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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Mercury (Hg) (fluid, metallic, elemental) i.v., i.m.

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II.b ARDS - Acute lung injury

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Last update : 29/08/2012
 
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Consistent timing of exposure v. onset of symptoms
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Clinical, imaging, BAL, pathological pattern consistent with the specific drug
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Careful exlusion of another cause
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Recurrence with rechallenge (rarely advisable)
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See also under
Herbals - Dietary botanical therapy - Health products/food - Plants
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Mercury fumes/vapor
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Metals (heavy-)
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Publications

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Treatment of Acute Elemental Mercury Inhalation Toxicity.
Chest 2025 Mar;167;e71-e74 2025 Mar
Full Atrioventricular Block Secondary to Acute Poisoning Mercury: A Case Report.
International journal of environmental research and public health 2018 Apr 02;15; 2018 Apr 02
Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of elemental mercury following self-administration.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2008 Nov;46;869-76 2008 Nov
The toxicology of mercury--current exposures and clinical manifestations.
The New England journal of medicine 2003 Oct 30;349;1731-7 2003 Oct 30
Mercury inhalation poisoning and acute lung injury.
The Korean journal of internal medicine 1998 Jul;13;127-30 1998 Jul
Mercury inhalation poisoning and acute lung injury in a child. Use of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.
Chest 1994 Feb;105;613-5 1994 Feb
Survival after acute mercury vapor poisoning.
American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1983 Aug;137;749-51 1983 Aug

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