Field Document Spent Shot Pellet Ingestion by Grit-Ingesting Birds
Lawrence V. Tannenbaum in Ecological Risk Assessment, 2017
That sizeable populations of grit-ingesting birds may be continually succumbing to poisoning, illness, and death from the accidental ingestion of spent shot pellets lying on the ground at shooting ranges has been an expressed concern for multiple decades. It is true that thousands and millions of visible spent pellets lying atop the soil may abound in certain areas, presenting a highly accessible potential risk to these species. The suggested study, a field verification endeavor, aims to bring forward, in an unbiased fashion, the information to validate the phenomenon of birds often enough ingesting spent shot pellets. The study is necessarily a quantification effort for the behavioral phenomenon, with the specific goal of learning of the frequency with which grit-ingesting birds alight on the ground where significant stores of accessible pellets are present. Motion-triggered images should ideally be monitored over the course of a full year or at least for as many months as grit-ingesting birds are active in the region.
Nutritional Ergogenic Aids — Macronutrients
Luke Bucci in Nutrients as Ergogenic Aids for Sports and Exercise, 2020
Nutritional ergogenic aids fall into three major categories: macronutrient manipulations, essential micronutrient and intermediate metabolite supplementation, and addition of other dietary substances. This chapter examines the results from studies on each type of nutrient and provides guidelines on use of nutrients to foster applicability of latest data. Water repletion during exercise appears to be the most important nutritional ergogenic aid yet studied, and is recommended by every expert on exercise performance. Athletes, especially weightlifters, have imbedded in their psyche a desire to consume large amounts of protein. This desire stems from the tradition, fostered by centuries of anecdotal, but not totally correct, conclusions that meat ingestion increases muscle mass. It is now apparent that protein catabolism can account for 5 to 10 percent of energy production during endurance exercise. Unlike other fats, Medium-Chain Triglycerides possess unique physiological properties that strongly indicate a need for further study as an ergogenic aid.
Alcohol Interactions With Drugs and Chemicals
Edward J. Calabrese in Alcohol Interactions with Drugs and Chemicals, 2017
This chapter identifies nearly 40 agents whose toxicity is modified by the presence of ethanol. It has long been known that cobalt-fortified beer causes a special form of heart disease in chronic be er drinkers in the United States, Canada, and Belgium. Perhaps the most pervasive agent consumed in substantial quantities that affects that toxicity of dozens of toxic substances is ethanol. Consumption of ethanol has been shown to affect the pharmacokinetics of numerous agents via multiple mechanisms. In an effort to establish a clear test of whether a causal relationship existed, K. R. Mahaffey et al. evaluated the effects of ethanol ingestion on lead toxicity in male albino Sprague-Dawley rats fed isocaloric diets with controlled nutritional content. The biochemical mechanism(s) explaining the interaction likewise remain to be elucidated, but evidence is emerging that suggests that multiple mechanisms, including those affecting tissue distribution, may be involved.
Barotrauma after liquid nitrogen ingestion: a case report and literature review
Published in Postgraduate Medicine, 2018
Yuemei Zheng, Xiaoxia Yang, Xinli Ni
A 25-year-old man developed a gastric perforation after ingesting a homemade drink containing liquid nitrogen. Surgical repair had to be postponed to seek consultations with experts because the available practitioners in this case, including emergency physicians, surgeons, and anesthesiologists, had little experience and knowledge about the source of the patient’s pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema. The patient ultimately underwent exploratory laparotomy with general anesthesia, considering that delaying the operation would lead to a longer duration of bacterial peritonitis and delay the standard treatment of postoperative systemic infectious complications. Our literature review revealed that barotrauma is the unique injury mechanism underlying liquid nitrogen ingestion. Injuries to the airway and esophagus are rare.
Ingestion of white spirit resulting in perineal skin burns: a case report and review of the literature
Published in Acta Clinica Belgica, 2017
Joke Vanhoucke, Walter Buylaert, Kirsten Colpaert, Peter De Paepe
In the literature, possible systemic effects on health of inhalation or ingestion of white spirit are well described. Only a few case reports discuss the toxic skin effects that can occur following massive ingestion. Ingestion of large amounts of white spirit produces a watery diarrhoea with a high concentration of white spirit, resulting in perineal skin burns when there is prolonged contact. We describe a patient who developed partial thickness perineal skin burns after ingestion of white spirit and review the literature. The present data indicate that conservative therapy of the skin burns is recommended.
Acute Hepatic Injury and Renal Failure After Ingestion of Snake Gallbladder
Published in Clinical Toxicology, 2006
Ta-Chung Chao, Ming-Ling Wu, Wei-Jen Tsai, Jiin Ger, Jou-Fang Deng
Ingestion of snake gallbladder has been practiced in ancient Chinese civilizations to improve vision and relieve arthritic pain. Although little is known about the composition of snake gallbladder, ingestion is still practiced in some Chinese cultures. Adverse effects of ingesting snake gallbladder have not yet been reported. Here, we present a case of acute hepatic injury and delayed-onset renal failure after ingestion of snake gallbladders. The patient subsequently recovered after supportive care, combined with plasma exchange and hemodialysis. He was the only survivor of the four victims suffering from intoxication of snake gallbladder in the last three years in our hospital.
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