Medical image of the week: Elemental mercury poisoning
No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 34-year-old woman presented to the Emergency department with abdominal pain after ingestion of an unknown liquid that family felt might be poisonous. The patient had a past history of prior suicide attempts, as well as a history of polysubstan...
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| description | No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 34-year-old woman presented to the Emergency department with abdominal pain after ingestion of an unknown liquid that family felt might be poisonous. The patient had a past history of prior suicide attempts, as well as a history of polysubstance and alcohol abuse. The patient was confused, tangential and a difficult historian. The patient had a heart rate of 72, was normotensive, and had an oxygen saturation of 100% on room air. She was confused and answered questions intermittently. The remainder of her physical examination including her neurological exam was normal. The initial serum chemistry, anion gap, lactate, liver function tests were normal. Urine drug screen was positive for benzodiazepines, for which the patient was prescribed. An abdominal x-ray was performed showing a radiopaque substance in the abdomen (Figure 1A). It was eventually determined she ingested elemental mercury. Blood levels were elevated, and she did eventually have hematochezia. Colonoscopy was … |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d8685732dca44f8bfb2d85e5d156c272022-12-22T03:12:09ZengArizona Thoracic SocietySouthwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care2160-67732018-05-0116528728810.13175/swjpcc067-18Medical image of the week: Elemental mercury poisoningBoivin M0University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM USANo abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 34-year-old woman presented to the Emergency department with abdominal pain after ingestion of an unknown liquid that family felt might be poisonous. The patient had a past history of prior suicide attempts, as well as a history of polysubstance and alcohol abuse. The patient was confused, tangential and a difficult historian. The patient had a heart rate of 72, was normotensive, and had an oxygen saturation of 100% on room air. She was confused and answered questions intermittently. The remainder of her physical examination including her neurological exam was normal. The initial serum chemistry, anion gap, lactate, liver function tests were normal. Urine drug screen was positive for benzodiazepines, for which the patient was prescribed. An abdominal x-ray was performed showing a radiopaque substance in the abdomen (Figure 1A). It was eventually determined she ingested elemental mercury. Blood levels were elevated, and she did eventually have hematochezia. Colonoscopy was …http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2018/5/30/medical-image-of-the-week-elemental-mercury-poisoning.htmlmercurypoisoningtreatmentcolonoscopysuicideconfusionabdominal x-raytoxicityneurologicgastrointestinal |
| spellingShingle | Boivin M Medical image of the week: Elemental mercury poisoning Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care mercury poisoning treatment colonoscopy suicide confusion abdominal x-ray toxicity neurologic gastrointestinal |
| title | Medical image of the week: Elemental mercury poisoning |
| title_full | Medical image of the week: Elemental mercury poisoning |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Medical image of the week: Elemental mercury poisoning |
| title_short | Medical image of the week: Elemental mercury poisoning |
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| topic | mercury poisoning treatment colonoscopy suicide confusion abdominal x-ray toxicity neurologic gastrointestinal |
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