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Hemodialysis of Acute Arsenic Intoxication With Transient Renal Failure
Allan Giberson, MD;
N. Dabir Vaziri, MD;
K. Mirahamadi, MD;
S. M. Rosen, MD, FRCP
Arch Intern Med. 1976;136(11):1303-1304.
Abstract
A striking reduction in serum arsenic level was achieved after four hours of hemodialysis in a patient with acute arsenic intoxication and transient renal failure. Quantitative dialysance of arsenic and a comparison of daily urinary excretion of arsenic with amount removed by dialysis suggested that hemodialysis is indicated in the treatment of acute arsenic intoxication if there is concomitant renal failure. In the presence of normal renal function, supportive measures, including dimercaprol (BAL in Oil) therapy, constitute the best available treatment.
(Arch Intern Med 136:1303-1304, 1976)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 13, 1976.
Read in part before the sixth annual meeting of the Western Dialysis and Transplant Society, Las Vegas, Nev, Sept 21, 1975.
Reprint requests to Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 101 City Dr S, Orange, CA 92668 (Dr Vaziri).
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