Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital, Tochigi, Japan

Biography

Naoto Yoshida is at University Of Miyazaki in Miyazaki, Japan. His clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles in the past 15 years. Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Doctors who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.

Publications

• Case Report   
  A Case Report: Convulsion After Poisoning of a herbicide containing Pyrazolate and Propyrisulfuron
  Author(s): Yu Mimura*, Michitaka Funayama, Naoto Yoshida, Yuji Tokuda, Taketo Takata and Masaru Mimura
  
  Introduction: There have been no reports on poisoning with pyrazolate and propyrisulfron (Pyr/Pro), a type of herbicide. In this report, we present a case with severe Pyr/Pro poisoning signs, in particular, sustained convulsions. Case presentation: A 47-year-old man was transferred to emergency room in comatose state after he ingested the most possible amount of 500 ml of herbicide which contained 136.5 mg of Pyr and 8 mg of Pro Twelve hours after his admission, he suddenly developed generalized convulsions, which lasted for 2 days. Given no abnormal findings on his brain images or laboratory data, convulsions were considered to be caused by Pyr/Pro poisoning. His convulsions were well controlled under benzodiazepine treatments and he was able to be discharged without any complications. Discussion: .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0495.20.10.436

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