Toxicology Flashcards
Colorless irritating gas from combustion of fossil fuels
Sulfur dioxide
Brownish irritant gas formed in fires and silage on farms
Nitrogen oxides
Bluish irritant gas produced in air and water purification devices and electric fields
Ozone
Benzene and other atomatic hydrocarbons will cause
Leukemia (hematotoxic)
Organophosphate poisoning
DUMBBELSS
Long term exposure to chlotophenoxy acids will increase risk of
NHL
Most widely used herbicide in the world
Glyphosate
Toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls
Dermatoxicity; elevated liver enzymes
Electrical equipment manufacturing
Toxicity of dioxins
Dermatitis and chloracne
Wrist drop or peripheral neuropathy is a toxicity effect of
Lead
Treatment of outpatient and severe plumbism
Outpatient- oral succimer
Severe - EDTA with or without dimercaprol
Toxicity from arsenic is entirely due to what form?
Trivalent form
Severe gastrointestinal discomfort, vomiting, rice water stools, dehydration, shock, sweet garlicky odor in breath and stools are presentation of what toxicity?
Acute arsenic poisoning
Treatment for acute arsenic poisoning
Dimercaprol
Mee’s line, raindrop hyperpigmentation, milk and rose complexion, hyperkeratosis are toxic effects of
Arsenic
Mee’s line - transverse bands in nails
Treatment of acute inorganic mercury poisoning
Succimer or dimercaprol