[Thallium poisoning: Prussian blue treatment in 4 cases].
Four patients with thallium toxicity were treated with Prussian blue, 125 mg/kg/day. The diagnosis was made on clinical grounds and confirmed by detection of thallium in the urine. Electromyographic, evoked potentials and electroencephalographic studies confirmed quick clinical and electrophysiologic improvement of the patients.
Díaz
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V
Servicio de Neurología y Toxicología, Hospital José Joaquín Aguirre, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
Tapia
R
R
Brinck
G
G
Gutiérrez
M
M
Hurtado
C
C
del Peso
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005295:Ferrocyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013793:Thallium / Q000506:poisoning*
D000931:Antidotes; D005295:Ferrocyanides; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate; D005665:Furosemide; D013793:Thallium; C000170:ferric ferrocyanide
Intoxicación por talio: tratamiento con azul de prusia en 4 casos.