Thallium ingestion with survival: ineffectiveness of peritoneal dialysis and potassium chloride diuresis.
A 52-year-old man who ingested 20 g of thallium iodide and survived is reported. Therapy included gastrointestinal decontamination, peritoneal dialysis, and potassium chloride diuresis. Peritoneal dialysis removed 4% of the calculated ingested dose in a 24-h period and potassium chloride diuresis 2%, an insignificant amount in light of the ingested dose of thallium. The primary method of treatment of thallium poisoning remains prompt gastrointestinal decontamination.
D004231:Diuresis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013793:Thallium / Q000506:poisoning*
D011189:Potassium Chloride; D013793:Thallium