CLINICAL FOLLOW-UP OF A PATIENT AFTER INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF ELEMENTAL MERCURY WITH SUICIDAL PURPOSE
Abstract
The article provides a clinical follow-up of a patient taken to a hospital toxicology center after a suicide attempt with intravenous injection of elemental mercury. Results of clinical, laboratory and instrumental examination investigations are reported.
About the Authors
Victor Vasilevich Shilov
Northwest Scientific Center of Hygiene and Public Health
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vadim Anatolevich Lukin
Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Victor Evgenevich Savello
Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ludmla Pavlovna Pivovarova
Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna Mychailovna Antonova
Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vadim Anatolevich Kashyro
Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Rudolph Konstantinovich Glushkov
Federal State Science Institution “Institute of Toxicology”, Federal Medical-Biological Agency»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg Eduardovich Zaev
Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Shilov V.V., Lukin V.A., Savello V.E., Pivovarova L.P., Antonova A.M., Kashyro V.A., Glushkov R.K., Zaev O.E. CLINICAL FOLLOW-UP OF A PATIENT AFTER INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF ELEMENTAL MERCURY WITH SUICIDAL PURPOSE. Toxicological Review. 2015;(4):44-48. (In Russ.)
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