Arba P. Ramadani: Toxicology

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toxicology

Arba P. Ramadani
TOXICOLOGY

study of the level of which a


substance able to cause
The science deal with
damage and unable to cause
toxic substances damage of biological system
 safety
substance (chemical) may cause

damage on biological system


though may cause disorders or
health problems ●
Quantity

How to enter the body
LD50
Toxic substance ●
How frequent&the lenght
of exposure
LD50

is the parameter of toxicity


(dose that cause death of 50% animal –
subject)
do not indicate any thing if there is no data or
information about the way of entering the
substance into the body
 LD50 orally, perinhalation etc
Biochemistry Pathology
Physiology Pharmacology
Chemistry Anatomy
Physics Public health

TOXICOLOGY
Clinical toxicology War toxicology

Forensic toxicology Environmental toxicology

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PARACELCUS (1493-1541)

All substance are poisons, there is none that is not poison


The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy

INDICATION
Toxic agents
LD50 (mg orally,rat)
 Extremely toxic 1 or less
 Highly toxic 1 - 50
 Moderately toxic 50 - 100
 Low toxic 500 – 5.000
 Practically non toxic 5.000 – 15.000
 Relatively harmless > 15.000
TOXICOKINETIC

TOXICODYNAMICS
TOXIC RESPONSE - EFFECTS
 All or none response
 the death of an individu

 Graded response
 increase of body temperature
 decrease of blood pressure
 damagee of the liver
TOXIC ACTIONS
 Common target tissue  lung, liver, brain,
kidney
 Non selective action  corrosive compound,
at exposure site
 Selective action  rodenticide warfarin,
absorbed & distributed
 Immediate & delayed actions 
organophosphate insecticide , carsinogen
asbestos
TOXIC EFFECTS
Physiological / biochemical disturbances

Structural changes

REVERSIBLE

IRREVERSIBLE
PHYSIOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES
 Atropine  muscarinic blockage
 Theophyline  PDE-inhibition, CNS
Stimulation  convulsion
 Diklorvos  AChE inhibition
BIOCHEMICAL DISTURBANCES
 Insulin  hypoglycemia
 OAD  hypoglycemia
 Cyanide  cytochrome oxydase
 Methanol  formaldehyde
STRUCTURAL CHANGES
 NABQI, ethanol  liver necrosis
 Nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide  bronchiolysis
 Silicate, asbestos  lung fibrosis
 Mercury  nephrotoxicity
SPECIAL TOXICITY
 Teratogenicity
 Mutagenicity
 Carsinogenesis
 etc
GENERAL THERAPHY OF INTOXICATION
 Immediate stabilization  ABC
 History
 Antidote
 Inhibit further absorption
emesis, gastric lavage, adsorbent, laxant
 Increase the elimination
force diuresis, dialysis, hemoperfusion trapping,
alkalinization, acidification
Antidote
 Antagonize  atropine >< anticholinesterase
 Accelerate detoxification  N-acetylcystein
(subtitute glutathione)
 Provide alternative target  sodium nitrite
 Reduce metabolic activation  fomepizole
 Chelator  dimercaprol, succimer, edetate
calcium disodium
CASE

 Afebrile, HR 80x/min, BP 120/80 mm Hg, RR 12x/min


 Pulse oximetry 98% O2 saturation
 Hoarse voice, bilateral ptosis, a weak gag reflex, and bilateral
proximal upper extremity weakness, no lower extremity
weakness
 Sensation is intact in all extremities
 Mental status is normal
additional information

 He can not remember everything he ate during the last 72


hours, but recalls eating lunch at a coffee shop near his office.
He and his wife hosted a barbeque one evening at which they
served grilled chicken, vegetables, and home-made ice cream.
The night before onset of his symptoms, they ate at their
favorite Italian restaurant where they shared a calamari
appetizer, had salad prepared by the waiter at the table, and
shared an entree of Fettuccine Fra Diablo. The patient’s wife
had the house Dijon on her salad, but the patient had garlic-
infused olive oil. They finished the meal with a cappuccino and
tiramisu.
CASE
June, 7th 2008
74 people exhibited vomiting(90%), nausea(89%),
diarrhea (73%), abdominal pain (69%), fever
(24%) and 4 people with severe symptom were
admitted to hospital after ate crepes on food stall
of Nagoya University Festival.
Investigation result showed that the creepes was
cooked 1 day before festival (although it was
prohibited by healthy authority) &stored at room
temperature,also bad on food handling.

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