title: Excretion of a toxic dose of thallium.
abstract: We report a successfully treated case of severe thallium intoxication that required 95 days of assisted ventilation and 224 days of hospitalization. Monitoring of the patient for 500 days by measuring thallium in whole blood, serum, and urine is documented, and the role of the laboratory and utility of the measurements are considered.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hants.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Archbold
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pethybridge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011041:Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013793:Thallium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D013793:Thallium; D003404:Creatinine