BIO203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Datura Stramonium, Rapid Sequence Induction, Bundle Branch Block

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15 Nov 2017
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Types of harvest losses discussed: world wide pre-harvest crop losses. 14% due to insects, 12% due to disease and 10% due to weeds: post harvest-losses: worms and insects feeding on seeds and storage organs. Drugs, pesticides, poisons, flavours, pigments, construction, fabrication, religion, perfumes, recreation. Give an example of what happens when people ingest datura (stramonium). An example outcome of ingestion of datura = a 22 year old male who was admitted to the. Emergency room in a coma after consuming datura stramonium, 2 hours earlier. The patient presented with fever, tachycardia with right bundle branch block, and urinary retention. Rapid sequence induction and intubation was performed immediately, with sedation and assisted- control mechanical ventilation, after being transferred to the intensive care unit. The patient received activated charcoal, in repeated doses, external and internal cooling was applied, and an infusion of neostigmine was started. The biological assessment revealed rhabdomyolysis and prevention of renal failure was initiated.