title: Quiz page September 2010. An industrial worker hospitalized with paralysis after an aerosolized chemical exposure. Final diagnosis: Hypokalemia secondary to acute inhaled barium chloride exposure.
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors: Yu-Jen
authors: YJ
authors: Su
authors: Chia-Te
authors: CT
authors: Kung
authors: Chih-Hsiung
authors: CH
authors: Lee
authors: I-Kuan
authors: IK
authors: Wang
authors: Chien-Te
authors: CT
authors: Lee
authors: Feng-Rong
authors: FR
authors: Chuang
mesh_terms: D017609:Barium Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000633:toxicity*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001239:Inhalation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D017609:Barium Compounds; D002712:Chlorides; C024986:barium chloride