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- Published on: 7 June 2005
- Published on: 28 February 2003
- Published on: 7 June 2005Oxygen - how much and why?Show More
Dear Editor,
Mercury: Is it elemental my dear Watson?
CONGRATULATIONS for such a nice, lucid presentation of a case. I just wanted to know with the parameters given "On examination she was alert. The airway was patent. Her pulse was 96, BP 106/71, RR14, oxygen saturations 98% on air." How much oxygen is been given and with what objective parameters as end point?
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Umesh Chandra Ojha M.D...
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None declared. - Published on: 28 February 2003Mad as a HatterShow More
Dear Editor
I read with interest the case report “Mercury: Is it elemental my dear Watson” by M Poulden. [1] In 1993, Dr Roden and I reported a case of deliberate self injection of mercury resulting in abscess formation and mercuric emboli to the lungs.[2]
In our case a 27-year-old doorman of a local casino presented with a swelling of the arm. (He was a keen body builder 1.90m in height and weighed 107Kgm). O...
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