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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 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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