Browsing Journal/Magazine Articles by Subject "Self-Injurious Behavior"

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Mechanism-specific injury biomarkers predict nephrotoxicity early following glyphosate surfactant herbicide (GPSH) poisoning

Mohamed, F.; Endre, Z.H.; Pickering, J.W.; Jayamanne, S.; Palangasinghe, C.; Shahmy, S.; Chathuranga, U.; Wijerathne, T.; Shihana, F.; Gawarammana, I.; Buckley, N.A. (Elsevier, 2016)

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common following glyphosate surfactant herbicide (GPSH) self-poisoning. Serum creatinine (sCr) is the most widely used renal biomarker for diagnosis of AKI although a recent study in rats ...
Multiple-dose activated charcoal for treatment of yellow oleander poisoning : a single-blind randomized placebo controlled trial

de Silva, H.A.; Fonseka, M.M.D.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Alahakoon, D.G.S.; Ratnatilaka, G.A.; Gunatilake, S.B.; Ranasinha, C.D.; Lalloo, D.G.; Aronson, J.K.; de Silva, H.J. (Lancet Publishing Group, 2003)

BACKGROUND: Deliberate self-poisoning with yellow oleander seeds is common in Sri Lanka and is associated with severe cardiac toxicity and a mortality rate of about 10%. Specialised treatment with antidigoxin Fab fragments ...
Parasuicide by self-injection of an organophosphate insecticide

Premaratna, R.; Tilakaratne, Y.; Fonseka, M.M.D.; Gunatilake, S.B.; de Silva, H.J. (SAGE Publishing, 2001)

Parasuicide by ingestion of organophosphate (OP) insecticides is common in Sri Lanka, but the use of the parateral route to self administer the poison is extremely rare. We report a patient who deliberately injected herself ...

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