AbstractContext: Assessing the hazards of accidental exposure to toxic industrial chemical (TIC) vapors and evaluating therapeutic compounds or treatment regimens require the development of appropriate animal models.Objective: The objective of this project was to develop an exposure system for delivering controlled vapor concentrations of TICs to the skin of anesthetized weanling pigs. Injury levels targeted for study were superficial dermal (SD) and deep dermal (DD) skin lesions as defined histopathologically.Materials and methods: The exposure system was capable of simultaneously delivering chlorine or bromine vapor to four, 3-cm diameter exposure cups placed over skin between the axillary and inguinal areas of the ventral abdomen. Vapor concentrations were generated by mixing saturated bromine or chlorine vapor with either dried dilution air or nitrogen.Results: Bromine exposure concentrations ranged from 6.5 × 10−4 to 1.03 g/L, and exposure durations ranged from 1 to 45 min. A 7-min skin exposure to b...
#1Ian P. Dick(ICI: Imperial Chemical Industries)H-Index: 2
#2Robert C. Scott(ICI: Imperial Chemical Industries)H-Index: 11
Abstract— Pig skin has been shown to have similar histological and physiological properties to human skin and has been suggested as a good model for human skin permeability. In this series of experiments, the in-vitro permeability of pig ear skin was compared with human (abdominal) skin and rat (dorsal) skin using both hydrophilic (water, mannitol, paraquat) and lipophilic (aldrin, carbaryl, fluazifop-butyl) penetrants. Pig skin was found to have a closer permeability character than rat skin to ...
Last. Guoan Zhang(Beijing Jishuitan Hospital)H-Index: 3
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Summary The task of managing an open wound complicated by exposed bony structures underneath is difficult, if not challenging. We have instituted a method of managing the problems in stages using an artificial dermis and skin grafting technique in 17 wounds in 15 individuals from Sept. 2006 to Feb. 2009. While all wounds were noted to assume aberrant healing processes, the majority of involved bony structures were devoid of periosteal covering compounded by various degrees of infection. Of 15 in...
Last. E.K. Stürmer(GAU: University of Göttingen)H-Index: 1
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Summary Nitric acid burn traumata often occur in the chemical industry. A few publications addressing this topic can be found in the medical database, and there are no reports about these traumata in children. A total of 24 patients, average 16.6 years of age, suffering from nitric acid traumata were treated. Wound with I° burns received open therapy with panthenol-containing creams. Wound of II° and higher were initially treated by irrigation with sterile isotonic saline solution and then by co...
In military and civilian environments, serious cutaneous damage can result from thermal burns or exposure to the blistering agent sulfur mustard [bis (2-chloroethyl) sulfide; HD]. Similar therapies have historically been used to treat cutaneous thermal and HD injuries; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms of tissue damage and wound healing may differ between the types of burns. Using microarray analysis, this study assessed the transcriptional responses to cutaneous HD and thermal injury...
Last. Evangelia Papadavid(UoA: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)H-Index: 27
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Dermal exposure to hydrofluoric acid could potentially result in severe serum calcium and magnesium depletion induced by binding with fluoride anion. This report describes the case of a 48-year-old man who developed hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia accompanied by hypokalemia-an interesting finding-following a chemical injury with exposure to 70% hydrofluoric acid. Successful treatment included administration of calcium gluconate and magnesium both intravenously and topically.
Sulfur mustard (SM) is a powerful vesicant used as an agent of chemical warfare. The severity of lesions incurred after exposure to SM reiterated the need for an efficient and rapid neutralizing agent against SM. Previous studies have shown that postexposure treatment with iodine is effective against SM lesions in rodents. In the current study we used the pig model to emulate SM-induced burn lesions, and observed the immediate effect of a single dose of iodine formulation treatment on these burn...
Percutaneous vapor dosing studies have generally used saturated vapor concentration (SVC) measurements to estimate the exposure dose (Ct) of vapor produced from a volatile liquid within a closed system. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether the
#1Dana R. Anderson(United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense)H-Index: 25
#2Larry W. Mitcheltree(United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense)H-Index: 4
Last. Mark B. Gold(United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense)H-Index: 4
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Sulfur mustard (HD) is a vesicant compound that was first used as a chemical warfare agent in World War I. (Papirmeister et al. 1991). Numerous animal models have been used to study HD-induced vesication. In this article, we describe modifications of the vapor cup model of Mershon and colleagues (1990) to establish a new vapor cup model for use in neonatal mice. The need to develop this model resulted from the development of gene-targeted knockout mice that can be used to evaluate the function o...
#2Adam Lam(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 7
Last. Sadis Matalon(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 76
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Chlorine (Cl2 ) is utilized worldwide for a diverse range of industrial applications, including pulp bleaching, sanitation, and pharmaceutical development. Though Cl2 has widespread use, little is known regarding the mechanisms of toxicity associated with Cl2 exposure, which occurs during industrial accidents or acts of terrorism. Previous instances of Cl2 exposure have led to reported episodes of respiratory distress that result in high morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, studies suggest that...
#1Adam Lam(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 7
#2Nilam Vetal(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 3
Last. Saurabh Aggarwal(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 21
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Bromine (Br2 ) gas inhalation poses an environmental and occupational hazard resulting in high morbidity and mortality. In this review, we underline the acute lung pathology (within 24 h of exposure) and potential therapeutic interventions that may be utilized to mitigate Br2 -induced human toxicity. We discuss our latest published data, which suggest that an increase in heme-dependent tissue injury underlies the pathogenesis of Br2 toxicity. Our study was based on previous findings that demonst...
#1Saurabh Aggarwal(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 21
#2Adam Lam(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 7
Last. Sadis Matalon(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 76
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Abstract Aims: Exposure to irritant gases, such as bromine (Br2), poses an environmental and occupational hazard that results in severe lung and systemic injury. However, the mechanism(s) of Br2 toxicity and the therapeutic responses required to mitigate lung damage are not known. Previously, it was demonstrated that Br2 upregulates the heme degrading enzyme, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Since heme is a major inducer of HO-1, we determined whether an increase in heme and heme-dependent oxidative inj...
