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Hong Kong Poison Information Centre: Annual report 2019

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 236-247, July 2022., 2022
Background: The Hong Kong Poison Information Centre (HKPIC) provides consultation service to health care professionals and collect epidemiological data on poisoning in Hong Kong since 2005. Objective: To report and analyse the data of Hong Kong Poison Information Centre on poisoning in 2019.
Tin Yat Anthony Chow, Chi Keung Chan, Sze Hong Ng, Man Li Tse   +3 more
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Features of cobalt and its compounds intoxication

Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Cobalt is used in the manufacture of chemically stable alloys, in nickel-cadmium and some designs of lithium-ion batte­ries, to obtain some paints used in painting glass and ceramics. It is also used as a catalyst for chemical reactions in petrochemistry,
O.M. Arustamian, V.S. Tkachyshin, Yu.A. Arustamian, O.Yu. Aleksiichuk, I.V. Dumka   +4 more
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Aluminum Poisoning with Emphasis on Its Mechanism and Treatment of Intoxication

Emergency Medicine International, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Aluminum poisoning has been reported in some parts of the world. It is one of the global health problems that affect many organs. Aluminum is widely used daily by humans and industries. Residues of aluminum compounds can be found in drinking water, food, air, medicine, deodorants, cosmetics, packaging, many appliances and equipment, buildings ...
Mehrdad Rafati Rahimzadeh, Mehravar Rafati Rahimzadeh, Sohrab Kazemi, Roghayeh Jafarian Amiri, Marzieh Pirzadeh, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia, Piergiorgio Fedeli   +6 more
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ARDS Induced by Mercury Vapors from Amalgam During Dental Procedure: A Case Report [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a rare but severe complication of elemental mercury vapor inhalation. Dental amalgam, a source of mercury, poses an occupational and patient risk if not handled with appropriate precautions.
Ahmadreza Mashreghi, Anahita Alizadeh ghamsari, Arman Hakemi   +2 more
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Mutagenic, Carcinogenic, and Teratogenic Effect of Heavy Metals

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Heavy metal (HM)‐induced toxicity and its associated complications have become a major issue in the medical world. HMs are not biodegradable, enter into the food chain, and gets accumulated in the living systems. Increased concentrations and accumulation of HMs can cause severely damaging effects and severe complications in living organisms and can ...
Sukeerthi Dasharathy, Selvam Arjunan, Anusha Maliyur Basavaraju, Vidya Murugasen, Saravanan Ramachandran, Rohini Keshav, Rajadurai Murugan, Ammar Al-Farga   +7 more
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And the Oscar Goes to Peripheral Blood Film for the Detection of Lead Poisoning in a Complicated Toxic Patient: A Case Report with a Review of Laboratory Clues

Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Peripheral blood smear examination is an invaluable laboratory test, which provides the complete hematologic and/or nonhematologic picture of a case. In addition to verifying the results of automated cell counters, it has the potential to identify some pathologic and morphologic changes that remain hidden using the cell counters alone. Case
Amir Zamani, Ehsan Sarraf Kazerooni, S. Saeed Kasaee, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Sahand Mohammadzadeh, Golsa Shekarkhar, Neda Soleimani, Mamede de Carvalho   +7 more
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Description of 3,180 courses of chelation with dimercaptosuccinic acid in children ≤ 5 y with severe lead poisoning in Zamfara, Northern Nigeria: a retrospective analysis of programme data. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2014
BACKGROUND: In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) discovered extensive lead poisoning impacting several thousand children in rural northern Nigeria. An estimated 400 fatalities had occurred over 3 mo.
Natalie Thurtle, Jane Greig, Lauren Cooney, Yona Amitai, Cono Ariti, Mary Jean Brown, Michael J Kosnett, Krystel Moussally, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Henry Akpan, Leslie Shanks, Paul I Dargan   +11 more
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Pain from a Bullet Lingers on: An Uncommon Case of Lead Toxicity

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2012
Lead toxicity from a retained bullet as a cause for abdominal pain is rarely considered. Given its unpredictable latent period and nonspecific clinical symptoms, such cases are difficult to diagnose but may be fatal if unrecognized.
Albin Abraham, Jaspreet Singh, Paul Mustacchia, Kaleem Rizvon   +3 more
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Evaluation of 99mTc-Succimer Dosing in Pediatric Patients [PDF]

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2013
Balancing image quality with radiation dose is a goal with every diagnostic procedure requiring radiation. Our institution compared the dosing of (99m)Tc-labeled succimer, commonly referred to as dimercaptosuccinic acid ((99m)Tc-DMSA), to pediatric patients using 2 methods of calculation, body surface area (BSA, the method we used from 2009 to 2010 ...
Wendy, Galbraith, Anthony, Nguyen, Donald L, Harrison, Xinlian, Chen, Katie, Talley   +4 more
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Effects of leonardite and succimer treatment on enzyme activity in rats exposed to lead acetate

Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
The study aimed to research in vivo changes in the enzyme activity of the blood and liver of laboratory rats under continuous exposition to a moderate dose of lead acetate while receiving succimer together with humic feed additive madden out of ...
M. Varava
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