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Title: Acute mercury poisoning: A case report
Authors: Sarıkaya, Sezgin
Karcioglu, O.
Ay, D.
Cetin, Aslı
Aktas, C.
Serinken, Mustafa
Keywords: acetylcysteine
mercury
oxygen
paracetamol
serine
abdominal pain
adult
anamnesis
article
blood level
blood pressure measurement
breathing rate
case report
chelation therapy
diarrhea
female
fever
heart rate
hospital admission
hospital discharge
human
laboratory test
mercurialism
oxygen saturation
temperature measurement
urine level
blood
breast feeding
chemically induced disorder
environmental exposure
exposure
fatality
gastrointestinal disease
infant
methodology
treatment outcome
Adult
Breast Feeding
Chelation Therapy
Environmental Exposure
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Humans
Infant
Inhalation Exposure
Mercury
Mercury Poisoning
Treatment Outcome
Abstract: Background: Mercury poisoning can occur as a result of occupational hazard or suicide attempt. This article presents a 36-year-old case admitted to emergency department (ED) due to exposure to metallic mercury.Case Presentati{dotless}on: A 36-year-old woman presented to the ED with a three-day history of abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever. One week ago her daughter had brought mercury in the liquid form from the school. She had put it on the heating stove. One day later, her 14-month old sister baby got fever and died before admission to the hospital. Her blood pressure was 134/87 mmHg; temperature, 40.2°C; heart rate 105 bpm and regular; respiration, 18 bpm; O2saturation, 96%. Nothing was remarkable on examination and routine laboratory tests. As serine or urinary mercury levels could not be tested in the city, symptomatic chelation treatment with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) was instituted with regard to presumptive diagnosis and history. At the 7thday of admission she was discharged without any sequelae or complaint. At the discharge day blood was drawn and sent for mercury levels which turned out to be 30 µg/dL (normal range: 0 - 10 µg/dL).Conclusion: Public education on poisoning and the potential hazards of mercury are of vital importance for community health. © 2010 Sarikaya et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/6439
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-10-7
ISSN: 1471-227X
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