Acute mercury vapor poisoning in a 3-month-old infant: A case report

We investigated the clinical characteristics of a 3-month-old infant with acute mercury vapor poisoning. Clinical symptoms of acute mercury poisoning in infants include acute onset, rapid progression, severe illness with respiratory symptoms that may result in pneumothoraces and aspiration pneumonia...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inClinica chimica acta Vol. 465; pp. 119 - 122
Main Authors Gao, Zhenyan, Ying, Xiaolan, Yan, Jin, Wang, Ju, Cai, Shizhong, Yan, Chonghuai
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2017
Subjects
Chelating Agents - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Infant
Mercury - chemistry
Mercury - toxicity
Mercury Poisoning - drug therapy
Mercury Poisoning - etiology
Mercury vapor
Pneumothorax
Poisoning
Unithiol - therapeutic use
Mercury vapor
Infant
Pneumothorax
Poisoning
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:We investigated the clinical characteristics of a 3-month-old infant with acute mercury vapor poisoning. Clinical symptoms of acute mercury poisoning in infants include acute onset, rapid progression, severe illness with respiratory symptoms that may result in pneumothoraces and aspiration pneumonias. A 3-month-old girl presented with pneumothoraces and respiratory failure to the hospital. Two days before hospitalization, the girl had stayed in a room containing mercury vapor for several hours. She was hospitalized for acute mercury poisoning. We used sodium dimercaptosulphonate (DMPS) for treatment. Pulmonary disease was mainly induced by the inhalation of mercury vapor. The disease was characterized by acute respiratory distress, pneumothorax and acute chemical pneumonitis. It responded to chelation therapy with the agent DMPS.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Case Study-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-4
content type line 23
ObjectType-Report-1
ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:0009-8981
1873-3492
DOI:10.1016/j.cca.2016.12.019