Title: Clinical analysis on 52 cases of acute trimethyl tin poisoning
Abstract: To provide more evidences for the revision ofDiagostic criteria of occupational acute trimethyl tin poisoning,the states of the illness especially the clinical features in 52 cases of acute trimethyl tin poisoning from recent domestic and foreign literature were collected and analyzed.The results showed that the latent period varies with the difference of entry route and exposure dosage,there is some negative correlation with dosage.The dominating clinical manifestation in the early stage of TMT poisoning is fatigue accompanied with recent memory disorder,then the suddenly occurred obviously psychiatric symptoms or the complex partial seizures 2—4 days after onset.Kaliopenia may appear during the early stage of the disease,its pathogenesis is still remained unclear yet.Urinary tin examination is not a specific index for diagnosis of TMT poisoning,while the electroencephalography could always get some positive findings,and seem to have closer relationship with the clinical manifetation of CNS.The conclusion should be that the trimethyltin have higher toxicity to human beings,subacute poisoning may be main mode in occupational intoxication;nervous-mental disorders are the chief clinical manifetations,the outstanding symptoms are psychiatric disorder and seizure,which is paralleled with the serevity of the disease,thereby its degree could be the main standard for the diagnostic classification of actue TMT poisoning.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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