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  • Title: Acute mercury poisoning.
    Author: McLauchlan GA.
    Journal: Anaesthesia; 1991 Feb; 46(2):110-2. PubMed ID: 1872422.
    Abstract:
    A case of deliberate self poisoning with approximately 7 g mercuric chloride (the lethal dose is about 1 g) is described. The patient died after 6 days despite the use of chelating agents, plasma exchange and intensive supportive therapy. The management of acute mercury toxicity is discussed.
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