Survival After Acute Mercury Vapor Poisoning
- 1 August 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 137 (8) , 749-751
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1983.02140340033008
Abstract
• An 8-month-old girl with acute mercury vapor intoxication experienced pneumonitis with respiratory failure, bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, acute renal failure, hepatocellular dysfunction, and seizures. Treatment centered on intensive supportive care; her survival is exceptional among infants with severe mercury intoxication. (Am J Dis Child 1983;137:749-751)This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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