4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference

 
 
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POISIONING CENTER
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FIND DIAGNOSIS
FIND DIAGNOSIS
FIND DIAGNOSIS
POISIONING CENTER
 
War gases
 
The essential qualities of a war gas are:
•cheapness
•toxicity in low concentrations
•heavier than air
•causes vasodilation
•stable chemical composition
•chemical composition should not corrode the container

Examples:

•Lacrimators {tear gases}: eg. chloractophenoone, bromobenzylcyanide, ethyl iodoacetate
Effects: irritation of eyes ,respiratory passages and GIT
Treatment: Fresh air, eye wash

•Lung irritantspersphyxiants {choking gases}: eg. chlorine, phosgene, diphosgene and chloropicrin
Effects: Irritation of eyes, dyspnoea, cyanosis
Treatment: eye wash, oxygenation, adrenaline and antibiotics

•Vesicants {blister gases}: eg. mustard gas and lewisite
Effects: vesication, ulceration and irritation of eyes and respiratory tract
Treatment: Wash the eye, British Anti Lewisite

•Sternutators, nasal irritants {vomiting gases}: eg. diphenyl chlorasine, diphenylamine chlorasine, diphenyl cynarasine,
Effects: nasal irritation and vomiting
Treatment: symptomatic

•Blood poisons, paralysants: eg. carbon monoxide, hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen sulphide
Effects: CNS and respiratory depression
Treatment: Specific treatment and oxygenation

•Nerve gases
Effects: Acetylcholine poisonong



 
 
 
 
Pedi Poll
Today’s Poll
Should teicoplannin, colistin be used in case of neonatal sepsis where culture does not reveal any organism_?
No, it should be used only after drug sensitivity report
Yes, under guidance of an infectious disease expert
 
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