation of phosgene for 5 min) , MSCs group (phosgene exposure, MSCs treatment group) and transfected MSCs group (phosgene exposure, overexpression of HSP60 MSCs treatment group) . The pathological changes of lung were observed by lung pathological section, lung wet dry ratio, the degree of pulmonary edema, the total cell count and total protein content of alveolar lavage fluid, the inflammatory changes of tumor necrosis factor-\u03b1 (TNF-\u03b1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in BALF and serum were observed. The data were analyzed by Graphpad Prism 8.0 software. Paired comparisons were performed by non paired t-test. One way ANOVA was used for comparison between groups. Results: The proliferation ability of MSCs transfected with HSP60[A= (0.69\u00b10.05) ] was significantly higher than that of MSCs not transfected with HSP60[A= (0.27\u00b10.02) ] (P<0.05) . Compared with the phosgene exposure group, the pulmonary edema and inflammatory factor infiltration of MSCs group and MSCs transfected group were reduced. However, compared with MSCs group, the degree of pulmonary edema in MSCs transfected group was significantly improved, the levels of inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-\u03b1 were significantly decreased, and the total protein content and total cell count in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were less (P<0.05) . 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"33761853": "ID: 33761853\nTitle: Piper sarmentosum Roxb. Attenuates Beta Amyloid (A\u03b2)-Induced Neurotoxicity Via the Inhibition of Amyloidogenesis and Tau Hyperphosphorylation in SH-SY5Y Cells.\nAbstract: In Alzheimer's disease, accumulation of beta amyloid (A\u03b2) triggers amyloidogenesis and hyperphosphorylation of tau protein leading to neuronal cell death. Piper sarmentosum Roxb. (PS) is a traditional medicinal herb used by Malay to treat rheumatism, headache and boost memory. It possesses various biological effects, such as anti-cholinergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-depressant-like effects. The present study aimed to investigate neuroprotective properties of PS against A\u03b2-induced neurotoxicity and to evaluate its potential mechanism of action. Neuroprotective effects of hexane (HXN), dichloromethane (DCM), ethyl acetate (EA) and methanol (MEOH) extracts from leaves (L) and roots (R) of PS against A\u03b2-induced neurotoxicity were investigated in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. Cells were pre-treated with PS for 24 h followed by 24 h of induction with A\u03b2. The neuroprotective effects of PS were studied using cell viability and cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) assays. The levels of extracellular A\u03b2 and tau proteins phosphorylated at threonine 231 (pT231) were determined. Gene and protein expressions were assessed using qRT-PCR analyses and western blot analyses, respectively. Hexane extracts of PS (LHXN and RHXN) protected SH-SY5Y cells against A\u03b2-induced neurotoxicity, and decreased levels of extracellular A\u03b2 and phosphorylated tau (pT231). Although extracts of PS inhibited A\u03b2-induced ROS production, it was unlikely that neuroprotective effects were simply due to the anti-oxidant capacity of PS. Further, mechanistic study suggested that the neuroprotective effects of PS might be due to its capability to regulate amyloidogenesis through the downregulation of BACE and APP. These findings suggest that hexane extracts of PS confer neuroprotection against A\u03b2- induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells by attenuating amyloidogenesis and tau hyperphosphorylation. Due to its neuroprotective properties, PS might be a potential therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease.",
"33981172": "ID: 33981172\nTitle: In vitro biological activity of Salvia fruticosa Mill. infusion against amyloid \u03b2-peptide-induced toxicity and inhibition of GSK-3\u03b2, CK-1\u03b4, and BACE-1 enzymes relevant to Alzheimer's disease.\nAbstract: Salvia species have been traditionally used to improve cognition and have been proved to be a potential natural treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Salvia fruticosa Mill. (Turkish sage or Greek sage) demonstrated to have anticholinergic effects in vitro. The aim of this study was to understand the mechanism underlying the neuroprotective effects of S. fruticosa infusion and its representative compound rosmarinic acid, which was detected by LC-DAD-ESI-MS/MS. The protective effects of the S. fruticosa infusion (SFINF) and its major substance rosmarinic acid (RA) on amyloid beta 1-42 -induced cytotoxicity on SH-SY5Y cells together with p-GSK-3\u03b2 activation were investigated. Their in vitro inhibitory effects against glycogen synthase kinase 3\u03b2, \u03b2-secretase, and casein kinase 1\u03b4 enzymes were also evaluated. The results showed that treatment with the all tested concentrations, SFINF significantly decreased A\u03b2 1-42-induced cytotoxicity and exhibited promising in vitro glycogen synthase kinase 3\u03b2 inhibitory activity below 10\u00a0\u00b5g/mL (IC50 6.52\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.14\u00a0\u00b5g/mL), in addition to \u03b2-secretase inhibition (IC50 86\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.9\u00a0\u00b5g/mL) and casein kinase 1\u03b4 inhibition (IC50 121.57\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.00). The SFINF (100\u00a0\u00b5g/mL and 250\u00a0\u00b5g/mL) also activated the expression of p-GSK-3\u03b2 in amyloid beta 1-42 treated SH-SY5Y cells. The outcomes of this study demonstrated that the S. fruticosa infusion possessed activity to prevent amyloid beta 1-42 -induced neurotoxicity and provided proof that its mechanism may involve regulation of p-GSK-3\u03b2 protein.",
"34122147": "ID: 34122147\nTitle: Regulation of Coronary Blood Flow by the Carotid Body Chemoreceptors in Ovine Heart Failure.\nAbstract: Carotid bodies (CBs) are peripheral chemoreceptors, which are primary sensors of systemic hypoxia and their activation produces respiratory, autonomic, and cardiovascular adjustments critical for body homeostasis. We have previously shown that carotid chemoreceptor stimulation increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (cardiac SNA) which increases coronary blood flow (CoBF) in conscious normal sheep. Previous studies have shown that chemoreflex sensitivity is augmented in heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that carotid chemoreceptor stimulation would increase CoBF to a greater extent in HF than control sheep. Experiments were conducted in conscious HF sheep and control sheep (n = 6/group) implanted with electrodes to record diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG), flow probes to record CoBF as well as arterial pressure. There was a significant increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP), CoBF and coronary vascular conductance (CVC) in response to potassium cyanide (KCN) in both groups of sheep. To eliminate the effects of metabolic vasodilation, the KCN was repeated while the heart was paced at a constant level. In this paradigm, the increase in CoBF and CVC was augmented in the HF group compared to the control group. Pre-treatment with propranolol did not alter the CoBF or the CVC increase in the HF group indicating this was not mediated by an increase in cardiac sympathetic drive. The pressor response to CB activation was abolished by pre-treatment with intravenous atropine in both groups, but there was no change in the CoBF and vascular conductance responses. Our data suggest that in an ovine model of HF, carotid body (CB) mediated increases in CoBF and CVC are augmented compared to control animals. This increase in CoBF is mediated by an increase in cardiac SNA in the control group but not the HF group.",
"34509511": "ID: 34509511\nTitle: Persistent neuropathology and behavioral deficits in a mouse model of status epilepticus induced by acute intoxication with diisopropylfluorophosphate.\nAbstract: Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents and pesticides are a class of neurotoxic compounds that can cause status epilepticus (SE), and death following acute high-dose exposures. While the standard of care for acute OP intoxication (atropine, oxime, and high-dose benzodiazepine) can prevent mortality, survivors of OP poisoning often experience long-term brain damage and cognitive deficits. Preclinical studies of acute OP intoxication have primarily used rat models to identify candidate medical countermeasures. However, the mouse offers the advantage of readily available knockout strains for mechanistic studies of acute and chronic consequences of OP-induced SE. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine whether a mouse model of acute diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) intoxication would produce acute and chronic neurotoxicity similar to that observed in rat models and humans following acute OP intoxication. Adult male C57BL/6J mice injected with DFP (9.5 mg/kg, s.c.) followed 1 min later with atropine sulfate (0.1 mg/kg, i.m.) and 2-pralidoxime (25 mg/kg, i.m.) developed behavioral and electrographic signs of SE within minutes that continued for at least 4 h. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition persisted for at least 3 d in the blood and 14 d in the brain of DFP mice relative to vehicle (VEH) controls. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed significant neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in multiple brain regions at 1, 7, and 28 d post-exposure in the brains of DFP mice relative to VEH controls. Deficits in locomotor and home-cage behavior were observed in DFP mice at 28 d post-exposure. These findings demonstrate that this mouse model replicates many of the outcomes observed in rats and humans acutely intoxicated with OPs, suggesting the feasibility of using this model for mechanistic studies and therapeutic screening.",
"34622217": "ID: 34622217\nTitle: Sex-specific acute and chronic neurotoxicity of acute diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP)-intoxication in juvenile Sprague-Dawley rats.\nAbstract: Preclinical efforts to improve medical countermeasures against organophosphate (OP) chemical threat agents have largely focused on adult male models. However, age and sex have been shown to influence the neurotoxicity of repeated low-level OP exposure. Therefore, to determine the influence of sex and age on outcomes associated with acute OP intoxication, postnatal day 28 Sprague-Dawley male and female rats were exposed to the OP diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP; 3.4\u00a0mg/kg, s.c.) or an equal volume of vehicle (\u223c80\u00a0\u00b5L saline, s.c.) followed by atropine sulfate (0.1\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and pralidoxime (2-PAM; 25\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.). Seizure activity was assessed during the first 4\u00a0h post-exposure using behavioral criteria and electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings. At 1\u00a0d post-exposure, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was measured in cortical tissue, and at 1, 7, and 28 d post-exposure, brains were collected for neuropathologic analyses. At 1\u00a0month post-DFP, animals were analyzed for motor ability, learning and memory, and hippocampal neurogenesis. Acute DFP intoxication triggered more severe seizure behavior in males than females, which was supported by EEG recordings. DFP caused significant neurodegeneration and persistent microglial activation in numerous brain regions of both sexes, but astrogliosis occurred earlier and was more severe in males compared to females. DFP males and females exhibited pronounced memory deficits relative to sex-matched controls. In contrast, acute DFP intoxication altered hippocampal neurogenesis in males, but not females. These findings demonstrate that acute DFP intoxication triggers seizures in juvenile rats of both sexes, but the seizure severity varies by sex. Some, but not all, chronic neurotoxic outcomes also varied by sex. The spatiotemporal patterns of neurological damage suggest that microglial activation may be a more important factor than astrogliosis or altered neurogenesis in the pathogenesis of cognitive deficits in juvenile rats acutely intoxicated with OPs.",
"34681591": "ID: 34681591\nTitle: Mechanism of Phosgene-Induced Acute Lung Injury and Treatment Strategy.\nAbstract: Phosgene (COCl2) was once used as a classic suffocation poison and currently plays an essential role in industrial production. Due to its high toxicity, the problem of poisoning caused by leakage during production, storage, and use cannot be ignored. Phosgene mainly acts on the lungs, causing long-lasting respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, and other related lung injuries, which may cause acute respiratory distress syndrome or even death in severe cases. Due to the high mortality, poor prognosis, and frequent sequelae, targeted therapies for phosgene exposure are needed. However, there is currently no specific antidote for phosgene poisoning. This paper reviews the literature on the mechanism and treatment strategies to explore new ideas for the treatment of phosgene poisoning.",
"34765683": "ID: 34765683\nTitle: Antimuscarinic Anticholinergic Medications in Parkinson Disease: To Prescribe or Deprescribe?\nAbstract: The relative importance of antimuscarinic anticholinergic medications for Parkinson's disease (PD) declined after the introduction of levodopa, such that anticholinergic medications are now much more likely to be prescribed for clinical indications other than parkinsonism. Recent studies have found an association between anticholinergic medication exposure and future risk of dementia in older individuals and those with PD. These findings provide a further reason to avoid the use of anticholinergic medications to treat motor symptoms of PD. More importantly, they raise the question of whether one of the goals of PD treatment should be to deprescribe all medications with anticholinergic properties, regardless of their indication, to reduce dementia risk. In this review, we discuss the use of anticholinergic medications in PD, the evidence supporting the association between anticholinergic medications and future dementia risk, and the potential implications of these findings for clinical care in PD.",
"34779379": "ID: 34779379\nTitle: A Comparison of the Neuroprotective and Reactivating Efficacy of a Novel Bispyridinium Oxime K870 with Commonly Used Pralidoxime and the Oxime HI-6 in Tabun-Poisoned Rats.\nAbstract: The comparison of neuroprotective and central reactivating effects of the oxime K870 in combination with atropine with the efficacy of standard antidotal treatment in tabun-poisoned rats. The neuroprotective effects of antidotal treatment were determined in rats poisoned with tabun at a sublethal dose using a functional observational battery 2 h and 24 h after tabun administration, the tabun-induced brain damage was investigated by the histopathological evaluation and central reactivating effects of oximes was evaluated by the determination of acetylcholinesterase activity in the brain using a standard spectrophotometric method. The central reactivating efficacy of a newly developed oxime K870 roughly corresponds to the central reactivating efficacy of pralidoxime while the ability of the oxime HI-6 to reactivate tabun-inhibited acetylcholinesterase in the brain was negligible. The ability of the oxime K870 to decrease tabun-induced acute neurotoxicity was slightly higher than that of pralidoxime and similar to the oxime HI-6. These results roughly correspond to the histopathological evaluation of tabun-induced brain damage. The newly synthesized oxime K870 is not a suitable replacement for commonly used oximes in the antidotal treatment of acute tabun poisonings because its neuroprotective efficacy is only slightly higher or similar compared to studied currently used oximes.",
"35079407": "ID: 35079407\nTitle: Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to inhalation of acryloyl chloride.\nAbstract: Acryloyl chloride is a highly toxic volatile liquid that can cause pulmonary edema. However, no sufficient treatment reports have been published to date. Here, we report a case of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by acryloyl chloride inhalation. The patient was a 36-year-old man with accidental exposure to acryloyl chloride. The patient had dyspnea and wet cough, with approximately 88% percutaneous oxygen saturation at room air. He was diagnosed with ARDS and admitted to the intensive care unit. Initially, he was treated with a high-flow nasal cannula and sivelestat sodium. However, due to the possibility of delayed exacerbation, the patient was switched to methylprednisolone. Oxygenation gradually improved, and the patient was discharged on the day 8 of hospitalization. We report the case of a patient who developed ARDS with delayed exacerbation after the inhalation of acryloyl chloride, which was treated without endotracheal intubation.",
"35101429": "ID: 35101429\nTitle: Reducing the risk of death induced by aluminum phosphide poisoning: The new therapies.\nAbstract: Numerous people suffer from accidental or deliberate exposure to different pesticides when poisoning with aluminum phosphate (AlP) is increasing in the eastern countries. Aluminum phosphate is a conventional insecticide that quickly reacts with water or the moistures in the atmosphere and produces fatal phosphine gas, which absorbs quickly by the body. Oral consumption or inhalation of AlP leads to excessive reaction of the body such as fatigue, vomiting, fever, palpitation, vasodilatory shock, increasing blood pressure, cardiac dysfunction, pulmonary congestion, shortness of breath, and death. The garlic smell from the patient's mouth or exhale is one of the methods to recognize the positioning. Due to the lack of individual antidotes, several supportive treatments are required. The present study focused on the available and new therapies that help reduce the effect of AlP poisoning and the mortality rate. The therapies are divided into the antioxidant-related agent and the other agents. The impacts of each agent on the experimental cases are reported.",
"35149144": "ID: 35149144\nTitle: Assessment of the serum glucose/potassium GLU/K ratio as a predictor of intermediate syndrome following acute anticholinesterase exposure.\nAbstract: The widespread use of anticholinesterase-containing pesticides accounts for the considerable morbidity and mortality in Egypt and worldwide. Few studies have investigated the predictors of intermediate syndrome (IMS). Therefore, in this study, we assessed the adequacy of the serum glucose/potassium (GLU/K) ratio as an early reliable tool to predict IMS incidence following intoxication with acute anticholinesterase compounds. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who presented to Tanta University Poison Control Center, Egypt, and were diagnosed with acute anticholinesterase intoxication between January and August, 2021. Patients were categorized based on the primary outcome into IMS (+) and IMS (-) groups. Overall, 243 patients were included, among whom 44 (18.1%) had IMS as the complication. Younger individuals with age ranging between 18 and <\u00a025 years constituted the main exposed age category in both groups. Vomiting and abdominal colic were the most commonly noted complaints in the included patients (94.2% and 63.8% of patients, respectively). The delay, length of hospital stay, mean blood pressure, O2 saturation, Glasgow Coma Scale score, random blood glucose level, K concentration, GLU/K ratio, and dose of atropine administered were significant IMS predictors on an individual basis, and the GLU/K ratio was the most significant IMS predictor. At a cutoff value of >\u00a041.07%, the GLU/K ratio could significantly predict IMS (areas under the curves =\u00a00.971, p\u00a0<\u00a00.001) with 93% accuracy, 93.2% sensitivity, and 93% specificity. Although the clear pathophysiology of IMS remains to be elucidated, our results provide insight into the significant contribution of neurological affection, apart from the well-known direct toxic effect on muscles. Moreover, we demonstrated a significant association between the development of IMS and severity of organophosphorus compounds' exposure. Physicians should be vigilant to detect IMS early upon admission using the GLU/K ratio, which is a useful early IMS predictor.",
"35439576": "ID: 35439576\nTitle: Mechanisms and treatment strategies of organophosphate pesticide induced neurotoxicity in humans: A critical appraisal.\nAbstract: Organophosphates (OPs) are commonly used pesticides worldwide. Humans are exposed to OPs via different routes viz., the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and dermal integuments. OPs induce neuropathy by either phosphorylating acetyl cholinesterase or neuropathy target esterase, or by binding specifically to nicotinic or muscarinic receptors of nervous system. Other than neurobehavioral effects in humans, OPs cause cholinergic crisis, intermediate syndrome, OP-induced delayed neuropathy, and Chronic organophosphate-induced neuropsychiatric disorders in time and dosage dependent manner. Biomonitoring of OP markers from body fluids minimizes or measures the severity of the impact, allowing for timely control of the exposure. The standard treatments for OPs poisoning which avoid secondary organ damage are atropine administration, acetylcholine esterase restoration therapy with oximes, and general intensive care. This review summarizes the toxic manifestation data available on humans and discusses potential therapeutic modalities, with the aim to highlight the importance of increasing awareness about its potential risk and reevaluation of exposure level.",
"35871991": "ID: 35871991\nTitle: Confirmed Grayanotoxin Poisoning with Bradycardia from a Gift of Imported Honey.\nAbstract: Human grayanotoxin poisoning is distinctly uncommon in North America, as the predominant source of human exposure is honey made by bees pollinating rhododendron species in the Mediterranean. We present a case of confirmed grayanotoxin poisoning from honey imported from Turkey. A 61-year-old man developed nausea, lightheadedness, and lost consciousness. Onset was 30 min after the ingestion of honey that was brought to the United States from Turkey. Emergency medical services found him bradycardic, hypotensive, and unresponsive. He was treated with atropine, saline, and oxygen, at which point his heart rate and blood pressure improved, and he regained consciousness. A similar episode several days earlier was followed by a brief unrevealing hospitalization. He was again hospitalized, and had a normal echocardiogram, telemetric monitoring, and complete laboratory studies. Grayanotoxins I and III were subsequently identified in the patient's blood, urine, and honey. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Grayanotoxins are diterpenoids found in rhododendron species, whose clinical effects span multiple organ systems including gastrointestinal, cardiac, and neurologic. Treatment is largely supportive, and a good response to atropine and intravenous fluids has been described. Laboratory confirmation of grayanotoxins is not available in a short enough turnaround time to be clinically useful during immediate management, but confirmatory testing may obviate further unnecessary evaluation. Grayanotoxins are likely to remain a rare source of poisoning in North America, but recurrent bradycardia without alternative etiology should prompt a thorough exposure history, which may reveal, as in this case, a treatable toxicologic etiology.",
"35952445": "ID: 35952445\nTitle: Analysis of bisaminotetrazole cobinamide, a next-generation antidote for cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol poisoning, in swine plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.\nAbstract: Cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and methanethiol are common toxic inhalation agents that inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and result in cellular hypoxia, cytotoxic anoxia, apnea, respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, seizure and potentially death. While all are occupational gas exposure hazards that have the potential to cause mass casualties from industrial accidents or acts of terrorism, only cyanide has approved antidotes, and each of these has major limitations, including difficult administration in mass-casualty settings. While bisaminotetrazole cobinamide (Cbi(AT)2) has recently gained attention because of its efficacy in treating these metabolic poisons, there is no method available for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in any biological matrix. Hence, in this study, a simple and rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Cbi(AT)2 in swine plasma. The method is extremely simple, consisting of protein precipitation, separation and drying of the supernatant, reconstitution in an aqueous solvent, and LC-MS/MS analysis. The method produced an LOD of 0.3\u00a0\u03bcM with a wide dynamic range (2 - 500\u00a0\u03bcM). Inter- and intraassay accuracies (100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012\u00a0% and 100\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019\u00a0%, respectively) were acceptable and the precision (<12\u00a0% and\u00a0<\u00a09\u00a0% relative standard deviation, respectively) was good. The developed method was used to analyze Cbi(AT)2 from treated swine and the preliminary pharmacokinetic parameters showed impressive antidotal behavior, most notably a long estimated elimination half-life (t1/2\u00a0=\u00a037.5\u00a0h). This simple and rapid method can be used to facilitate the development of Cbi(AT)2 as a therapeutic against toxic cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol exposure.",
"35983054": "ID: 35983054\nTitle: Phosgene-Induced acute lung injury: Approaches for mechanism-based treatment strategies.\nAbstract: Phosgene (COCl2) gas is a chemical intermediate of high-volume production with numerous industrial applications worldwide. Due to its high toxicity, accidental exposure to phosgene leads to various chemical injuries, primarily resulting in chemical-induced lung injury due to inhalation. Initially, the illness is mild and presents as coughing, chest tightness, and wheezing; however, within a few hours, symptoms progress to chronic respiratory depression, refractory pulmonary edema, dyspnea, and hypoxemia, which may contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome or even death in severe cases. Despite rapid advances in medicine, effective treatments for phosgene-inhaled poisoning are lacking. Elucidating the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of acute inhalation toxicity caused by phosgene is necessary for the development of appropriate therapeutics. In this review, we discuss extant literature on relevant mechanisms and therapeutic strategies to highlight novel ideas for the treatment of phosgene-induced acute lung injury.",
"36092617": "ID: 36092617\nTitle: Cation-Exchangeable Pralidoxime Chloride@bio-MOF-1 as a Treatment for Nerve Agent Poisoning and Sulfur Mustard Skin Poisoning in Animals.\nAbstract: A 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 composite was prepared by cationic exchange of counter N,N-dimethylammonium cations in the pores of the anionic, biocompatible metal-organic framework (bio-MOF-1) with pralidoxime chloride (2-PAM-Cl) by impregnation. In vitro drug release measurements revealed that the release rate of 2-PAM from 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 in simulated body fluid (SBF) was more than four-fold higher than that in deionized water, indicating that the presence of endogenous cations in SBF triggered the release of 2-PAM through cation exchange. The release of 2-PAM was rapid within the first 10 h but was much slower over the period of 10-50 h. At room temperature, the maximum release rate of 2-PAM was 88.5% (15 mg of 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 in 1 mL of SBF), indicating that the drug was efficiently released from the composite MOF in SBF. In simulated gastric fluid, 64.3% of 2-PAM was released from bio-MOF-1 into the simulated gastric fluid after 50h. This suggested that 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 might be effective for enabling the slow release of 2-PAM in the human body. Indeed, the maximum reactivation rate of acetylcholinesterase in sarin-poisoned mice reached 82.5%. In addition, 2-PAM@bio-MOF-1 demonstrated the ability to adsorb and remove sulfur mustard (HD) in solution and from the skin of guinea pigs.",
"36210422": "ID: 36210422\nTitle: Evaluation of the Content of Aquaporin-5 and Epithelial Sodium Channel in the Lungs of Rats during the Development of Toxic Pulmonary Edema Caused by Intoxication with Acylating Pulmonotoxicants.\nAbstract: We studied the content of aquaporin-5 (AQP5) and epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in rat lungs during the development of toxic pulmonary edema (TPE) caused by intoxication with phosgene and perfluoroisobutylene (1.5 LC50). The lung body weight index (LBI) was calculated and histological examination of the lung tissues was performed. Localization and expression of AQP5 and ENaC were determined by immunohistochemistry. Intoxication led to a significant (p<0.05) increase in LBI and histological changes typical of TPE 1 and 3 h after the exposure. In 1 and 3 h after phosgene intoxication, the AQP5 and ENaC content significantly (p<0.05) increased in comparison with the control. Similar changes in the AQP5 and ENaC content were observed 1 and 3 h after exposure to perfluoroisobutylene. It was hypothesized that AQP5 plays an important role in the formation of TPE caused by intoxication with acylating pulmonotoxicants. An increase in the content of ENaC can be considered as a compensatory reaction of the body aimed at clearance of the alveolar fluid.",
"36220803": "ID: 36220803\nTitle: Pentoxifylline inhibits phosgene-induced lung injury via improving hypoxia.\nAbstract: Inhalation of high concentrations of phosgene often causes pulmonary edema, which obstructs the airway and causes tissue hypoxia. There is currently no specific antidote. This study was performed to investigate the effect behind pentoxifylline (PTX) treatment for phosgene-induced lung injury in rat models. Rats were exposed to phosgene. The protein levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1\u03b1 (HIF-1\u03b1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and occludin proteins in lung tissue were determined. The effect of both prophylactic and therapeutic administration of PTX (50\u2009mg/kg and 100\u2009mg/kg) was evaluated. The lung permeability index and HIF-1\u03b1 protein level increased, the arterial blood oxygenation index (PaO2/FIO2 ratio) and occludin protein level decreased significantly 6\u2009h after phosgene exposure (P <\u00a00.05). PTX exerted protective effects by HIF-1\u03b1-VEGF-occludin signaling pathway to some extent. Moreover, prophylactic, but not therapeutic administration of PTX (100\u2009mg/kg), exhibited a significant protective effect. Pretreatment with PTX protected against phosgene-induced lung injury, possibly by inhibiting differential expression of HIF-1\u03b1, VEGF, and occludin.",
"36249602": "ID: 36249602\nTitle: Availability of Antidotes for Management of Acute Toxicity Cases at Emergency Departments in Qassim Hospitals: A Retrospective Study.\nAbstract: Drug overdose is a medico-social issue worldwide that may occur intentionally or unintentionally. It is one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits, and it is also a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality globally. This study aims to determine the occurrence of acute toxicity cases and their management outcomes at the emergency departments in Qassim Province hospitals in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the study aims to investigate the antidote availabilities at those medical centers. A retrospective hospital record-based study of acute toxicity cases admitted to the emergency department in hospitals in Qassim during the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, was conducted. Data were collected based on hospital resources such as gastrointestinal decontamination, stabilization, elimination enhancement resources, and antidotes from Qassim hospitals, and the availability of antidotes as well as the clinical data of the patients with the management outcome. A total of 264 patients with acute toxicity were admitted to the emergency departments of 14 hospitals in Qassim Province in 2020. Of the 264 cases, 179 (68%) were males, and 85 (32%) cases were females. Ninety-five percent of the cases were admitted to public hospitals, whereas 5% were admitted to private hospitals. The largest group by age of admitted cases were aged 11-20 years (19.3%). This study showed that 99% received appropriate treatment for their cause of toxicity, whereas 1% did not. The most common causes of toxicity in Qassim were found to be food poisoning (20.5%), followed by intentional suicide attempts with warfarin/enoxaparin/aspirin overdoses (15.9%) and acetaminophen (paracetamol) overdosage seen in 15.5% of admitted cases. Flagyl, in addition to fluids, was used in the management of 16.7% of cases, N-acetyl cysteine was used for 16.3%, and vitamins K and B6 were used for 14.0% of cases. Activated charcoal, atropine, calcium chloride, calcium gluconate, flumazenil, insulin, magnesium, sodium bicarbonate, and vitamin K were available at all the studied hospitals. However, all the hospitals lacked both ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and a cyanide kit. Methylene blue and leucovorin were available in only one of the studied hospitals.",
"36302937": "ID: 36302937\nTitle: Synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of gabactyzine, a benactyzine-GABA mutual prodrug, as an organophosphate antidote.\nAbstract: Organophosphates (OPs) are inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and have deleterious effects on the central nervous system. Clinical manifestations of OP poisoning include convulsions, which represent an underlying toxic neuro-pathological process, leading to permanent neuronal damage. This neurotoxicity is mediated through the cholinergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic (NMDA) systems. Pharmacological interventions in OP poisoning are designed to mitigate these specific neuro-pathological pathways, using anticholinergic drugs and GABAergic agents. Benactyzine is a combined anticholinergic, anti-NMDA compound. Based on previous development of novel GABA derivatives (such as prodrugs based on perphenazine for the treatment of schizophrenia and nortriptyline against neuropathic pain), we describe the synthesis and preliminary testing of a mutual prodrug ester of benactyzine and GABA. It is assumed that once the ester crosses the blood-brain-barrier it will undergo hydrolysis, releasing benactyzine and GABA, which are expected to act synergistically. The combined release of both compounds in the brain offers several advantages over the current OP poisoning treatment protocol: improved efficacy and safety profile (where the inhibitory properties of GABA are expected to counteract the anticholinergic cognitive adverse effects of benactyzine) and enhanced chemical stability compared to benactyzine alone. We present here preliminary results of animal studies, showing promising results with early gabactyzine administration.",
"36335468": "ID: 36335468\nTitle: Neurotoxicity evoked by organophosphates and available countermeasures.\nAbstract: Organophosphorus compounds (OP) are a constant problem, both in the military and in the civilian field, not only in the form of acute poisoning but also for their long-lasting consequences. No antidote has been found that satisfactorily protects against the toxic effects of organophosphates. Likewise, there is no universal cure to avert damage after poisoning. The key mechanism of organophosphate toxicity is the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. The overstimulation of nicotinic or muscarinic receptors by accumulated acetylcholine on a synaptic cleft leads to activation of the glutamatergic system and the development of seizures. Further consequences include generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), neuroinflammation, and the formation of various other neuropathologists. In this review, we present neuroprotection strategies which can slow down the secondary nerve cell damage and alleviate neurological and neuropsychiatric disturbance. In our opinion, there is no unequivocal approach to ensure neuroprotection, however, sooner the neurotoxicity pathway is targeted, the better the results which can be expected. It seems crucial to target the key propagation pathways, i.e., to block cholinergic and, foremostly, glutamatergic cascades. Currently, the privileged approach oriented to stimulating GABAAR by benzodiazepines is of limited efficacy, so that antagonizing the hyperactivity of the glutamatergic system could provide an even more efficacious approach for terminating OP-induced seizures and protecting the brain from permanent damage. Encouraging results have been reported for tezampanel, an antagonist of GluK1 kainate and AMPA receptors, especially in combination with caramiphen, an anticholinergic and anti-glutamatergic agent. On the other hand, targeting ROS by antioxidants cannot or already developed neuroinflammation does not seem to be very productive as other processes are also involved.",
"36347056": "ID: 36347056\nTitle: CROI 2022: neurologic complications of HIV-1, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens.\nAbstract: The 2022 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections featured new and important findings about the neurologic complications of HIV-1, COVID-19, and other infections. Long-term analyses identified that cognitive decline over time, phenotypic aging, and stroke are associated with various comorbidities in people with HIV. Neuroimaging studies showed greater neuroinflammation, white matter damage, demyelination, and overall brain aging in people with chronic HIV infection. Childhood trauma and exposure to environmental pollutants contribute to these neuroimaging findings. Studies of blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers showed that systemic inflammation, neurodegeneration, endothelial activation, oxidative stress, and iron dysregulation are associated with worse cognition in people with HIV. Some animal studies focused on myeloid cells of the central nervous system, but other animal and human studies showed that lymphoid cells also contribute to HIV neuropathogenesis. The deleterious central nervous system effects of polypharmacy and anticholinergic drugs in people with HIV were demonstrated. In contrast, a large randomized controlled trial showed that integrase strand transfer inhibitor therapy was not associated with neurotoxicity. Studies of cryptococcal meningitis demonstrated he cost-effectiveness of single high-dose liposomal amphotericin and the prognostic value of the cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay. People hospitalized with COVID-19 had more anxiety over time after discharge. The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antigen is present in cerebrospinal fluid in the absence of viral RNA. Systemic inflammation, astrocyte activation, and tryptophan metabolism pathways are associated with post-COVID-19 neurologic syndromes. Whether these processes are independent or intertwined during HIV-1 and COVID-19 infections requires further study.",
"36377078": "ID: 36377078\nTitle: The reversed De Ritis ratio for predicting in-hospital mortality among intensive care patients with organophosphate poisoning.\nAbstract: The uncontrolled use of pesticides signifies a substantial health hazard. This study was designed to explore the prognostic role of on-admission hepatic aminotransferases [alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and the reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST)] in the prediction of in-hospital mortality among patients with acute organophosphate (OP) poisoning. We conducted a retrospective study based on extracting the required information from the specific medical records for acutely OP-intoxicated patients admitted to the intensive care unit. A total of 49 acutely malathion-intoxicated patients were enrolled in the study. The in-hospital mortality rate was 32.7%. Patients were stratified into survivors and non-survivors. Compared to the survivors, the non-survivors had significantly lower Glasgow coma scale scores, mean arterial blood pressure, significantly higher reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST), and ALT and AST activities. The reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST) and ALT demonstrated good discrimination between the survivors and the non-survivors with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.708 vs 0.781, respectively, however, AST showed satisfactory discrimination, AUC of 0.694. Hepatic aminotransferases are useful in predicting in-hospital mortality in acute OP poisoning. ALT is the most specific biomarker. However, the reversed De Ritis ratio (ALT/AST) is the most sensitive one.",
"37304619": "ID: 37304619\nTitle: Gut dysbiosis following organophosphate, diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP), intoxication and saracatinib oral administration.\nAbstract: Organophosphate nerve agents (OPNAs) act as irreversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and can lead to cholinergic crisis including salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal distress, respiratory distress, and seizures. Although the OPNAs have been studied in the past few decades, little is known about the impact on the gut microbiome which has become of increasing interest across fields. In this study, we challenged animals with the OPNA, diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP, 4mg/kg, s.c.) followed immediately by 2mg/kg atropine sulfate (i.m.) and 25mg/kg 2-pralidoxime (i.m.) and 30 minutes later by 3mg/kg midazolam (i.m.). One hour after midazolam, animals were treated with a dosing regimen of saracatinib (SAR, 20mg/kg, oral), a src family kinase inhibitor, to mitigate DFP-induced neurotoxicity. We collected fecal samples 48 hours, 7 days, and 5 weeks post DFP intoxication. 16S rRNA genes (V4) were amplified to identify the bacterial composition. At 48 hours, a significant increase in the abundance of Proteobacteria and decrease in the abundance of Firmicutes were observed in DFP treated animals. At 7 days there was a significant reduction in Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, but a significant increase in Bacteroidetes in the DFP groups compared to controls. The taxonomic changes at 5 weeks were negligible. There was no impact of SAR administration on microbial composition. There was a significant DFP-induced reduction in alpha diversity at 48 hours but not at 7 days and 5 weeks. There appeared to be an impact of DFP on beta diversity at 48 hours and 7 days but not at 5 weeks. In conclusion, acute doses of DFP lead to short-term gut dysbiosis and SAR had no effect. Understanding the role of gut dysbiosis in long-term toxicity may reveal therapeutic targets.",
"37423467": "ID: 37423467\nTitle: Anti-inflammatory, anticholinesterase, antioxidant, and memory enhancement potential of Phyllanthus amarus in potassium-dichromate induced neurotoxicity of male Wistar rats.\nAbstract: This study investigated the protective effect of aqueous Phyllanthus amarus leaf extract (APALE) in Potassium dichromate (PDc)-induced neurotoxicity. Seventy young adult male, Wistar rats with a weight of 130-150\u00a0g, were randomised into seven groups (n\u00a0=\u00a010): Group 1; distilled water; Group 2: 300\u00a0mg/kg APALE; Group 3: 17\u00a0mg/kg PDc; Group 4: 5\u00a0mg/kg Donepezil (DPZ); Group 5: 17\u00a0mg/kg PDc +\u00a0400\u00a0mg/kg APALE; Group 6:17\u00a0mg/kg PDc +\u00a0200\u00a0mg/kg APALE; Group 7: 17\u00a0mg/kg PDc +\u00a05\u00a0mg/kg DPZ. All administrations were given once daily via an orogastric cannula for 28 consecutive days. Cognitive assessment tests were employed to ascertain the treatments' effects on the rats' cognitive function. At the end of the experiment, the rats were sacrificed, morphometric analysis was done, and the brains were dissected for histology, enzyme, and other biochemical analysis. Findings from this study showed that APALE significantly improved locomotive activity, recognition memory sensitivity, protection against fear and anxiety, enhanced decision-making, and improved memory function in a dose-dependent manner comparably to DPZ. In addition, APALE significantly increased antioxidants level, reducing oxidative stress in PDc-induced neurotoxic rats and significantly reducing brain acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity by regulating gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) levels in PDc-induced neurotoxic rats compared to DPZ. Furthermore, APALE alleviated neuroinflammatory responses via maintaining histoarchitecture and down-regulation of IBA1 and Tau in PDc-induced rats. In conclusion, APALE protected against PDc-induced neurotoxicity via a combination of anti-inflammatory, anticholinergic, and antioxidant effects on the prefrontal cortex of rats.",
"37429600": "ID: 37429600\nTitle: Recent advances in cholinergic mechanisms as reactions to toxicity, stress, and neuroimmune insults.\nAbstract: This review presents recent studies of the chemical and molecular regulators of acetylcholine (ACh) signaling and the complexity of the small molecule and RNA regulators of those mechanisms that control cholinergic functioning in health and disease. The underlying structural, neurochemical, and transcriptomic concepts, including basic and translational research and clinical studies, shed new light on how these processes inter-change under acute states, age, sex, and COVID-19 infection; all of which modulate ACh-mediated processes and inflammation in women and men and under diverse stresses. The aspect of organophosphorus (OP) compound toxicity is discussed based on the view that despite numerous studies, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is still a vulnerable target in OP poisoning because of a lack of efficient treatment and the limitations of oxime-assisted reactivation of inhibited AChE. The over-arching purpose of this review is thus to discuss mechanisms of cholinergic signaling dysfunction caused by OP pesticides, OP nerve agents, and anti-cholinergic medications; and to highlight new therapeutic strategies to combat both the acute and chronic effects of these chemicals on the cholinergic and neuroimmune systems. Furthermore, OP toxicity was examined in view of cholinesterase inhibition and beyond in order to highlight improved small molecules and RNA therapeutic strategies and assess their predicted pitfalls to reverse the acute toxicity and long-term deleterious effects of OPs.",
"37433368": "ID: 37433368\nTitle: Pathogenetic role of alveolar surfactant depleted by phosgene: Biophysical mechanisms and peak inhalation exposure metrics.\nAbstract: In contrast to water-soluble respiratory tract irritants in their gas phase, the physicochemical properties of 'hydrophilicity' vs. 'lipophilicity' are the preponderant factors that dictate the site of major retention of the gas at the portal of entry. The lipophilic physical properties of phosgene gas facilitate retention in the alveolar region lined with amphipathic pulmonary surfactant (PS). The relationship between exposure and adverse health outcomes is complex, may vary over time, and is dependent on the biokinetics, biophysics, and pool size of PS relative to the inhaled dose of phosgene. Kinetic PS depletion is hypothesized to occur as inhalation followed by inhaled dose-dependent PS depletion. A kinetic model was developed to better understand the variables characterizing the inhaled dose rates of phosgene vs. PS pool size reconstitution. Modeling and empirical data from published evidence revealed that phosgene gas unequivocally follows a concentration x exposure (C\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0t) metric, independent of the frequency of exposure. The modeled and empirical data support the hypothesis that the exposure standards of phosgene are described best by a C\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0t time-averaged metric. Modeled data favorably duplicate expert panel-derived standards. Peak exposures within a reasonable range are of no concern.",
"37673367": "ID: 37673367\nTitle: Alpha-1 antitrypsin protects against phosgene-induced acute lung injury by activating the ID1-dependent anti-inflammatory response.\nAbstract: Phosgene is widely used as an industrial chemical, and phosgene inhalation causes acute lung injury (ALI), which may further progress into pulmonary edema. Currently, an antidote for phosgene poisoning is not known. Alpha-1 antitrypsin (\u03b11-AT) is a protease inhibitor used to treat patients with emphysema who are deficient in \u03b11-AT. Recent studies have revealed that \u03b11-AT has both anti-inflammatory and anti-SARS-CoV-2 effects. Herein, we aimed to investigate the role of \u03b11-AT in phosgene-induced ALI. We observed a time-dependent increase in \u03b11-AT expression and secretion in the lungs of rats exposed to phosgene. Notably, \u03b11-AT was derived from neutrophils but not from macrophages or alveolar type II cells. Moreover, \u03b11-AT knockdown aggravated phosgene- and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation and cell death in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B). Conversely, \u03b11-AT administration suppressed the inflammatory response and prevented death in LPS- and phosgene-exposed BEAS-2B cells. Furthermore, \u03b11-AT treatment increased the inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (ID1) gene expression, which suppressed NF-\u03baB pathway activation, reduced inflammation, and inhibited cell death. These data demonstrate that neutrophil-derived \u03b11-AT acts as a self-protective mechanism, which protects against phosgene-induced ALI by activating the ID1-dependent anti-inflammatory response. This study may provide novel strategies for the treatment of patients with phosgene-induced ALI.",
"37679834": "ID: 37679834\nTitle: Amitriptyline overdose-an uncommon cause of acute transient exotropia presenting to the emergency setting: a case report.\nAbstract: Acute presentations of acquired exotropia or divergent alignment of either or both eyes are commonly observed following intracranial vascular events, trauma, orbital, and endoscopic sinus surgeries. The reported case is about a 16-year-old previously healthy Tamil female who presented to the emergency department with a few hours of reduced responsiveness. With the only clue in the history being about a family conflict the previous day, the examination revealed a noticeable exotropia along with a constellation of anticholinergic findings: a low Glasgow Coma Score, mydriasis, tachycardia, floppy limbs, exaggerated reflexes, and a palpable urinary bladder. Amitriptyline overdose leading to significant neurological involvement was suspected, and she was immediately offered urine alkalinization. Resources for urine and blood toxicological studies were not available. The patient gained consciousness 24\u00a0hours later and confirmed an overdose of ten amitriptyline tablets. Exotropia, a unique manifestation of this patient's neurotoxicity, spontaneously resolved in 36\u00a0hours. The reported case is about an uncommon clinical finding of exotropia seen in a common toxicological emergency: acute amitriptyline overdose. The importance of having a wide knowledge of various clinical presentations of drug toxicities is highlighted here, as any delay in diagnosis or initiation of life-saving measures could have resulted in fatal consequences.",
"37721023": "ID: 37721023\nTitle: 2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.\nAbstract: In this focused update, the American Heart Association provides updated guidance for resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and refractory shock due to poisoning. Based on structured evidence reviews, guidelines are provided for the treatment of critical poisoning from benzodiazepines, \u03b2-adrenergic receptor antagonists (also known as \u03b2-blockers), L-type calcium channel antagonists (commonly called calcium channel blockers), cocaine, cyanide, digoxin and related cardiac glycosides, local anesthetics, methemoglobinemia, opioids, organophosphates and carbamates, sodium channel antagonists (also called sodium channel blockers), and sympathomimetics. Recommendations are also provided for the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. These guidelines discuss the role of atropine, benzodiazepines, calcium, digoxin-specific immune antibody fragments, electrical pacing, flumazenil, glucagon, hemodialysis, hydroxocobalamin, hyperbaric oxygen, insulin, intravenous lipid emulsion, lidocaine, methylene blue, naloxone, pralidoxime, sodium bicarbonate, sodium nitrite, sodium thiosulfate, vasodilators, and vasopressors for the management of specific critical poisonings.",
"37770198": "ID: 37770198\nTitle: Evaluation of Midazolam-Ketamine-Allopregnanolone Combination Therapy against Cholinergic-Induced Status Epilepticus in Rats.\nAbstract: Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening development of self-sustaining seizures that becomes resistant to benzodiazepines when treatment is delayed. Benzodiazepine pharmacoresistance is thought in part to result from internalization of synaptic GABAA receptors, which are the main target of the drug. The naturally occurring neurosteroid allopregnanolone is a therapy of interest against SE for its ability to modulate all isoforms of GABAA receptors. Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has been partially effective in combination with benzodiazepines in mitigating SE-associated neurotoxicity. In this study, allopregnanolone as an adjunct to midazolam or midazolam-ketamine combination therapy was evaluated for efficacy against cholinergic-induced SE. Adult male rats implanted with electroencephalographic (EEG) telemetry devices were exposed to the organophosphorus chemical (OP) soman (GD) and treated with an admix of atropine sulfate and HI-6 at 1 minute after exposure followed by midazolam, midazolam-allopregnanolone, or midazolam-ketamine-allopregnanolone 40 minutes after seizure onset. Neurodegeneration, neuronal loss, and neuroinflammation were assessed 2 weeks after GD exposure. Seizure activity, EEG power integral, and epileptogenesis were also compared among groups. Overall, midazolam-ketamine-allopregnanolone combination therapy was effective in reducing cholinergic-induced toxic signs and neuropathology, particularly in the thalamus and hippocampus. Higher dosage of allopregnanolone administered in combination with midazolam and ketamine was also effective in reducing EEG power integral and epileptogenesis. The current study reports that there is a promising potential of neurosteroids in combination with benzodiazepine and ketamine treatments in a GD model of SE. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Allopregnanolone, a naturally occurring neurosteroid, reduced pathologies associated with soman (GD) exposure such as epileptogenesis, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation, and suppressed GD-induced toxic signs when used as an adjunct to midazolam and ketamine in a delayed treatment model of soman-induced status epilepticus (SE) in rats. However, protection was incomplete, suggesting that further studies are needed to identify optimal combinations of antiseizure medications and routes of administration for maximal efficacy against cholinergic-induced SE.",
"37863486": "ID: 37863486\nTitle: Countermeasures against Pulmonary Threat Agents.\nAbstract: Inhaled toxicants are used for diverse purposes, ranging from industrial applications such as agriculture, sanitation, and fumigation to crowd control and chemical warfare, and acute exposure can induce lasting respiratory complications. The intentional release of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) during World War I caused life-long damage for survivors, and CWA use is outlawed by international treaties. However, in the past two decades, chemical warfare use has surged in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, with a shift toward lung toxicants. The potential use of industrial and agricultural chemicals in rogue activities is a major concern as they are often stored and transported near populated areas, where intentional or accidental release can cause severe injuries and fatalities. Despite laws and regulatory agencies that regulate use, storage, transport, emissions, and disposal, inhalational exposures continue to cause lasting lung injury. Industrial irritants (e.g., ammonia) aggravate the upper respiratory tract, causing pneumonitis, bronchoconstriction, and dyspnea. Irritant gases (e.g., acrolein, chloropicrin) affect epithelial barrier integrity and cause tissue damage through reactive intermediates or by direct adduction of cysteine-rich proteins. Symptoms of CWAs (e.g., chlorine gas, phosgene, sulfur mustard) progress from airway obstruction and pulmonary edema to acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which results in respiratory depression days later. Emergency treatment is limited to supportive care using bronchodilators to control airway constriction and rescue with mechanical ventilation to improve gas exchange. Complications from acute exposure can promote obstructive lung disease and/or pulmonary fibrosis, which require long-term clinical care. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Inhaled chemical threats are of growing concern in both civilian and military settings, and there is an increased need to reduce acute lung injury and delayed clinical complications from exposures. This minireview highlights our current understanding of acute toxicity and pathophysiology of a select number of chemicals of concern. It discusses potential early-stage therapeutic development as well as challenges in developing countermeasures applicable for administration in mass casualty situations.",
"38344049": "ID: 38344049\nTitle: Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.\nAbstract: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotation. Calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdoses can be severe with potentially serious adverse outcomes. CCBs work by blocking the calcium channels on smooth and cardiac muscle tissue. At low dose ranges, dihydropyridine CCBs (such as nifedipine, amlodipine, and nicardipine) block the L-type calcium receptors in the peripheral vasculature, whereas non-dihydropyridine CCBs (such as: verapamil and diltiazem) affect the L-type calcium receptors in the myocardium.1 Because of this distinction, dihydropyridine CCB toxicity manifests as arterial vasodilation and non-dihydropyridine CCB toxicity is associated with cardiac manifestations such as bradycardia and negative inotropy.2 It is important to note that in high concentrations (such as in overdoses), CCBs lose specificity for their specific receptors and can show all the manifestations of toxicity such as bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension. Patients can develop both vasoplegic shock from peripheral vasodilation and cardiogenic shock. This is a high acuity low occurrence case with infrequently used but specific treatments, and thus this case provides educational value. At the end of this oral board session, examinees will: (1) demonstrate ability to evaluate a patient with undifferentiated shock with bradycardia and discuss the differential diagnosis, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of calcium channel blocker overdose, (3) demonstrate ability to manage treatment of a patient with calcium channel overdose. This oral board case followed the standard American Board of Emergency Medicine-style case in a tertiary care hospital with access to all specialists and resources needed. This case was tested using 12 resident volunteers ranging from PGY 1-2 in an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited emergency medicine residency program. Immediate feedback was solicited both from the learners and from the evaluators following the debriefing session. Residents were asked to evaluate the educational value of the case using a 1-5 Likert scale (5 being excellent). Evaluators were asked to score the residents using the ACGME core competencies with a scale of 1-8, 1-4 being unacceptable and 5-8 being acceptable. Seven PGY1 residents and five PGY2 residents, thus twelve residents in total, completed the case. The average score was 5.10/8. Three residents missed zero critical actions. The most common critical action missed was consulting cardiology or cardiothoracic surgery for circulatory support options. Many residents failed to recognize that the patient did not have a perfusing blood pressure at the beginning of the case and did not start CPR. Although most residents recognized the patient's hemodynamic collapse was from a calcium channel blocker overdose, most did not know the treatment for this beyond atropine and intravenous fluids.The learners rated the educational value of the case as 4.9/5. Seven residents reported that the case definitely increased their medical knowledge; five residents reported that it somewhat increased their medical knowledge. All residents rated the case as helpful in preparing to manage this medical condition. The educational content from this case was effective. This is a high acuity low occurrence case that has unique treatments that are not commonly used. This makes this case excellent for practice and discussion. We learned during implementation that this case has a high degree of difficulty compared to other cases, and junior learners will need more prompting. It is also important for the proctor to keep the case moving because there is a lot to cover in the allotted amount of time. Calcium channel blocker overdose, toxicology.",
"38374946": "ID: 38374946\nTitle: Systolic hypertension as side effect of topical low dose atropine drops.\nAbstract: To present a case of increased systemic hypertension and pupil dilation related to low dose atropine eyedrops. A thirteen-year-old male with progressive myopia received atropine 0.05% ophthalmic drops to slow down myopia progression. He exhibited systemic systolic hypertension, photophobia, and bilateral nonreactive mydriasis. The atropine drops were discontinued, and his blood pressure and pupillary function normalized. This case demonstrates sensitivity to low dose atropine with increased systemic blood pressure and pupillary dilation.",
"38465519": "ID: 38465519\nTitle: Clinical pharmacokinetics of atropine oral gel formulation in healthy volunteers.\nAbstract: Sialorrhea or drooling is a common problem in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. It can negatively impact the quality of life due to its physical and psychological manifestations. Providers commonly prescribe atropine eye drops for topical administration to the oral mucosa, as an off-label treatment to manage sialorrhea. However, the off-label use of atropine eye drops can be associated with medication and dosing errors and systemic side effects. To address these limitations of treatment, we developed a mucoadhesive topical oral gel formulation of atropine as an alternative route to off-label administration of atropine eye drops. In this clinical pharmacokinetic (PK) study, we evaluated the safety and PK of atropine gel (0.01% w/w) formulation after single-dose administration to the oral mucosa in 10 healthy volunteers. The PK data showed that after topical administration to the oral mucosa, atropine followed a two-compartment PK profile. The maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve extrapolated to infinite time were 0.14\u2009ng/mL and 0.74\u2009h\u00b7ng\u00b7mL-1 , respectively. The absorption rate constant calculated by the compartmental analysis was 0.4\u2009h-1 . Safety parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation, did not significantly change before and after administration of the gel formulation, and no adverse events were observed in all participants who received atropine gel. These data indicate that atropine gel formulation has a satisfactory PK profile, is well-tolerated at the dose studied, and can be further considered for clinical development as a drug product to treat sialorrhea.",
"38555327": "ID: 38555327\nTitle: Effects of the nerve agent VX on hiPSC-derived motor neurons.\nAbstract: Poisoning with the organophosphorus nerve agent VX can be life-threatening due to limitations of the standard therapy with atropine and oximes. To date, the underlying pathomechanism of VX affecting the neuromuscular junction has not been fully elucidated structurally. Results of recent studies investigating the effects of VX were obtained from cells of animal origin or immortalized cell lines limiting their translation to humans. To overcome this limitation, motor neurons (MN) of this study were differentiated from in-house feeder- and integration-free-derived human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) by application of standardized and antibiotic-free differentiation media with the aim to mimic human embryogenesis as closely as possible. For testing VX sensitivity, MN were initially exposed once to 400\u00a0\u00b5M, 600\u00a0\u00b5M, 800\u00a0\u00b5M, or 1000\u00a0\u00b5M VX and cultured for 5\u00a0days followed by analysis of changes in viability and neurite outgrowth as well as at the gene and protein level using \u00b5LC-ESI MS/HR MS, XTT, IncuCyte, qRT-PCR, and Western Blot. For the first time, VX was shown to trigger neuronal cell death and decline in neurite outgrowth in hiPSC-derived MN in a time- and concentration-dependent manner involving the activation of the intrinsic as well as the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis. Consistent with this, MN morphology and neurite network were altered time and concentration-dependently. Thus, MN represent a valuable tool for further investigation of the pathomechanism after VX exposure. These findings might set the course for the development of a promising human neuromuscular test model and patient-specific therapies in the future.",
"38768837": "ID: 38768837\nTitle: Baseline physiological data from anesthetized pigs in a VX intoxication model.\nAbstract: Over the past fifty years, swine models have been used for organophosphorus intoxication studies. Among these studies and others on the swine model in general, some physiological data, especially cholinesterase activity highly impacted by organophosphorus compounds like nerve agent VX, still need to be completed. To support and compare our model to others, we have published the experimental protocol, the physiological values of 31 juvenile anesthetized pigs, and the 6\u202fh-follow-up of six supplementary anesthetized control animals and 7 VX-intoxicated pigs. We reported hemodynamics and respiratory parameters, blood levels in several biochemical parameters, blood gas, and complete blood count and compared them to the literature. We also focused on tissue and blood cholinesterase activities and detailed them for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. After establishing a broad physiological data set consistent with the literature, we reported several cardio-respiratory parameters that seem more affected by an organophosphate intoxication, like heart rate, arterial blood pressure, cardiac output, and respiratory rate. Within the blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2), lactatemia, base excess, and glycemia can also be measured and associated with the other parameters to evaluate the life-threatening status. This swine model is currently used to develop and evaluate medical countermeasures against organophosphate nerve agent intoxications.",
"38778957": "ID: 38778957\nTitle: Successful Treatment of a Patient with brain tissue edema associated with Olanzapine overdose.\nAbstract: Olanzapine is one of the atypical antipsychotic agents which is being increasingly used, and it is synthetic derivative of thienobenzodiazepine with antipsychotic, and antinausea, and antiemetic activities. Olanzapine overdose is mainly associated with the development of anticholinergic toxicity and is characterized by central nervous system (CNS) suppression, tachycardia, and delirium. As little is yet known about the effects of this agent in toxic doses, it is important to report the features of overdose. Herein, we reported a 28-year-old male with a history of mental illness and substance abuse, who was admitted in a comatose state with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Head computed tomography (CT) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed significant cerebral edema and raised intracranial pressure, indicative of olanzapine-induced neurotoxicity. Management involved immediate cessation of olanzapine, administration of intravenous mannitol for cerebral edema, and supportive care. The patient's condition gradually improved with these interventions. Elevated olanzapine plasma concentration confirmed the diagnosis of overdose. Cranial pressure-lowering treatment has a certain effect on improving the condition of patients.",
"38897728": "ID: 38897728\nTitle: N-acetylcysteine as a potentially safe adjuvant in the treatment of neurotoxicity due to pirimiphos-methyl poisoning.\nAbstract: Exogenous, well-established antioxidant N-acetylcysteine can reduce or prevent the deleterious effects of pesticides. In this study, utilizing a mouse model of daily single dose of N-acetylcysteine administration, we investigated the impact of this adjuvant on the treatment with atropine and/or obidoxime as well as oxidative stress response in pyrimiphos-methyl-induced toxicity. We found that N-acetylcysteine significantly reduces the oxidative stress generated by pyrimiphos-methyl. The therapy consisting of atropine and/or obidoxime routinely used in organophosphorous insecticide poisonings, including pyrimiphos-methyl, had no effect on the antioxidant properties of N-acetylcysteine. Adjunctive treatment offered by N-acetylcysteine fills therapeutic gap and may provide the full potential against pyrimiphos-methyl-induced toxicity.",
"39364183": "ID: 39364183\nTitle: Severe Neurotoxicity due to Atropa belladonna Poisoning: A Case Report and Literature Review.\nAbstract: Atropa belladonna (A. belladonna), commonly known as deadly nightshade, is a poisonous plant belonging to the Solanaceae family. The toxic effects of A. belladonna are attributable to its alkaloid content, which possesses potent anticholinergic properties. These alkaloids are responsible for the plant's toxicity and can cause a range of adverse effects in humans and animals upon ingestion or contact. In this report, we describe two atypical cases of A. belladonna poisoning resulting from accidental ingestion of the plant's raw leaves, which were referred to the emergency room of a poisoning center in northern Iran. Both patients presented with symptoms of anticholinergic toxicity, including dry mouth, mydriasis, tachycardia, and delirium. The patients were managed conservatively with supportive measures, including hydration and administration of benzodiazepines to control agitation and delirium. With appropriate treatment, both patients showed improvement and were discharged from the hospital. A. belladonna intoxication is associated with a range of clinical manifestations, primarily due to its neurotoxic effects. These manifestations may include flushing, mydriasis, tachycardia, ataxia, agitation, delirium, and urinary retention. The severity of symptoms can vary depending on the amount of the toxin ingested and the individual's susceptibility. In severe cases, A. belladonna toxicity can lead to seizures, coma, and even death. These cases highlight the importance of awareness regarding the potential toxicity of A. belladonna and the necessity of prompt and appropriate management of its toxicity. In severe cases, physostigmine may be considered for the treatment of neurological symptoms due to the plant's anticholinergic effects.",
"39458980": "ID: 39458980\nTitle: Plants' Impact on the Human Brain-Exploring the Neuroprotective and Neurotoxic Potential of Plants.\nAbstract: Plants have long been recognized for their potential to influence neurological health, with both neuroprotective and neurotoxic properties. This review explores the dual nature of plant-derived compounds and their impact on the human brain. Numerous studies have highlighted the neuroprotective effects of various phytoconstituents, such as those found in Ginkgo biloba, Centella asiatica, Panax ginseng, Withania somnifera, and Curcuma longa. The neuroprotective compounds have demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cognitive-enhancing properties, making them promising candidates for combating neurodegenerative diseases and improving brain function. Polyphenolic compounds, triterpenic acids, and specific phytocompounds like the ones from EGb 761 extract have shown interactions with key enzymes and receptors in the brain, leading to neuroprotective outcomes. However, this review also acknowledges the neurotoxic potential of certain plants, such as the Veratrum species, which contains steroidal alkaloids that can cause DNA damage and disrupt neurological function, or Atropa belladonna, which interfere with the normal functioning of the cholinergic system in the body, leading to a range of symptoms associated with anticholinergic toxicity. This review also emphasizes the need for further research to elucidate the complex mechanisms underlying the neuroprotective and neurotoxic effects of plant-derived compounds, as well as to identify novel phytoconstituents with therapeutic potential. Understanding the complex relationship between plants and the human brain is crucial for harnessing the benefits of neuroprotective compounds while mitigating the risks associated with neurotoxic substances. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge on the neurological properties of plants and highlights the importance of continued research in this field for the development of novel therapeutic strategies targeting brain health and neurological disorders.",
"39552873": "ID: 39552873\nTitle: Sulforaphane attenuates phosgene-induced acute lung injury via the Nrf2-HO-1/NQO1 pathway.\nAbstract: Sulforaphane (SFN) has been demonstrated to exert a protective role in various diseases. However, the role of SFN in phosgene-induced acute lung injury (P-ALI) remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the role and mechanism of SFN in P-ALI and provide a theoretical basis for the clinical prevention and treatment of P-ALI. A mouse model of P-ALI was established followed by phosgene gas inhalation at a dose of 4.17 g/m3 for 5 min. The survival rate, lung coefficient and hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, lung pathology scoring, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) analysis were performed to evaluate lung tissue damage. The real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting analysis were utilized to evaluate the relative expression levels of inflammation factors and protein expression. Compared with the control group, destruction of alveolar structure, pulmonary edema, lung tissue inflammation and oxidative stress occurred after phosgene exposure. After the administration of SFN, the massive exudation of red blood cells and significant thickening of alveolar interstitium were ameliorated, the lung tissue inflammation was improved, and oxidative stress level was reduced. Mechanically, SFN could increase the expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2 (NFE2)-related factor 2 (Nrf2) protein and the downstream heme oxgenase-1 (HO-1) and NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), thereby improving P-ALI. And the Nrf2 inhibitor ML385 attenuated the lung protective effect of SFN. Phosgene inhalation led to edema, inflammation, and oxidative stress of lung tissue in mice. SFN might ameliorate phosgene-induced lung injury through Nrf2-HO-1/NQO1 signaling pathway.",
"39562807": "ID: 39562807\nTitle: Pharmacovigilance study of famciclovir in the Food and Drug administration adverse event reporting system database.\nAbstract: Famciclovir, mainly used to treat herpes zoster, is rapidly transforms into penciclovir when administered orally. Our study evaluated adverse events (AEs) associated with famciclovir by mining data from the publicly available Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database, providing a reference for clinical safety. Disproportionality analysis (including reported odds ratio and proportional reporting ratio) and Bayesian methods (including Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network and Gamma-Poisson Shrinkage) were used to quantify the AE signals associated with famciclovir. A total of 17,652,186 case reports were obtained from the FAERS database, and 432 famiclovir-related AEs were identified. Nausea, headache, altered mental status, vomiting, and dizziness were found to be the most common Aes, corresponding to those reported in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug labelling and clinical trials. Our study found some potential AEs of famciclovir that were not mentioned in the FDA drug labelling, such as toxic encephalopathy, encephalopathy, ataxia, dysarthria, dementia, cerebral infarction, tremor, purpura, skin ulcers, acute pancreatitis, rhabdomyolysis, muscle twitching, increased blood urea, lowered blood pressure, hepatitis, disease recurrence, drug interactions, and pancytopenia. Our study identified potential famciclovir AE signals, providing insights for physicians to reduce possible side effects and promote the safe implementation of the drug in clinical settings.",
"39596313": "ID: 39596313\nTitle: Acute Paraoxon-Induced Neurotoxicity in a Mouse Survival Model: Oxidative Stress, Dopaminergic System Alterations and Memory Deficits.\nAbstract: The secondary neurotoxicity induced by severe organophosphorus (OP) poisoning, including paraoxon (POX), is associated with cognitive impairments in survivors, who, despite receiving appropriate emergency treatments, may still experience lasting neurological deficits. Thus, the present study provides a survival mouse model of acute and severe POX poisoning to examine secondary neurotoxicity. Swiss CD-1 male mice were injected with POX (4 mg/kg, s.c.) followed by atropine (4 mg/kg, i.p.), pralidoxime (2-PAM; Pyridine-2-aldoxime methochloride) (25 mg/kg, i.p., twice, 1 h apart) and diazepam (5 mg/kg, i.p.), resulting in a survival rate >90% and Racine score of 5-6. Our results demonstrated that the model showed increased lipid peroxidation, downregulation of antioxidant enzymes and astrogliosis in the mouse hippocampus (HP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC), brain areas involved in cognitive functions. Moreover, dopamine (DA) levels were reduced in the hp, but increased in the PFC. Furthermore, the survival mouse model of acute POX intoxication did not exhibit phenotypic manifestations of depression, anxiety or motor incoordination. However, our results demonstrated long-term recognition memory impairments, which are in accordance with the molecular and neurochemical effects observed. In conclusion, this mouse model can aid in researching POX exposure's effects on memory and developing potential countermeasures against the secondary neurotoxicity induced by severe OP poisoning.",
"39599042": "ID: 39599042\nTitle: Strategy for Accurate Detection of Six Tropane Alkaloids in Honey Using Lateral Flow Immunosensors.\nAbstract: Honey, a widely consumed food, is susceptible to contamination by various toxic substances during production. Tropane alkaloids, with their potent neurotoxicity, are frequently found in honey. Hence, there is an acute need for rapid and effective detection methods to monitor these alkaloids. Lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), known for its simple operation, low cost, and reliable results, holds great promise. In this study, we developed an efficient and user-friendly analytical method for the simultaneous detection of six tropane alkaloids (atropine, L-hyoscyamine, scopolamine, anisodamine, homatropine, and apoatropine) in honey based on an AuNPs lateral flow immunoassay (AuNPs-LFIA) with broad-spectrum antibodies. Under optimal conditions, the calculated detection limits were 0.22, 0.29, 0.51, 6.34, 0.30, and 0.94 ng/mL, respectively. By diluting the honey sample five times, the contaminants can be readily detected using LFIA. Semi-quantitative and quantitative analyses can be completed within 17 min. This innovative method fills the void in LFIA for detecting tropane alkaloids and serves as a valuable reference for LFIA detection of honey samples, providing a crucial strategy for the accurate detection of these important compounds.",
"39849583": "ID: 39849583\nTitle: Promoting epithelial regeneration in chemically induced acute lung injury through Sox9-positive alveolar type 2 epithelial cells.\nAbstract: Chemical-induced acute lung injury is characterized by impaired epithelial regenerative capacity, leading to acute pulmonary edema. Numerous studies have investigated the therapeutic potential of endogenous stem cells with particular emphasis on alveolar type 2 epithelial (AEC2) cells owing to their involvement in lung cell renewal. Sox9, a transcription factor known for its role in maintaining stem cell properties and guiding cell differentiation, marks a subset of AEC2 cells believed to contribute to epithelial repair. However, the role of Sox9+AEC2 cells in the distal lung alveolar cells and the potential roles in chemically induced acute lung injury have never been explored. In this study, we generated Sox9flox/flox;SftpcCre-ERT2 mice and examined the effects of Sox9+AEC2 cells on the pathophysiology of epithelial damage during chemical-induced acute lung injury. Subsequently, Sox9-CreERT2 Ai9 mice were used for lineage tracing to elucidate the repair mechanisms. Our findings revealed that Sox9+AEC2 cells endowed with stem cell properties induced cell proliferation during lung injury, predominantly in the damaged alveolar region. This process is accompanied by the regulation of inflammatory responses and orderly differentiation, thereby promoting epithelial regeneration. These results provide compelling in vivo genetic evidence supporting the characterization of Sox9+AEC2 cells as bona fide lung epithelial stem cells, demonstrating their multipotency and self-renewal capabilities during lung repair and regeneration. The identification of Sox9+AEC2 cells as crucial contributors to the promotion of epithelial repair underscores their potential as therapeutic targets in chemical-induced acute lung injury.",
"40017267": "ID: 40017267\nTitle: Irinotecan-induced dysarthria and management.\nAbstract: BackgroundIrinotecan is chemotherapeutic agent often used in abdominal cancers such as colorectal and pancreatic cancers. While often associated with non-central nervous system (CNS) adverse effects, in rare cases it may present with paresthesias and dysarthrias. In one case, a patient received an irinotecan-containing regimen (fluorouracil, irinotecan, oxaliplatin) and experienced several neurotoxic effects, which was successfully managed.Case ReportA female patient with newly-diagnosed pancreatic cancer was started on fluorouracil, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin (modified FOLFIRINOX). She developed dysarthrias early on in the course. Causality assessment was conducted via the Naranjo criteria, yielding a score of 6, indicating a probable adverse reaction.Management & OutcomeInitially managed with steroids and lorazepam, she was eventually given a prophylactic strategy of atropine 0.4\u2005mg and a longer infusion time of 3\u2005h instead of 90\u2005min with as needed lorazepam. This strategy alleviated the dysarthrias and the patient was able to complete 12 cycles of therapy, resulting in a partial response at the end of treatment.DiscussionProlonging the infusion and giving prophylactic atropine may help to prevent these rare adverse effects of irinotecan.",
"40056267": "ID: 40056267\nTitle: Alkaloids from Caliphruria subedentata (Amaryllidaceae) as Regulators of AChE, BuChE, NMDA and GSK3 Activity: An In Vitro and In Silico Approach for Mimicking Alzheimer\u00b4s Disease.\nAbstract: Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have two types of abnormal protein buildups: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, in addition to the early synaptic dysfunction associated with the enzymes acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). Impairment of the glutamatergic system is also crucial for neuronal survival, as it can cause synaptic dysfunction that overstimulates glutamate receptors, especially N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). Another protein affecting neuronal health is glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3), a widely preserved serine/threonine protein kinase linked to neuronal disorders, including AD. In recent years, alkaloids from the Amaryllidaceae have received great attention for their known anticholinergic activity, as well as their antioxidant, antigenotoxic, and neuroprotective properties. In this context, the identification of compounds capable of interacting with different targets involved in AD provides a possible new therapeutic strategy. In this study, we conducted a combination of in vitro and in silico approaches to identify the potential of C. subedentata in regulating key proteins involved in AD. Viability and neuroprotection assays were performed to evaluate the neuroprotection exerted by C. subedentata extract against neurotoxicity induced by A\u03b2 (1-42) peptide and Okadaic acid in SH-SY5Y cells. Computational methods such as docking and molecular dynamic and viability therapeutic analysis were conducted to explore the interaction of alkaloids from C. subedentata with target proteins (AChE, BuChE, NMDA, and GSK-3) involved in AD. Our findings show that C. subedentata extract exerts neuroprotective effects against neurotoxic stimuli induced by A\u03b2 (1-42) peptide and Okadaic acid. In addition, in silico approaches provide insight into how C. subedentata extract alkaloids interact with key proteins involved in AD. These findings provide insights into the potential therapeutic effects and action mechanisms of these alkaloids. We hope these rapid findings can contribute as a bridge to the identification of new molecules with the potential to counteract the effects of AD.",
"40089647": "ID: 40089647\nTitle: Proinflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, and organ function as biomarkers of soman (GD) chronic neurotoxicity.\nAbstract: Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents, such as soman (GD), pose great risk to neurological health by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, leading to seizures, epilepsy, and behavioral deficits. While acute treatment may alleviate immediate symptoms, the long-term consequences, particularly those involving neuroinflammation and systemic toxicity, remain poorly understood. This study used adult male and female Sprague Dawley rats to investigate the chronic effects of a single acute exposure to soman (132\u00a0\u00b5g/kg, s.c., 1.2\u2009\u00d7\u2009LD50) on neuroinflammation, behavioral comorbidity, and systemic toxicity. Following exposure, animals were treated with atropine sulfate (2\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and oxime HI-6 (125\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) to mitigate peripheral cholinergic effects, and with midazolam (3\u00a0mg/kg, i.m., 1\u00a0h post-exposure) to control seizures. Spontaneously recurring seizures were monitored during handling and with video electroencephalogram (vEEG). Neurobehavioral deficits were assessed 4-8\u00a0weeks post-exposure. At 18\u00a0weeks post-exposure, brain, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were analyzed for inflammatory and nitro-oxidative stress markers, and the liver and kidney function biomarkers were evaluated. Soman-exposed animals developed epilepsy, confirmed by handling-induced seizures and/or continuous vEEG monitoring. Behavioral assessments revealed significant memory deficits following soman exposure. Proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-\u03b1, IL-6, IL-1\u03b1, IL-18, IL-17A, and MCP-1) were significantly elevated in both serum and CSF, alongside corresponding increases in their gene expression in the brain. Elevated reactive oxygen/nitrogen species were detected in the serum. Although hematological parameters remained unchanged, a significant increase in total bilirubin and an upward trend in serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels and BUN: Creatinine ratio indicated potential liver and kidney dysfunction. However, no significant structural changes in these organs at the cellular level were observed in histological analyses. This study identifies critical chronic biomarkers of soman exposure affecting the brain, serum, CSF, liver, and kidney. The findings highlight the critical need to monitor systemic and neurological impacts, as well as organ function, to develop effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for survivors of nerve agent exposure or OP pesticide poisoning. Behavioral deficits and EEG changes in soman-exposed animals further emphasize the long-term neurological consequences of exposure.",
"40458835": "ID: 40458835\nTitle: Envenoming by King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah s str) with Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Yunnan, China.\nAbstract: The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah s str) is feared for its large size and highly toxic venom because its bite can result in severe envenoming and life-threatening injuries. We report a case involving a 50-y-old male from the mountainous town of Yunnan Province who experienced cardiopulmonary arrest after being bitten by a king cobra on his left index finger, followed by myocardial injury, pulmonary infection, and serologic reactions. During treatment, the patient received Bungarus multicinctus antivenom and cobra antivenom to neutralize the toxin, intubation, mechanical ventilation, antibiotics, anticholinergic drugs, and antiallergy therapy. After active treatment, the patient ultimately recovered. This case analysis highlights the multiple toxic reactions caused by the bite of the king cobra. It emphasizes the critical importance of timely and effective antivenom therapy and a comprehensive treatment strategy in managing snakebite injuries.",
"40678225": "ID: 40678225\nTitle: Mitigating Organophosphate Nerve Agent, Soman (GD)-Induced Long-Term Neurotoxicity: Saracatinib, a Src Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, as a Potential Countermeasure.\nAbstract: Acute exposure to soman (GD), an organophosphate nerve agent (OPNA), irreversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase (AChE), induces seizures, and could be fatal if not treated immediately. Existing medical countermeasures (MCMs- atropine, oximes, and benzodiazepines) mitigate the acute life-threatening cholinergic symptoms but have limited protection against long-term neurological damage in survivors. This indicates a need for an effective adjunct therapy to mitigate cognitive, behavioral, and brain pathology associated with OPNA exposure. Saracatinib (SAR), a selective Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has emerged as a potential candidate, given its protective properties in experimental models of excitotoxicity and neuroinflammation. Here, we evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of SAR in mitigating long-term neurological deficits triggered by acute exposure to soman in a rat model. Mixed-sex adult Sprague Dawley rats were exposed to soman (132 \u03bcg/kg, s.c.) and immediately treated with atropine (2 mg/kg, i.m.) and HI-6 (125 mg/kg, i.m.). Seizure severity was quantified for an hour before administering midazolam (3 mg/kg, i.m.). One-hour post-midazolam, SAR/vehicle was administered orally and daily for 18 weeks in the diet. After behavioral testing, brain MRI, and EEG acquisition, animals were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde at 18 weeks post-soman. Serum and CSF were collected for nitro-oxidative markers and proinflammatory cytokines. Brains were processed for neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration markers. SAR treatment attenuated the soman-induced anxiety/fear-like behavior and motor impairment and modulated the severity, frequency, and duration of seizures. Despite improved hippocampal functional connectivity (MRI), SAR did not reverse soman-induced learning and memory deficits at 5-7 weeks. However, 18 weeks of SAR treatment demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, mitigated reactive gliosis and neurodegeneration, and partially protected somatostatin parvalbumin inhibitory neurons. The glial scars in the amygdala were reduced in SAR-treated animals compared to the vehicle-treated group. Long-term SAR treatment revealed disease-modifying effects by protecting the brain from soman-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, while also reducing seizure severity and modulating the frequency and duration of seizures. Furthermore, it provided partial protection against behavioral impairments and MRI deficits in the short term. These findings highlight the therapeutic potential of Src tyrosine kinase inhibition in addressing chronic neurotoxicity induced by soman.",
"40764938": "ID: 40764938\nTitle: Mitigating organophosphate nerve agent, soman (GD), induced long-term neurotoxicity: Saracatinib, a Src Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor, as a potential countermeasure.\nAbstract: Acute exposure to soman (GD), an organophosphate nerve agent (OPNA), irreversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase (AChE), induces seizures, and could be fatal if not treated immediately. Existing medical countermeasures (MCMs- atropine, oximes, and benzodiazepines) mitigate the acute life-threatening cholinergic symptoms but have limited protection against long-term neurological consequences in survivors. This indicates a need for an effective adjunct therapy to mitigate cognitive, behavioral, and brain pathology associated with OPNA exposure. Saracatinib (SAR), a selective Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has emerged as a potential candidate, given its protective properties in experimental models of excitotoxicity and neuroinflammation. Here, we evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of SAR in mitigating long-term neurological deficits triggered by acute exposure to soman in a rat model. Mixed-sex adult Sprague Dawley rats were exposed to soman (132\u00a0\u03bcg/kg, s.c.) and immediately treated with atropine (2\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.) and HI-6 (125\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.). Seizure severity was quantified for an hour before administering midazolam (3\u00a0mg/kg, i.m.). One-hour post-midazolam, SAR/vehicle was administered orally for a week and in the diet for 17\u00a0weeks. After behavioral testing, brain MRI, and EEG acquisition, animals were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde 18\u00a0weeks post-soman. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid were collected for nitrooxidative markers and proinflammatory cytokine. Brains were processed for neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration markers. SAR treatment attenuated the soman-induced anxiety/fear-like behavioral changes and motor impairment and modulated the severity of spontaneous seizures. Despite improved hippocampal functional connectivity (fMRI), SAR did not mitigate soman-induced cognitive deficits at 5-7\u00a0weeks. However, 18\u00a0weeks of SAR treatment demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, mitigated reactive gliosis and neurodegeneration, and protected somatostatin inhibitory neurons. The glial scars in the amygdala were reduced in SAR-treated animals compared to the vehicle-treated group. Long-term SAR treatment revealed disease-modifying effects by protecting the brain from soman induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, while also reducing severity of spontaneous seizures. Furthermore, SAR mitigated some soman induced behavioral impairments and brain MRI. These findings highlight the therapeutic potential of Src tyrosine kinase inhibition in soman-induced chronic neurotoxicity.",
"41220381": "ID: 41220381\nTitle: Insight on toxicity mechanisms of Datura metel L. seeds: a 28-day repeated dose study, in-silico studies, and effect of Shodhana a traditional detoxification method.\nAbstract: Datura metel L., a poisonous medicinal plant is used safely after Shodhana in Ayurveda. It is listed in Schedule E1 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, as a poisonous medicinal plant to be used with caution. Although known for its toxic effects and reduction of toxicity by Shodhana. However, the toxicity mechanism, effect of Shodhana, and toxicity profile after repeated dosing are missing. Shodhita and Ashodhita Datura metel seeds were subjected to extraction using 70% ethanol and phytochemicals analyzed by LC-MS. Acute and 28-day repeated-dose toxicity studies were conducted as per OECD 423 and OECD 407. Network pharmacology, molecular docking, and dynamics were used to predict the potential multicomponent multitarget interactions and toxicity mechanisms. Ashodhita D. metel exhibited toxicity viz., neurotoxicity and hepatotoxicity, characterized by weight loss, altered organ weights, disrupted hematological, biochemical, behavioral and histological abnormalities. On the contrary, Shodhita D. metel was found safe with NOAEL 100\u2009mg/kg. Whereas it was found to be 25\u2009mg/kg for Ashodhita D. metel. Atropine and Scopolamine are predicted to disrupt cholinergic function and cause inflammation mediated through NFK-\u03b21 and MAPK-1, altering neurotrophin, cAMP, PI3K-AKT, NOD-like receptor, AGE-RAGE, and IL-17 pathways. Atropine and scopolamine major toxic chemicals of D. metel were predicted to disrupt cholinergic function and induce inflammation, potentially mediated through NFK-\u03b21 and MAPK-1 pathways. The Shodhana purification process was found to be effective in mitigating toxicity.",
"41277382": "ID: 41277382\nTitle: PGI Score: A Promising Alternative to Serum Cholinesterase for Predicting Mortality and Adverse Outcomes in Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning: A Cross-Sectional Study.\nAbstract: Poisoning from organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) poses a significant health issue, especially in countries without proper testing facilities, including cholinesterase (ChE) levels. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a three-element score called PGI, incorporating pH, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and impaired systolic blood pressure, in predicting mortality and the need for mechanical ventilation (MV) in acute OPC poisoning. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using medical records of 202 patients admitted for acute OPC poisoning over 3\u2009years. The findings indicated an 11.4% mortality rate and a 25.7% underwent MV. A strong negative correlation was observed between the PGI score and serum ChE level (r\u2009=\u2009-0.6430, p\u2009<\u20090.0001). The PGI scores of 2 and above were a strong predictor for mortality and MV need. Among PGI components, blood pH <\u20097.23 was the best mortality predictor, while a GCS <\u200912 effectively predicted the need for MV (AUC\u2009=\u20090.920). Although the PGI score outperformed PSS in predicting adverse outcomes, it did not show a statistically significant difference compared to serum ChE. The PGI score is a reliable prognostic tool that could replace PSS and serum ChE in predicting the severity of OPC poisoning, as well as the risk of mortality and MV need. Poisoning from organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) is a serious health concern, especially in countries without proper testing facilities. This study examined a new scoring system, called PGI, incorporating three measures (pH, Glasgow Coma Scale and blood pressure) to predict the risk of death and respiratory failure in need of ventilatory support in OPC\u2010exposed patients. Investigating 202 OPC\u2010exposed patients revealed that the PGI score is an alternative to choline\u2010esterase level in predicting severe outcomes. Additionally, PGI is a superior predictor of the investigated outcomes compared to the poison severity score, providing a key for the assessment and management of acute OPC toxicity.",
"41462663": "ID: 41462663\nTitle: Neuroprotective Effects of N-Acetylcysteine-Amide (AD4) in a Survival Mouse Model of Paraoxon Intoxication: Targeting Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation and Memory Impairments.\nAbstract: Neurotoxicity induced by organophosphorus (OP) compounds such as paraoxon (POX) leads to severe brain damage and cognitive impairments. Although current treatments alleviate acute cholinergic symptoms, they fail to address secondary neurotoxicity. This study investigated the therapeutic potential of N-acetylcysteine-amide (AD4), a blood-brain-barrier permeable antioxidant, in a survival mouse model of acute POX intoxication. Male Swiss CD-1 mice received POX (4 mg/kg) followed by standard emergency therapy (atropine, pralidoxime and diazepam). AD4 (150 mg/kg) was administered 2 and 6 h post-exposure. AD4 treatment effectively prevented oxidative stress by reducing lipid peroxidation and restoring the expression in hippocampus (HP) and/or prefrontal cortex (PFC) of key antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPx-1) and catalase (CAT) suppressed by POX acute exposure. Moreover, AD4 attenuated neuroinflammation in specific hippocampal subregions, as evidenced by reduced Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) and Ionized Calcium Binding Adaptor Molecule 1 (Iba-1) immunoreactivity. Importantly, AD4 also rescued recognition memory deficits, as assessed by the Novel Object Recognition Test (NORT). In summary, these findings demonstrate that AD4 mitigates oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and cognitive dysfunction following acute POX intoxication, supporting its potential as an adjuvant therapy for mitigating the secondary neurotoxicity derived from organophosphorus poisoning.",
"41481233": "ID: 41481233\nTitle: BML-111 mitigates phosgene-induced acute lung injury in rats by activating ACE2.\nAbstract: Phosgene is a highly toxic asphyxiating gas and also an important chemical raw material. Phosgene has been regarded as an environmental pollutant, and the accidental leakage of phosgene in the process of industrial production has posed a serious threat to related occupational groups. Phosgene exposure may lead to acute lung injury (ALI), marked by inflammation, heightened vascular permeability, and potentially life-threatening pulmonary edema. BML-111 is a lipid A4 receptor agonist which is compound with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The involvement of BML-111 in mitigating phosgene-induced ALI and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we established a phosgene induced ALI rat model, examined the effects of phosgene exposure on lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of rats, and evaluated the lung tissue pathology, lung wet weight, lung coefficient and respiratory function of phosgene exposed rats after intervention with BML-111. The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers were measured in BALF and lung tissue. This study showed that BML-111 notably enhanced respiratory function, mitigated ALI severity, and reduced pulmonary edema in phosgene-exposed rats. Mechanistically, these protective effects were attributed to a reduction in pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress, alongside an enhancement of overall antioxidant capacity. Furthermore, it was found that the activation of ACE2 is a key mechanism through which BML-111 exerts its protection. The findings suggest that BML-111 can alleviate phosgene-induced ALI in rats by activating ACE2, thereby inhibiting inflammatory responses and oxidative stress. BML-111 shows promise as a preventive candidate for treating phosgene-induced ALI.",
"41514296": "ID: 41514296\nTitle: Dual targeting of iNOS and Src tyrosine kinase as a superior therapeutic strategy against soman-induced long-term neurotoxicity: multimodal biomarker, imaging, and neurobehavioral outcome analyses.\nAbstract: Acute exposure to the organophosphate nerve agent (OPNA) soman (GD) triggers severe and persistent brain injury characterized by seizures, oxidative stress, and structural and functional network alterations, collectively described as the brain\u2019s \u201cSOS\u201d response, despite timely administration of standard medical countermeasures that prevent lethality but fail to halt chronic neuropathology. In this study, we tested whether adjunct therapy with two mechanistically distinct agents, 1400W, a selective inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, and saracatinib (SAR), a Src family kinase inhibitor, administered alone or in combination at reduced doses, could disrupt the progression of this pathological cascade. Mixed-sex adult Sprague Dawley rats were exposed to soman (132\u00a0\u03bcg/kg, s.c.) followed by atropine and HI-6 within one minute and midazolam one hour later, after which animals received vehicle, 1400W, SAR, or combination therapy. Behavioral outcomes were assessed at 5\u20136\u00a0weeks, structural and functional MRI at 8\u20139\u00a0weeks, and spontaneous recurrent seizures were quantified by EEG from 10\u201318\u00a0weeks post-exposure. Soman exposure resulted in widespread disruptions of resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC, as measured by functional MRI) across amygdalar, cortical, hippocampal, and thalamic networks, which correlated negatively with oxidative stress markers. Treatment with 1400W alone or in combination with SAR robustly restored rsFC across regions, while SAR alone selectively improved hippocampal connectivity, with combination therapy providing the greatest preservation of both functional and structural MRI measures. Restored connectivity correlated with improved behavioral performance and reduced oxidative stress, whereas increased cortical connectivity predicted higher seizure burden, consistent with maladaptive network reorganization. Neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative markers also correlated with alterations in rsFC. Effect size\u2013driven, cross-domain analyses support a combinatorial therapeutic strategy and highlight systems-level MRI as a translational biomarker for evaluating interventions against OPNA-induced neurotoxicity.",
"41585884": "ID: 41585884\nTitle: Pharmacological evidences for the blood pressure lowering and cardiovascular inhibitory actions of the essential oil of Thymus serrulatus hochst. Ex benth.\nAbstract: T. serrulatus is used in folk medicine for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension. This study investigates its hypotensive, cardiac-depressant, and vasodilatory activities. The hypotensive effect of Thymus serrulatus essential oil was evaluated in vivo in anesthetized rats by measuring changes in mean arterial blood pressure following intravenous administration. Ex vivo, cardiac-depressant activity was assessed in isolated guinea-pig atrial preparations, and vasodilatory effects were examined in rat aortic rings. Intravenous administration of T. serrulatus essential oil produced a dose-dependent (1-10\u00a0mg/kg) reduction in arterial blood pressure. In spontaneously beating guinea-pig atrial tissues, the oil exerted negative chronotropic and inotropic effects at concentrations of 0.1-5\u00a0mg/mL. In rat aorta, it caused complete relaxation of phenylephrine (PE, 1\u00a0\u03bcM)-induced contractions, with an EC50 of 1.27\u00a0mg/mL, while partial relaxation (59% \u00b1 3%) was observed against high K+ (80\u00a0mM). The vasodilatory effect against PE was not significantly altered by endothelium removal or atropine pretreatment, indicating an endothelium- and muscarinic-independent mechanism. Preincubation with a lower concentration (0.1\u00a0mg/mL) produced a rightward shift in PE-mediated concentration-response curves (CRCs) without reducing maximal response, similar to prazosin-like competitive antagonism. A higher concentration (0.3\u00a0mg/mL) suppressed the maximal PE response, consistent with non-competitive antagonism comparable to verapamil. In Ca++-free medium, preincubation with T. serrulatus (0.3 and 1\u00a0mg/mL) shifted Ca2+ CRCs to the right with reduced maximal response, further supporting Ca++ channel-blocking activity. T. serrulatus essential oil exhibits hypotensive, cardiac-depressant, and vasodilatory effects, likely mediated through \u03b1-adrenergic antagonism and Ca++ channel blockade. These findings provide pharmacological support for its traditional use in cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension.",
"41791812": "ID: 41791812\nTitle: A tandem approach for simultaneous detection of toxic hydrazine and phosgene in the environment.\nAbstract: Improper industrial disposal of toxic chemicals threatens ecosystems, particularly hydrazine used in plastics, pesticides, and polymers with a 1\u00a0ppm exposure limit, and phosgene a fast-acting toxic gas causing pulmonary edema. Fluorescent sensors exist for selective, real-time detection of individual toxins, but simultaneous detection of hydrazine and phosgene remains unreported. We emphasize the need for a dual-function fluorescent sensing platform for rapid, selective, on-site monitoring of these coexisting environmental hazards. Excited State Proton Transfer (ESIPT) based bright fluorescent thiazole based probe, Formyl benzothiazole (FBTZ), rendered sensitive response towards hydrazine and phosgene with limit of detection of 5.1\u00a0nM and 0.49\u00a0\u03bcM respectively. The selective and sensitive response along with swift response makes it a potential candidate in monitoring these toxic chemical contaminants in the environment specifically in soil by fluorescent spray and paper-based strip test. The potential of the probe brings in to play effectively to image trace level of hydrazine and phosgene in living system by fluorescent microscopy. Single key to multiple lock is cost-effective and time saving strategy to detect multiple analytes in complex system. Herein, we describe tandemly activatable fluorescent probe for rapid detection of toxic hydrazine and phosgene with distinct fluorescent change. To the best of our knowledge this is the first fluorescent probe based on tandem approach to detect hydrazine and phosgene. The selective and sensitive response along with swift response makes it a potential candidate in monitoring toxic chemical contaminants in environment."
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