Lead poisoning treated with haemodialysis.
A 27-year-old woman ingested as an abortifacient 40 grams of litharge (PbO). She was treated with EDTA infusion and haemodialysis. The half-life of lead in the blood was 9 hours during combined haemodialysis and EDTA infusion and 96 hours when EDTA was given alone. Signs and symptoms attributable to acute lead intoxication were mild.
D000328:Adult; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D007854:Lead; D004492:Edetic Acid