title: [Acute self-poisoning with arsenic and treatment with BAL (author's transl)].
abstract: A case of attempted suicide by ingestion of 4.8 g As2O3 (more than 20 times the estimated lethal dose) is reported. Absorption of arsenic caused elevated urinary levels over 5 days BAL treatment was started within three hours after arsenic ingestion. The patient did not develop any signs of polyneuropathy or other clinical changes.
mesh_terms: D020261:Arsenic Poisoning; D002244:Carbon / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004112:Dimercaprol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D004112:Dimercaprol; D002244:Carbon
vernacular_title: Akute Intoxikation mit Arsenik in suizidaler Absicht und Behandlung mit Dimercaprol.