Application of the national diagnostic criteria of occupational mercury poisoning / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
;
(12): 376-377, 2011.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-272595
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the clinical manifestation of patients with renal injury induced by chronic mercury intoxication and the application of the diagnostic criteria of occupational mercury poisoning.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical data of 8 patients with chronic occupational mercury intoxication were analysed and evaluated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All the observed clinical signs of chronic mercury intoxication correspond with the items of the diagnostic criteria of occupational mercury poisoning. The increasing beta2-MG was one of the clinical manifestations of renal injury induced by chronical mercury intoxication. The renal injury obviously was dose-dependent and reversible.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The national diagnostic criteria of occupational mercury poisoning is practically valuable. The renal injury induced by chronic mercury intoxication should not be neglected.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Reference Standards
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Diagnosis
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Mercury Poisoning
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Occupational Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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