Possible cobalt toxicity in maintenance hemodialysis patients after treatment with cobaltous chloride: a study of blood and tissue cobalt concentrations in normal subjects and patients with terminal and renal failure

• Published in: Clinical nephrology Vol. 5; no. 2; p. 61
• Main Authors: Curtis, J R, Goode, G C, Herrington, J, Urdaneta, L E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.02.1976
• Subjects: Aged; Chlorides; Cobalt - blood; Cobalt - toxicity; Cobalt - urine; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic - blood; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardium - metabolism; Renal Dialysis

The myocardial cobalt concentration in a patient who died 3 months after treatment with cobalt was 25-80 times greater than the concentration in control samples. Blood cobalt concentrations in maintenance hemodialysis patients who had been treated 13-20 months previously with cobaltous chloride were...