Successful detoxification and liver transplantation in a severe poisoning with a chemical wood preservative containing chromium, copper, and arsenic

Transplantation. 2015 Apr;99(4):e29-30. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000654.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Arsenates / blood
  • Arsenates / poisoning*
  • Chelating Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / blood
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / diagnosis
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / etiology
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / surgery
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / therapy*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Heavy Metal Poisoning*
  • Humans
  • Liver Failure, Acute / blood
  • Liver Failure, Acute / chemically induced
  • Liver Failure, Acute / diagnosis
  • Liver Failure, Acute / surgery
  • Liver Failure, Acute / therapy*
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Metals, Heavy / blood
  • Plasmapheresis*
  • Poisoning / blood
  • Poisoning / diagnosis
  • Poisoning / etiology
  • Poisoning / surgery
  • Poisoning / therapy*
  • Renal Insufficiency / blood
  • Renal Insufficiency / chemically induced
  • Renal Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Renal Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Unithiol / therapeutic use*
  • Wood*

Substances

  • Arsenates
  • Chelating Agents
  • Metals, Heavy
  • chromated copper arsenate
  • Unithiol