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Heavy metal

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Most heavy metal toxicities occur due to   interaction with sulfhydryl groups  
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Chelators are compound with _ electronegative groups’   2 or more  
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Chelators function as _   chemical antagonists  
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Acute lead poising typically affects which system   CNS  
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Acute lead poising treated with   chelation  
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Chronic lead poisoning treated with   succimer, EDTA, dimercaprol  
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Acute arsenic poisoning affects mostly   GI  
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Chronic arsenic poisoning affects   everything, carcinogenic  
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Arsenic gas affects mostly   renal system  
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Acute arsenic poisoning treated with   supportive and dimercaprol  
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Chronic arsenic poisoning treated with dimercaprol    
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Arsenic gas treatment   supportive  
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Acute mercury poisoning causes   SOB, nausea, vomiting  
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Mercuric chloride causes   renal failure, hemorrhagic gastroenteritis  
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Acute mercury tox treated with   succimer, dimercaprol (IM)  
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Chronic mercury poising causes   erethism (behavioral change)  
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Chronic mercury poising treated with   succimer, Unithiol  
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Avoid _ in treating chronic mercury poising   dimercaprol, redistributes to CNS  
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Iron tox symptoms   GI, jaundice, coma  
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Treat Fe tox with   deferoxamine  
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EDTA used for_ detox   Lead  
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Dimercaprol used for   arsenic, mercury and with EDTA for lead  
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Dimercaprol side effects   lipophilic, thrombocytopenia, increased prothrombin time  
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Succimer used for   lead, arsenic ( within a few hours of exposure) and mercury ( within a few hours of exposure)  
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Succimer side effects   less than dimercaprol, liver enzymes, rash, GI  
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Unithiol is a   water soluble dimercaprol  
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Unithiol used for   inorganic mercury or arsenic  
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Penicillamine is used for   copper excess  
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Penicillamine excretion   water soluble, absorbed from GI, excreted unchanged  
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Penicillamine tox   neprhotox, pancytopenia, autoimmune, hemolysis  
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EDTA used for   lead poisoning  
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EDTA administered with   calcium  
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EDTA tox   tubular necrosis and ECG changes  
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Deferoxamine, deferasirox used for   Fe  
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Deferoxamine, deferasirox tox   skin rxn, hepatic and renal dsfx, coagulopathy  
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