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Peripheral nervous system and neuromuscular disorders in the emergency department: A review

Academic Emergency Medicine, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 386-397, April 2024.
Abstract Introduction Acute presentations and emergencies in neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) often challenge clinical acumen. The objective of this review is to refine the reader's approach to history taking, clinical localization and early diagnosis, as well as emergency management of neuromuscular emergencies.
Ajith Sivadasan, Miguel A. Cortel‐LeBlanc, Achelle Cortel‐LeBlanc, Hans Katzberg   +3 more
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Intoxicación por ciguatera: Estudio de 227 pacientes durante el periodo 1999 al 2005 Ciguatera poisoning: Study of 277 patients in the 1999-2005 period.

Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología, 2007
La ciguatera es la intoxicación alimentaría causada por el consumo de pescados ciguatóxicos, cuyos efectos sobre el ser humano pueden ser graves y conducir a la muerte.
Carlos Manuel Maya Entenza, Miladys Martín Labrador, Marisol Monteagudo Torres   +2 more
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Indigenous knowledge with science forms an early warning system for ciguatera fish poisoning outbreak in Vanuatu

Communications Earth & Environment
Indigenous and traditional knowledge of the natural environment is crucial for policymakers and community leaders in Vanuatu. Here, we employ a mixed-methods approach to collect data from East, North, and West Area councils in Ambae Island, Vanuatu, and ...
Allan Rarai, Eberhard Weber, John Ruben, Meg Parsons   +3 more
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Development of a quantitative PCR assay for the detection and enumeration of a potentially ciguatoxin-producing dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus lapillus (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae).

PLoS ONE, 2019
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is an illness contracted through the ingestion of seafood containing ciguatoxins. It is prevalent in tropical regions worldwide, including in Australia. Ciguatoxins are produced by some species of Gambierdiscus.
Anna Liza Kretzschmar, Arjun Verma, Gurjeet Kohli, Shauna Murray   +3 more
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Neurotoxic Syndromes in Marine Poisonings a Review

Iranian South Medical Journal, 2014
Background: Marine neurotoxins as of Marine biotoxins are natural toxins that produced mainly by dinoflagellates, diatoms and several species of invertebrates and fish.
Gholam Hossein Mohebbi, Iraj Nabipour, Amir Vazirizadeh   +2 more
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Primer informe del género Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) y otros dinoflagelados bentónicos en el Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Pacífico Tropical Oriental First report of the genus Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) and other benthic dinoflagellates from Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
El Pacífico Tropical Oriental se ha indicado como una región de los océanos libre de ciguatera, una intoxicación que causa serios trastornos gastrointestinales, neurológicos y cardiovasculares, en casos extremos, la muerte.
Maribelle Vargas-Montero, Alvaro Morales, Jorge Cortés   +2 more
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Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the presence of ciguatoxin, P-CTX-1B, in Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) from waters in New South Wales (Australia)

Toxicology Reports, 2017
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP) is a tropical disease caused by the consumption of fish contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs). Currently, the only feasible prevention methods for CFP are to avoid the consumption of fish of certain species from some regions,
Gurjeet S. Kohli, Kristina Haslauer, Chowdhury Sarowar, Anna Liza Kretzschmar, Mark Boulter, D.Tim Harwood, Olivier Laczka, Shauna A. Murray   +7 more
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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in East Asia and Southeast Asia

Marine Drugs, 2015
In the coastal countries of East Asia and Southeast Asia, ciguatera should be common because of the extensive tropical and subtropical coral reefs along the coasts and in the neighboring seas with ciguatoxic fishes.
Thomas Y. K. Chan
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Clinical Characteristics of Ciguatera Poisoning in Martinique, French West Indies-A Case Series. [PDF]

Toxins (Basel), 2022
Résière D, Florentin J, Mehdaoui H, Mahi Z, Gueye P, Hommel D, Pujo J, NKontcho F, Portecop P, Nevière R, Kallel H, Mégarbane B.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ciguatera, presentación de un caso Sea water fish poisoning, case presentation

Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas, 2010
Se reportó un caso de un paciente masculino de 34 años de edad con antecedentes personales de buena salud, que acudió al Cuerpo de Guardia del Hospital de Gibara, Provincia de Holguín, intoxicado por el consumo de pescado fresco, específicamente el ...
José Martínez Ricardo
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