title: [Arsenic poisoning: a special gastroenteritis...].
abstract: Arsenic (As) intoxication is nowadays extremely rare. Two cases of acute and chronic As criminal poisoning leading to death of a couple of retired people, are reported. Clinical presentation was simulating a gastro-enteritidis with fast evolution to refractory shock. Toxicological analysis confirmed this diagnostic, with respectively blood As concentrations at 579 and 21 765 microg/l for our two patients.
authors.affiliation: Département de réanimation médicale et médecine hyperbare, CHU d'Angers, 49933 Angers cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ganster
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuteifan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mootien
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harry
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guiot
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001151:Arsenic / Q000097:blood; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis; D011042:Poisons / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011042:Poisons; D001151:Arsenic