DOCSLIB.ORG

HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL Ii

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL Ii HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL March 1998 Volume 57, No. 3 ISSN: 0017-8594 Ii CA4 Special Issue on Clinical Toxicology I Center - Part I 1856 and the Hawaii Poison Great misconceptions about information technology • It costs a fortune to get hooked up • It still takes forever to check patient eligibility • HIVISA will never accept it The truth? HMSA investments in state-of-the-art information technology is second to none. We designed the Hawaii Healthcare Information Network to help doctors get important information—like patient eligibility—quickhj. That means a more efficient office for you and better service for your patients. Best of all, if you’re an HMSA participating provider, we’ll hook you up free. To find out how HHIN can help i/our practice call HHIN at 948-6446. HNLSA Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii Choices for a Healthier Hawaii ZL,WZV.hiflSa.COlfl HAWAII MEDICAL Contents JOURNAL (USPS 237-640) Editorial Norntan Goldstein MD 425 Guest Editor 425 Published monthly by the John Racine PhD, R,VandAlson S. Inaba MD Hawaii Medical Association Incorporated in 1856 under the Monarchy President’s Message 1360 South Beretania, Second Floor Leottard Howard MD 426 Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 Phone (808) 536-7702. Fax (808) 528-2376 Military Medicine MAJ Robert E. Johnson MD 427 Editors Editor: Norman Goldstein MD Medical School Hotline News Editor: Henry N. Yokoyama MD Junji Takeshira MD and Iqbal Ahmed MD 429 Contributing Editor: Russell T. Stodd MD Harry L Arnold Case Report of the Month: CT Demonstration of a Pancreatic Duct Stricture and Obstructive Pancreatitis with ERCP and Intraoperative Correlation Editorial Board Jeffrey M. Nelson MD, Dean E. Baird MD and Jeffrey P. Kavolius MD 431 Vincent S. Aoki MD, Benjamin W. Berg MD, John Breinich, Satoru Izutsu PhD, with Special Reference to Kerosene Poisoning James Lumeng MD, Douglas G. Massey MD, Accidental Poisoning in Children 433 Myron E. Shirasu MD, Frank L. Tabrah MD, Reprinted for.’n HMJ Nov/Dec 195] by L.T. Chun MD Alfred D. Morris MD Who Calls the Hawaii Poison Center Debbie Ahina RN, BSN 437 Journal Staff Kendro Managing Editor: Becky Hawaii Poison Center Forty Years of Saving Lives and Health Costs Editorial Assistant: Carol Uyeda Willow S. Morton MSW 440 Child Officers Clinical Pearls in Pediatric Toxicology: A Systematic Approach to the Poisoned 445 President: Leonard R. Howard MD Alison S. Inaba MD President-Elect: Patricia L. Chinn MD Secretary: Roger T. Kimura MD The Hawaii Poison Center: What’s it Worth to You? MD Treasurer: Charles R. Kelley John F. Racine PhD and RN and Bruce S. Behnke MHA 451 Past President: John S. Spangler MD Selected Information Sources on Poisoning Toxicology 455 County Presidents Christine Sato RRA, MLIS Hawaii: Timothy Oldfather MD Honolulu: Cynthia Goto MD Council Highlights Maui: Jon Betwee MD Roger Kimura MD 457 West Hawaii: Au Bairos MD Kauai: Thatcher Magoun MD News and Notes 459 Henry Y. Yokovama MD Advertising Representative 461 Roth Communications Classified Notices 960 Prospect Street, Suite II Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Weathervane 462 Phone (808) 545-4061 Russell T, Stodd MD Fax (808) 545-4094 The Journal cannot be held responsible for opinions expressed in papers, discussion, communications or advertisements. The ad vertising policy of the Hawaii Medical Journal is governed by the rules of the Council on Drugs of the American Medical Cover art and descriptive text by Dietrich Varez, Volcano, Hawaii. The right is reserved to reject material submitted for Association. All rights reserved by the artist. editorial or advertising columns, The Hasvaii Medical Journal (USPS 237640) is published monthly by the Hawaii Medical Maile Association (ISSN 0017-8594), 1360 South Ileretania Street, Second Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Hawaii Medical Maile is the fragrant leafy vine much used for ceremony and purification. Journal, 1360 South Beretania Street, Second Floor. Honolulu, Maile also has substantial mythological and legendary importance. Hawaii 96814. Periodical postage paid at Honolulu, Hawaii. Nonmember subscriptions are $25. Copyright t998 by the Hawaii Medical Association. Printed in the U.S. HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL, VOL 57. MARCH 1998 423 You are invited to attend... Join us in the quest — Friday Noon Conference — Luncheon Hepatitis C: 1998 for continued Willis C. Maddrey, MD March 6, 1998, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Doctors Dining Room Learning Objectives medical excellence. At the conclusion, participants will be able to: • Understand the natural history of chronic hepatitis C viral infection and factors which influence the course in an individual patient. • Recognize the range of clinical disorders associated with hepatitis C. • Develop a comprehensive program for the long term manage ment of patients with chronic hepatitis C. We would like to acknowledge the Educational Grant Schering Oncology Biotech. — Friday Noon Conference — Luncheon Mixed Anxiety and Depression Peter L. Forster, MD March 13, 1998, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Doctors Dining Room Learning Objectives At the conclusion, participants will be able to: • Understand relationship of anxiety and depression. • Learn how to assess patients and initiate effective treatment. • Effectively discuss anxiety and depression with patients. We would like to acknowledge the Educational Grant Bristol-Myers Squibb. — Friday Noon Conference — Luncheon Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment of Impotence for the Primary Care Physician Join your Straub colleagues as we strive for March 20, 1998, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. continuing medical excellence. Doctors Dining Room Learning Objectives At the conclusion, participants will be able to: Straub Clinic & Hospital, Inc. is accredited by • Provide the primary care physician with an anatomic and the Hawaii Medical Association to sponsor physiologic over view of normal erectile function and erectile dysfunction (ED). continuing medical education for physicians. • Discuss the causes of organic impotence. • Discuss the diagnosis, evacuation and treatment options of the Straub designates this educational activity erectile dysfunction patient. for a maximum of one credit hour in We would like to acknowledge the Educational Grant Osbon - IMAGYN. Category 1 of the Physician’s Recognition — Friday Noon Conference — Award of the American Medical Association. Hospice Case Studies Each physician should claim only those Elizabeth Nelson, RN, MPH & Kathy Ha/lock, LSW March 27, 1998, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. hours of credit that he/she actually spent in Doctors Dining Room the educational activity. Learning Objectives At the conclusion, participants will be able to: • Describe the hospice philosophy and admission criteria as well as services offered. • Understand the referral process. • Describe the difference between hospice home care and Stmub residential hospice care. W7aen it really matters Please call Fran Smith at 522-4471 for more information. Visit Straubs homepage at http//wwwstraubhealth,com Editorials Guest Editors March Special Issue Clinical Toxicology and the Hawaii Poison Center Norman Goldstein MD Editor John F Racine, PhD, RN and Alson S. Inaba MD Guest Editors This Special Issue honors the Hawaii Poison Center—helping physicians, nurses and the general public for 40 years. We appreciate the opportunity to commemorate the 40th ann iver Last year the Center received more than 12,000 calls for help and sary ofthe Hawaii Poison Center (HPC) with this special issue ofthe information. One in five calls came from health professionals. Hawaii Medical Journal on Clinical Toxicology and the Hawaii Guest editors John Racine, PhD, RN is an Assistant Professor in Poison Center. Poisoning is a serious health problem, with which University of Hawaii—Manoa School of Nursing and Chair of the clinicians are probably familiar, particularly if they have family, Education Research Committee of the Hawaii Poison Center and internal medicine, or pediatric practices. Usually classified as an Alson S. Inaba, MD Associate Professor ofPediatrics in the John A. injury, poisoning is the third leading cause of unintentional deaths Burns School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Hawaii in the United States.’ The call volume of the HPC, almost 12,000 Poison Center, have provided a very special Special Issue. calls in 1996-1997, indicates that it is also an issue in our State. As This issue belongs in every pediatric, family practice, and internal an analysis of these calls in this issue has shown, clinicians also seek medical practice office as well as every emergency room in the the expertise and information from the specialized databases of the State! It is an extremely valuable source of practical information on Center, comprising 13 percent of all callers. For an inside look at clinical toxicology and the operations of the Poison Control Center. operations and some of the specific queries received by the Center, Mahalo to John Racine, Al Inaba, and Debbie Ahina, manager of another article in the Journal provides a sense of the resources the Hawaii Poison Center for a superb Special Edition. available for health professionals and the protocols followed for A limited number of extra copies are available at the Journal victims. office. Call 536-7702, ext. 2239 for more information. In this issue, several features are provided for the continuing education of clinicians. First of all, a systematic approach to assess ment of the poisoned child, the most likely victim, is presented. Secondly, there are questions to challenge current clinical knowl edge of toxicology, accompanied by their answers. Third, since acute poisoning usually presents in panic, clinical techniques for crisis intervention and emergency counseling are reviewed in a case study. Finally, selected references from the print and electronic databases of the Hawaii Medical Library are recommended for further investigation into clinical toxicology. It is very appropriate for the Journal to dedicate a special issue to this topic on the 40th anniversary of the Hawaii Poison Center. The Journal had published a study by Dr L. T. Chun in 1951, reprinted ALOHA in this issue, which called attention to kerosene poisoning among LABORATORIES, INC.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Poison Prevention Packaging: a Guide for Healthcare Professionals
    PPooiissoonn PPrreevveennttiioonn PPaacckkaaggiinngg:: AA GGuuiiddee FFoorr HHeeaalltthhccaarree PPrrooffeessssiioonnaallss REVISED 2005 CPSC 384 US. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20207 THIS BROCHURE BROUGHT TO YOU BY: U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Washington, DC 20207 Web site: www.cpsc.gov Toll-free hotline: 1-800-638-2772 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is a federal agency that helps keep families and children safe in and around their homes. For more information, call the CPSC’s toll-free hotline at 1-800-638-2772 or visit its website at http://www.cpsc.gov. Poison Prevention Packaging: A Guide For Healthcare Professionals (revised 2005) Preface The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) administers the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (PPPA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1471-1476. The PPPA requires special (child-resistant and adult-friendly) packaging of a wide range of hazardous household products including most oral prescription drugs. Healthcare professionals are more directly involved with the regulations dealing with drug products than household chemical products. Over the years that the regulations have been in effect, there have been remarkable declines in reported deaths from ingestions by children of toxic household substances including medications. Despite this reduction in deaths, many children are poisoned or have "near-misses" with medicines and household chemicals each year. Annually, there are about 30 deaths of children under 5 years of age who are unintentionally poisoned. Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (a CPSC database of emergency room visits) indicate that in 2003, an estimated 78,000 children under 5 years of age were treated for poisonings in hospital emergency rooms in the United States.
    [Show full text]
  • Approach to the Poisoned Patient
    PED-1407 Chocolate to Crystal Methamphetamine to the Cinnamon Challenge - Emergency Approach to the Intoxicated Child BLS 08 / ALS 75 / 1.5 CEU Target Audience: All Pediatric and adolescent ingestions are common reasons for 911 dispatches and emergency department visits. With greater availability of medications and drugs, healthcare professionals need to stay sharp on current trends in medical toxicology. This lecture examines mind altering substances, initial prehospital approach to toxicology and stabilization for transport, poison control center resources, and ultimate emergency department and intensive care management. Pediatric Toxicology Dr. James Burhop Pediatric Emergency Medicine Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters Objectives • Epidemiology • History of Poisoning • Review initial assessment of the child with a possible ingestion • General management principles for toxic exposures • Case Based (12 common pediatric cases) • Emerging drugs of abuse • Cathinones, Synthetics, Salvia, Maxy/MCAT, 25I, Kratom Epidemiology • 55 Poison Centers serving 295 million people • 2.3 million exposures in 2011 – 39% are children younger than 3 years – 52% in children younger than 6 years • 1-800-222-1222 2011 Annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System Introduction • 95% decline in the number of pediatric poisoning deaths since 1960 – child resistant packaging – heightened parental awareness – more sophisticated interventions – poison control centers Epidemiology • Unintentional (1-2
    [Show full text]
  • Murder by Poison in Scotland During the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
    Merry, Karen Jane (2010) Murder by poison in Scotland during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. PhD thesis. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2225/ Copyright and moral rights for this thesis are retained by the author A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the Author The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the Author When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given Glasgow Theses Service http://theses.gla.ac.uk/ [email protected] Murder by Poison in Scotland During the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Karen Jane Merry Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Law Department of Forensic Medicine Faculty of Law, Business and Social Science Faculty of Medicine © Karen Jane Merry July 2010 ABSTRACT This thesis examines the history of murder by poison in Scotland during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in the context of the development of the law in relation to the sale and regulation of poisons, and the growth of medical jurisprudence and chemical testing for poisons. The enquiry focuses on six commonly used poisons. Each chapter is followed by a table of cases and appendices on the relative scientific tests and post-mortem appearances. The various difficulties in testing for these poisons in murder and attempted murder cases during the period are discussed and the verdicts reached by juries in poisoning trials considered.
    [Show full text]
  • Toxicology in Antiquity
    TOXICOLOGY IN ANTIQUITY Other published books in the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series Wexler, History of Toxicology and Environmental Health: Toxicology in Antiquity, Volume I, May 2014, 978-0-12-800045-8 Wexler, History of Toxicology and Environmental Health: Toxicology in Antiquity, Volume II, September 2014, 978-0-12-801506-3 Wexler, Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, March 2017, 978-0-12-809554-6 Bobst, History of Risk Assessment in Toxicology, October 2017, 978-0-12-809532-4 Balls, et al., The History of Alternative Test Methods in Toxicology, October 2018, 978-0-12-813697-3 TOXICOLOGY IN ANTIQUITY SECOND EDITION Edited by PHILIP WEXLER Retired, National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, Bethesda, MD, USA Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AS, United Kingdom 525 B Street, Suite 1650, San Diego, CA 92101, United States 50 Hampshire Street, 5th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, United Kingdom Copyright r 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Details on how to seek permission, further information about the Publisher’s permissions policies and our arrangements with organizations such as the Copyright Clearance Center and the Copyright Licensing Agency, can be found at our website: www.elsevier.com/permissions. This book and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by the Publisher (other than as may be noted herein).
    [Show full text]
  • The Elements of Murder a History of Poison John Emsley Oxford University Press
    Book review The elements of murder A history of poison John Emsley Oxford University Press. New York, New York, USA. 2005. 421 pp. $30.00. ISBN: 0-19280-599-1 (hardcover). Reviewed by Donna Mendrick Gene Logic Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. E-mail: [email protected] John Emsley has written an entertain- Yet there are some weaknesses in the book. lar statements that should have been cor- ing book entitled The elements of murder: a The introductory chapter lists an extensive rected in the editing process. For example, history of poison. He is a chemist who spent history of alchemists, and although this he concludes in the last sentence relating many years as a researcher and lecturer lends credibility to the author’s research, it to the British Empire that “lead cannot be at London University before becoming is dry reading, and the selected elements are blamed” for its rapid decline yet states that a popular science writer. This enjoyable profiled more extensively later in the book. “some future historian will conclude . book is devoted to the poisonous elements Not to worry, though. The reader becomes that lead was the reason.” found in the periodic table. His descrip- engrossed by the second chapter as it delves Even with these lapses, the book is enjoy- tion of the chemicals is encompassing into details on mercury. Another concern able. Included is a letter written in 1786 by and will interest chemists, physicians, and is the limited reference list and citations, Benjamin Franklin stating that the dan- knowledgeable readers of murder myster- which require the reader to rely on Ems- gers of lead have been known for at least ies.
    [Show full text]
  • Poisoned Relations: Medicine, Sorcery, and Poison Trials in the Contested Atlantic, 1680-1850
    POISONED RELATIONS: MEDICINE, SORCERY, AND POISON TRIALS IN THE CONTESTED ATLANTIC, 1680-1850 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History By Chelsea L. Berry, B.A. Washington, DC March 25, 2019 Copyright 2019 by Chelsea L. Berry All Rights Reserved ii POISONED RELATIONS: MEDICINE, SORCERY, AND POISON TRIALS IN THE CONTESTED ATLANTIC, 1680-1850 Chelsea L. Berry, B.A. Thesis Advisor: Alison Games, Ph.D. ABSTRACT From 1680 to 1850, courts in the slave societies of the western Atlantic tried hundreds of free and enslaved people of African descent for poisoning others, often through sorcery. As events, poison accusations were active sites for the contestation of ideas about health, healing, and malevolent powers. Many of these cases centered on the activities of black medical practitioners. This thesis explores changes in ideas about poison through the wave of poison cases over this 170-year period and the many different people who made these changes and were bound up these cases. It analyzes over five hundred investigations and trials in Virginia, Bahia, Martinique, and the Dutch Guianas—each vastly different slave societies that varied widely in their conditions of enslaved labor, legal systems, and histories. It is these differences that make the shared patterns in the emergence, growth, and decline of poison cases, and of the relative importance of African medical practitioners within them, so intriguing. Across these four locations, there was a specific, temporally bounded, and widely shared relationship between poison, medicine, and sorcery in this period.
    [Show full text]
  • Intriguing World of Weeds Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
    Intriguing World of Weeds iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Poison-Ivy/Poison-Oak/Poison-Sumac-The Virulent Weeds 1 LARRY W. MITICH2 I I; INTRODUCTION I, ii The word poison entered the English language in 1387 as 'poysoun" (18), and in Memoirs ofAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences, v. 1, 1785, the word poison-ivy was used for the first time: "Poison ivy ... produces the same kind of inflammation and eruptions . as poison wood tree" (18). · The first known reference to poison-ivy, Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Ktze., dates from the 7th century in China and the 10th century in Japan. Since Toxicodendron species do not grow in Europe, the plants re­ mained unknown to Western civiliza­ tion until explorers visited the New World seven centuries later (7). Capt. John Smith (1579-1631) wrote the first description of poison-ivy and origi­ nated its common name; he noted a similarity in the climbing habit of They used that name for a shrub of the Southern States, North American poison-ivy to English with crenately-lobed, very pubescent leaflets (1). ivy (Hedera helix L.) (7). Toxicodendron, a pre-Linnaean name, was not accepted Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) established at the generic level by Linnaeus. Tournefort limited the the genus for poison-ivy in lnstitutiones rei herbariae, v. genus to ternate-leaved plants, thus omitting such close 1, p. 610, 1700 (7). The name is from the Latin for poison­ relatives of poison-ivy as poison-sumac and the oriental ous tree (9). lacquer tree (7). The lacquer tree has been known for In 1635 Jacques Philippe Cornut ( 1601-1651) wrote the first book on Canadian botany (Canadensium Plantarum thousands of years, and descriptions of the inflammations aliarumque nondum editarum historia, Parisiis [Paris]).
    [Show full text]
  • Poison Prevention Training Program
    Poison Prevention Training Program Georgia Poison Center Grady Health System 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE PO Box 26066 Atlanta, GA 30303-3050 1-800-222-1222 TDD 404.616.9287 www.georgiapoisoncenter.org Education Department: 404-616-9235 Table of Contents Preface........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 Lesson 1: About U.S. Poison Centers And The Georgia Poison Center .................................................................... 6 Section 1: History of Poison Centers ...................................................................................................................... 7 Section 2: American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) .................................................................... 8 Section 3: The Poison Help Line.............................................................................................................................. 9 Section 4: The Georgia Poison Center ............................................................................................................ 10-12 Lesson 2: Understanding The Poison Problem ....................................................................................................... 13 Section 1: Poison Defined ....................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • A Dissertation on Prospective Study of Clinical Profile
    A DISSERTATION ON PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH POISONING IN GOVT MOHAN KUMARAMANGALAM MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, SALEM Submitted to THE TAMILNADU DR. M. G. R. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI In partial fulfillment of the regulations for the award of M. D. DEGREE IN PAEDIATRICS BRANCH VII GOVERNMENT MOHAN KUMARAMANGALAM MEDICAL COLLEGE, SALEM APRIL 2017 Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE I hereby declare that this dissertation titled “PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH POISONING IN GMKMCH, SALEM” is a bonafide and genuine research work carried out by me under the guidance of DR.T. S. SUNDARARAJAN, M.D,D.C.H , Professor, Department of Paediatrics , Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. Place : Salem Signature of the Candidate Date : DR.M. S.BALAMURUGAN Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital CERTIFICATE BY THE GUIDE This is to certify that this dissertation “PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH POISONING IN GMKMCH, SALEM” is a bonafide work done by Dr.M.S.BALAMURUGAN in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of M. D. in PAEDIATRICS, examination to be held in 2017. Signature of the Guide Dr. T.S.SUNDARARAJAN,M.D.,D.C.H., Place: Salem Professor & Head of the Department, . Date : Department of peadiatrics Government Mohan Kumaramangalam \ Medical College Salem,Tamil Nadu,India . Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital ENDORSEMENT BY THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT This is to certify that this dissertation titled “ PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH POISONING IN GMKMCH, SALEM” is a bonafide work done by Dr.M.S.BALAMURUGAN under overall guidance and supervision of Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Philip C. Burcham.Pdf
    Philip C. Burcham An Introduction to Toxicology 123 An Introduction to Toxicology Philip C. Burcham An Introduction to Toxicology Philip C. Burcham School of Medicine and Pharmacology The University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia Australia ISBN 978-1-4471-5552-2 ISBN 978-1-4471-5553-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-5553-9 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954873 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifi cally for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher's location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
    [Show full text]
  • DOCUMENT RESUME ED 367 456 PS 022 039 TITLE National Poison Prevention Week Promotional INSTITUTION Poison Prevention Week Counc
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 367 456 PS 022 039 TITLE National Poison Prevention Week Promotional Materials. INSTITUTION Poison Prevention Week Council, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 94 NOTE 65p.; Portions contain extremely small type. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom Use (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Accident Prevention; Child Caregivers; Health Materials; Health Promotion; Older Adults; Parents; *Poisoning; *Poisons; *Safety; Young Children IDENTIFIERS *National Poison Prevention Week ABSTRACT This collection of materials for parents, early childhood workers, the elderly, and anyone in situations requiring safeguards against poisoning, spans the years 1993 and 1994 and is intended to promote National Poison Prevention Week. The materials included are:(1) the 31-page, illustrated report on National Poison Prevention Week for 1993, published by the Poison Prevention Week Council and including a presidential proclamation of National Poison Prevention Week, remarks by several chairpersons of federal agencies at a news conference in March 1993, excerpts from journals and newsletters, and reports of state and local activities concerning poison prevention; (2) a six-page, loose-leaf "Editor's Fact Sheet 1994" in the form of questions and answers on safety tips related to poison hazards; (3) a "Suggested Proclamation for Governors in Conjunction with National Poison Prevention Week 1994";(4) a "Poison Lookout Checklist" and an announcement in Spanish and English on prevention of poisoning from medicines containing iron, both published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; (5) a three-page fact sheet on pesticides and child safety published by the Environmfmtal Protection Agency;(6) a page addressed to senior citizens on safe use of medicines, published by the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • The Institutionalisation of Poison: a Historical Review of Vertebrate Pest
    The Institutionalisation of Poison: A historical review of vertebrate pest control in Australia, 1814 to 2018 Justine Philip Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351 Email: [email protected], [email protected] This paper provides a chronological record of the history of poison in vertebrate species control in south-east Australia, since the first instance was recorded to target dingoes in 1814. Over this time, poison was employed first as a weapon against native wildlife, and then as a curative to address Australia’s increasing biodiversity crisis. The paper examines this paradox, and the legacy of Australia’s long-term pairing of toxicology and environmental management. The institutionalisation of poison describes the process whereby the use of poison has become normalised and supported by services and systems embedded within a political, legal and social framework. Poison was found an effective tool for clearing lands selected for agricultural production in the early 1800s, and this discovery was followed by a rapid expansion in the application, range, methods of delivery and quantity of poison/poisoned baits applied. Campaigns were targeted towards an increasing number of declared species, and eventually the technology took to the sky in 1947. No region was then beyond the reach of the pest control agencies. Agricultural expansion in partnership with use of broadspectrum poisons has transformed the Australian environment. I argue that the marginalisation and local extinction of numerous native species, can be traced directly back to this industrial catalyst. However, toxicology has taken on a new fight in the 21st century, with poisoned baits reassigned towards the restoration of native ecology, in a program described as “chemotherapy for the environment” (Marks 2013).
    [Show full text]