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Objective To summarize the clinical features of mercury poisoning diagnosed by blood and urine tests for improving the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.Methods Poisoning causes,clinical manifestations,diagnosis,treatment and prognosis were retrospectively reviewed in 92 in-patients with mercury poisoning in our hospital from January 2000 to April 2010.Results Of the 92 patients,37 were male and 55 were female with an average age of 33.1(2-65)years old.The mercury poisoning was caused by occupational exposure and non-occupational exposure,such as iatrogenic exposure,life exposure and wrong intake or suicidal intake of mercury-containing substances,mainly through respiratory tract,digestive tract and skin absorption.The most common clinical symptoms were as the followings:nervous system symptom,such as memory loss in 50 eases(54.3%),fatigue in 34(37.0%),numb limb in 25 (27.2%),dizziness and headache in 22(23.9%),cacesthesia in 20(21.7%),fine tremor(finger tip,tongue tip,eyelids)in 15(16.3%),insomnia and more dreams in 12(13.0%);gastrointestinal symptoms:nausea in 16 (17.4%),abdominal pain in 14(15.2%),stomatitis in 5(5.4%);joint and muscle symptoms:muscle pain in 16(17.4%),joint pain in 5(5.4%);cardiovaseular system:chest tightness,hean palpitations in 6(6.5%);urinary system:edema in 9(9.8%);other system:hidrosis in 20(21.7%).After the treatment with sodium dimercaptopropane sulfonate (DMPS),the symptoms were gradually alleviated.Their gastrointestinal,cardiovascular symptoms were alleviated within 2 weeks;neurological symptoms were alleviated within 3 months;kidney damage showed a slower recovery and could be completely'alleviated within 6 months.Conclusions Because of its diverse clinical symptoms,the mercury poisoning was easy to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis:therefore the awareness of the disease should be further enhanced.Leaving from the poisoning environment timely and giving appropriate treatment with DMPS will lead to a satisfactory prognosis.
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Xanthine-Xanthine oxidase ( X-XOD) added to the culture medium of cultured cardiac cells in rats may damage cell membrane. Electrophysiological findings indicated that APA, MDP, OS,Vmax, were decreased and the SDF was increased. Astragalus polysaccharide (APS) could protect the cells from being damaged by X-XOD. APS recoverted all the de-creased cardiac functional parameters in free-radical-damaged rats by X-XOD. APS had anti-free-radical damage action on the cultured my-ocardiocytes and the myocardial contractility of the isolated rat working heart.
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Objective To develop a rapid and sensitive method for the determination of the percentage of blood chlormezanone by gas chromatograpy-mass spectrometry(GC/MS)for the clinical application on acute poisoning patients.Methods Chlormezanone in blood was extracted and separated with acetic ether.The acetic ether extractives from the blood were warmed with water at 80℃ and blown to dry with nitrogen gas.The dry extractives were then dissolved in 100?l of ethanol for GC/MS.To set up the linear equation for the determination of blood chlormezanone,draw the standard curve,calculate the extractive yield,detection limit and repeatability of chlormezanone.The GC was equipped with a 30m length,0.25mm I.D.,0.25?m film thickness HP-5MS(5% phenyl-methylpolysiloxane).Helium was used as the carrier gas at a constant flow rate of 1.0mL/min.The 1?l samples was injected GC/MS in split mode of 10∶1.The temperature program:160℃ for 2min,10℃/min up to 280℃ and hold for 10min.The injector,MS quadrupole rods,ion source and transfer line were kept at 250℃,150℃,230℃ and 280℃,respectively.The EI electron impact energy was 70eV.Results The extractive yield with acetic ether for blood chlormezanone was 82.1%,RSD=6.6%,implying that and acetic ether is an ideal extraction solvent.The calibration curve was y=13 852x+140 588,r=0.998 2.The detection limit was 4?g/L(SCAN m/z 30-280)and 0.1?g/L(SIM m/z 98,152,154).The RSD of precision in one day was 2.6%.The RSD of the precision between days was 4.9%.Conclusions The extraction and analysis method is suitable to the diagnosis of the acute poisoning patient of chlormezanone.