-transparent.png){kind=logo}
A 29-year-old gardener developed acute renal failure following the ingestion of 'Mersil', a combination of mercurous and mercuric chloride, achieving a plasma mercury concentration of 22,000 nmol/litre (400 micrograms/litre). Haemodialysis and charcoal haemoperfusion were ineffective in removing mercury despite prior treatment with the chelating agent dimercaprol. The acute renal failure resolved after 10 days and there are no residual sequelae.
Related Publications
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
April 1995,
Postgraduate medical journal,
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
December 1983,
British medical journal (Clinical research ed.),
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
January 1976,
Proceedings of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association. European Dialysis and Transplant Association,
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
January 1983,
Contributions to nephrology,
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
February 1978,
Lancet (London, England),
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
November 1990,
The International journal of artificial organs,
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
January 1979,
Anaesthesia,
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
March 1988,
Human toxicology,
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
December 2004,
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association,
D P Worth, and
A M Davison, and
A M Lewins, and
M J Ledgerwood, and
A Taylor
June 2008,
Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.),
