Acute lead poisoning in an indoor firing range
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15110%2F20%3A73600989" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15110/20:73600989 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00098892:_____/20:N0000180
Result on the web
<a href="http://medpr.imp.lodz.pl/Acute-lead-poisoning-in-an-indoor-firing-range,115115,0,1.html" target="_blank" >http://medpr.imp.lodz.pl/Acute-lead-poisoning-in-an-indoor-firing-range,115115,0,1.html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.00930" target="_blank" >10.13075/mp.5893.00930</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Acute lead poisoning in an indoor firing range
Original language description
The presented case demonstrates that acute lead poisoning may occur due to just short-term exposure to a mixture of lead-containing dust and ammunition. Such exposure may result in high blood lead levels persisting for years in the absence of any symptoms. A middle-aged male with a history of an approximately 7-day cleanup of an old recreational firing range with large ammunition and dust deposits presented to an emergency department with abdominal pain, dyspnea, fatigue and impaired cognitive function. Given his occupational history, specific tests were performed that showed high lead concentrations in both blood and urine. The patient was diagnosed with acute lead poisoning. He was started on chelation therapy that improved both clinical and laboratory parameters. Over a subsequent nearly 3-year follow-up, the patient's blood lead levels fluctuated and continued to be increased. Given the absence of other sources of lead exposure, these were likely due to the formation of bone deposits.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30305 - Occupational health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
MEDYCYNA PRACY
ISSN
0465-5893
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
71
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
375-379
UT code for WoS article
000651768300003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85085629584