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Stephen L. Thornton
Researcher at University of Kansas
Publications - 57
Citations - 681
Stephen L. Thornton is an academic researcher from University of Kansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Poison control center. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 52 publications receiving 586 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen L. Thornton include University of California, San Diego & University of Kansas Hospital.
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Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoid Use — Multiple States, 2012
Tracy D. Murphy,Kelly N. Weidenbach,Clay Van Houten,Roy Gerona,Jeffery H. Moran,Ronald I. Kirschner,Jeanna M. Marraffa,Christine M. Stork,Guthrie S. Birkhead,Andie Newman,Robert G. Hendrickson,B. Zane Horowitz,Karen Vian,Richard Leman,Stephen L. Thornton,Clayton Wood,David A. Myers,Erik Orr,John J. Devlin,Michael D. Schwartz,Genevieve L. Buser +20 more
TL;DR: The results of the investigation determined that no single SC brand or compound explained all 16 cases, and public health practitioners, poison center staff members, and clinicians should be aware of the potential for renal or other unusual toxicities in users of SC products and should ask about SC use in cases of unexplained AKI.
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Psychosis from a Bath Salt Product Containing Flephedrone and MDPV with Serum, Urine, and Product Quantification
TL;DR: A 23-year-old male with a prior psychiatric history arrived via EMS for bizarre behavior, suicidality, and hallucinations after reportedly insufflating a bath salt, suggesting the possibility that fluorinated cathinones, such as flephedrone, may have altered metabolism and/or elimination which may affect their course of clinical toxicity.
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Synthetic cannabinoid use associated with acute kidney injury
TL;DR: A previously healthy 26-year-old male presented to the emergency department with one day of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and lower back pain and was discharged after six days in the hospital with AKI of unknown etiology and serum creatinine of 3.09 mg/dL.
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Fatal Intravenous Injection of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Refilling Solution
TL;DR: A fatality associated with the intentional injection of eLiquid is reported, which is likely to be related to the use of ENDS among middle and high school students.
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Comprehensive analysis of "bath salts" purchased from California stores and the internet
Aaron B. Schneir,Binh T. Ly,K. Casagrande,Michael A. Darracq,Steven R. Offerman,Stephen L. Thornton,Craig G. Smollin,Rais Vohra,C. Rangun,Christian Tomaszewski,Roy Gerona +10 more
TL;DR: Comprehensive analysis of “bath salts” purchased from California stores and the Internet revealed the products to consistently contain cathinones, alone, or in different combinations, sometimes in high quantity.