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Check it out – our 2022 annual report (in Swedish) is here: For the first time our total number of calls passed the 100 000 line. Calls from health care persist to increase (10%). Paracetamol inquiries continue to dominate and increased by 18 %. https://t.co/e0mdCgSCfj

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So finally it is here, our English version of the Annual Report for 2022. https://t.co/s57gBLvjcF

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Annual report: The worrying trend of increasing numbers of self-harm incidents among adolescent girls continued and also seen among adult women. Hospital cases re laughing gas abuse reached record high (n=150). An English version will be with you, in a tweet, in the near future.

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Attaching one suggested read about CO from a couple of years back: Roderique et al. A modern literature review of carbon monoxide poisoning theories, therapies, and potential targets for therapy advancement. Toxicology. 2015 Aug 6;334:45-58.

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Film published today (in Swedish) due to increasing number of cases with carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings after using different heat sources indoors.

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@eapcct Congress 2023 will take place from 25-28th May in Palma de Mallorca. We hope you will join us. See https://t.co/6wFFjUwFrk for more details. Important dates to remember
✅ Deadline for presenters to register - February 2023
✅ Registration at special rates - 7 March 2023

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Interesting read: Multiorgan failure after ingestion of acetic acid (Letter to the editor in Clinical Toxicology). Probable direct systemic toxicity leading to severe vasodilation. https://t.co/ITHRGX1QgI

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Poisons centre warning - alarming trend in recent years; The number of severe cases in children ingesting drain cleaners has increased. Keep drain cleaners out of reach of children! In Swedish: https://t.co/tINhHTJV7c

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#ToxABC Plants - Letter I. Illicium anisatum. Common names incl.: Japanese Star Anise, Shikimi. A shrub from Japan, Korea and Taiwan. One of 38 species in the genus Illicium, which also includes the widely used spice Star Anise, Illium verum. https://t.co/X9tWyBWsou

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Ethylene glycol is very toxic, mostly due to its metabolism to glycolaldehyde & glycolic, glyoxylic & oxalic acids. Early use of fomepizole or ethanol is crucial to mimimise its metabolism and prevent clinical & metabolic complications. @giftinfoSE https://t.co/OBLEzcqDpd 2/2

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Tox on the day! 14 July 1975. Birthday of Lars Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson, Swedish record producer/DJ & one of the songwriters of Britney Spears' 2003 mega-hit 'Toxic': pop-anthem for many clinical toxicologists! #toxontheday (Photo: Max Rovenko) @giftinfoSE

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Need of increased prehospital care knowledge in relation to electrical vehicle fires in lithium-ion batteries. A film in Swedish about risks with emission of hydrofluoric acid (HF) gas, HF mechanisms and summary of today’s knowledge regarding HF toxicity. https://t.co/LvDcmXq8WL

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Debate article (in Swedish) re chloroquine prescription over a short period in the pandemic year 2020. https://t.co/C5xfZRlUDs

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Louis Roche lecture was delivered by the great Prof Hans Persson (Swedish Poisons Information Centre, Stockholm, Sweden): "The life, music and mysterious death of Pjotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky" (See Abstract 25) [Image: @giftinfoSE] 2/3 @BQOSbear, @PeterHulten @msantnose

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Tox on the day! 15 May 2009. Final day of 29th EAPCCT congress in Stockholm: ADRs & toxicosurveillance; ClinTox controversies; heavy metals; poison centre of the future; toxinology. Gala dinner at the Vasa Museum #toxontheday @giftinfoSE @thevasamuseum https://t.co/tC1iMRRrju

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English followers; now you can read and download our Annual Report on our website. Enjoy! https://t.co/UDQavgXkHN

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Tox on the day! 12 January 1792. Birth of the Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson. He discovered lithium in 1817, during analysis of the lithium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral petalite (LiAlSi4O10). #toxontheday @giftinfoSE @msantnose https://t.co/HIjUYTTKIc

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Tox on the day! 23 December 1722. Birth of Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, He discovered nickel. Metallic nickel has low toxicity, nickel salts have moderate toxicity. Heating nickel products to decomposition produces toxic nickel carbonyl. #toxontheday @giftinfoSE

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The Annual NPDS Report provides an analysis of the prior year's poison exposures and emerging public health hazards. Review the full report here: https://t.co/zBSg4uWI7z