Question of the Day

Question: What is diarrhetic shellfish poisoning?

Question: Describe the clinical appearance of dermal injury secondary to nitric acid.

Question: What is “diamond polisher’s lung”?

Question:  What percentage of patients hospitalized for problems related to chronic alcohol overuse develop hypophosphatemia?

Question: N,N-Dimethylacetamide (DMAc) is a widely used organic solvent in the chemical industry. The toxicity of this chemical target what organ in exposed workers?

Question: The reference cited below notes that “Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease caused by an immune response to a variety of antigens to which patients have previously been sensitized.” So-called “Farmer’s lung” is one of the most common types of HP. What is the prevalence of farmer’s lung in agricultural workers?

Question: What is the Paxillus Involutus Immunohemolytic Syndrome?

Question: What is the reported induction period for the development of lung cancer due to radon?

Question:  Describe the envenoming devices and envenoming process for the stonefish (Synanceja horrida).

Question: Which chemicals are most commonly classified under the title of “riot control agents”?