Pocket ICU Management
Heavy Metal Exposures: Lead, Arsenic, Mercury
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Diagnosis & early treatment require high index of suspicion.
- Uncommon toxicity
- Industrial exposures are more common, so obtain good work history.
- Remember: chelation, chelation, chelation!
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Last updated: April 29, 2010
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