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Latest Research and Studies

Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments.

04 May 2025

Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments.

Latest Research and Studies

Geospatial analysis of liver donation after death by drug intoxication.

01 Apr 2025

Geospatial analysis of liver donation after death by drug intoxication.

Latest Research and Studies

"I don't let anybody die on my watch": perspectives on the intersection of community overdose response and emergency medical services among people who use drugs in Seattle, WA.

31 Mar 2025

"I don't let anybody die on my watch": perspectives on the intersection of community overdose response and emergency medical services among people who use drugs in Seattle, WA.

Latest Research and Studies

Innovative Machine Learning Models Predict Death Risk in Acute Diquat Poisoning

04 Aug 2024

Doctors and researchers in a hospital emergency room analyzing machine learning models on computer screens. The screens display data and graphs related to acute diquat poisoning, highlighting the high predictive accuracy of models like random forest, logistic regression, SVM, and gradient boosting. Medical charts and SHapley Additive ExPlanations (SHAP) values illustrate key risk factors. The scene captures focused collaboration and innovation in using machine learning for predicting death risk in poisoning cases.

Case Studies and Clinical Reports

Water Bead Ingestion: Obstruction & Neurotoxicity

29 Jan 2025

Hospitalized 13-month-old child after accidentally ingesting water beads, highlighting risks of intestinal obstruction and neurotoxicity.

Global Toxicology News

Bashar al-Assad Poisoning Allegations in Moscow: A Mystery Unfolds

03 Jan 2025

Portrait of Bashar al-Assad wearing a dark suit and tie, standing in front of beige curtains, with a composed expression and neatly combed hair

Latest Research and Studies

Domestic violence perpetration, victimisation and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a protocol for a hospital-based case-control study.

04 Apr 2025

Domestic violence perpetration, victimisation and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a protocol for a hospital-based case-control study.

Latest Research and Studies

Evaluating the predictive performance of different data sources to forecast overdose deaths at the neighborhood level with machine learning in Rhode Island.

01 Apr 2025

Evaluating the predictive performance of different data sources to forecast overdose deaths at the neighborhood level with machine learning in Rhode Island.

Latest Research and Studies

Acute alcohol intoxication among adolescents in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium: a cross-national hospital chart comparison study.

31 Mar 2025

Acute alcohol intoxication among adolescents in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium: a cross-national hospital chart comparison study.

Latest Research and Studies

Breakthrough in Predicting Intubation Needs for Methanol-Poisoned Patients Using AI

15 Jul 2024

Illustration depicting the intubation needs in methanol-poisoned patients in a hospital ICU setting. The foreground shows a patient in a hospital bed connected to monitoring equipment. Icons represent key clinical predictors such as GCS score, ICU admission status, age, BUN, AST, and VBG_HCO3 lab results. In the background, a flowchart illustrates AI models (LSTM, RF, XGB) with data inputs and prediction outputs. Medical staff are shown performing the intubation process, highlighting the critical nature of this procedure in severe methanol poisoning cases.

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