Question of the Day

Question - A patient receiving long term antifungal prophylactic therapy, post- lung transplantation, presents with bilateral hand pain with x-rays that reveal “dense, irregular, nodular periostitis of the bones of both hands and wrists”. What drug is the likely cause of these findings?

Question - What is the National Botulism Surveillance System?

Question - Steroids are generally recognized as playing a role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. What is the association between the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and intraocular pressure (IOP)?

Question - What harmful gas may be produced during general anesthesia from volatile degradation by carbon dioxide absorbents?

Question - Incarcerated individuals who drink “pruno” (fermented fruit, sugar, water and other ingredients) are at risk for what life-threatening illness?

Question - What chest imaging patterns correlate with the pathological findings currently being attributed to vaping?

Question - The grain handling industry is a high hazard industry where workers can be exposed to numerous serious and life-threatening hazards. What are these hazards?

Question - How does lead get into drinking water?

Question - What is the primary area of concern with regard to human exposure and biologic activity of bisphenol A (BPA)?

Question - What are the potential adverse health effects attributed to some occupational exposures to isocyanates?