Cresol is a phenol derivative used as a disinfectant that may cause gastrointestinal corrosive injury, central nervous system, cardiovascular disturbances, renal, and hepatic injury following intoxication. We present a case of a female patient who was admitted to the emergency department after ingesting an unknown amount of cresol; she was admitted with tachypnea, shortness of breath with low oxygen level in the blood. She did not develop hepatic or renal dysfunction. The gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed and showed esophagus and gastric erosins only. The patient was sedated and ventilated for 7 days. After receiving supportive intensive care, the patient recovered and was sent for psychiatric evaluation. Cresol intoxication can be fatal, and cause a respiratory failure with an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), hepatic, and renal injury. This shows the importance of intensive care in the management of cresol poisoning.
Many field based sports include bouts of maximal or sub-maximal sprinting with short recovery periods known as repeated sprint ability (RSA). RSA is defined as sprints short in duration (less than 10 seconds) with brief recovery periods (<60 seconds) usually resulting in a substantial decrease in performance (1). It is an important characteristic of performance in numerous intermittent sports such as soccer, rugby, tennis and GAA. Taurine (TA) is a sulfonic amino acid commonly found in energy drinks. The effect of acute TA supplementation has been investigated in endurance performance. One study has investigated acute TA supplementation in team sports players, demonstrating performance improvements across 3 Wingate tests compared with a placebo (PLA) (2) , however no studies have yet investigated the effect of acute TA supplementation on RSA which is the aim of this study. A total of 7 young, healthy, recreationally active males and females (5 male, 2 female; age 21.3 ± 1.9; body mass, 75.4 ± 10.5 kg) were recruited and undertook 3 RSA trials using a 40 m multiple shuttle test. This incorporated 10 x 40 m sprints with two 180°c hanges in direction, with 30 s recovery between each sprint. Sprint times (s) were recorded using photoelectric timing gates (WITTY). Each participant completed a familiarisation session (3) , followed by TA (50 mg/kg body weight) or PLA trials in a randomised, double blind, crossover design with a washout period of 7 days between each trial. Analysis of sprint performance decrement (S dec), fastest time (FT), slowest time (ST) and mean time (MT) of sprint performance were conducted using SPSS to compare across conditions using a paired samples t-test. RSA measured by S dec did not differ between TA and PLA (TA: 4.4 ± 2%; PLA: 5.7 ± 2.4%; p = .301). There was no significant difference observed between TA and PLA trials for FT (
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