Citation

Kuang XY, Feng YM, Zhang XT, Zhang SR, Yao F, Lu YW, Luo YQ, Ni WM. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2011; 29(5): 376-377.

Affiliation

Department of Occupational Diseases, Shanghai Yangpu District Central Hospital, Shanghai 200090, China. xykuang@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Tianjin shi lao dong wei sheng yan jiu suo)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21972538

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: 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. METHODS: The clinical data of 8 patients with chronic occupational mercury intoxication were analysed and evaluated. RESULTS: 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 chronic mercury intoxication. The renal injury obviously was dose-dependent and reversible. CONCLUSIONS: The national diagnostic criteria of occupational mercury poisoning is practically valuable. The renal injury induced by chronic mercury intoxication should not be neglected.

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