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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Acute lead poisoning: a diagnostic challenge in the emergency department.

Bharath Gopinath, Vignan Kappagantu, Roshan Mathew, Nayer Jamshed

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bharath GopinathEmergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8514-5230
Vignan KappagantuEmergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Roshan MathewEmergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7047-0399
Nayer JamshedEmergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India jamshednayer@gmail.com.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute abdominal pain is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED). Ruling out life-threatening causes and giving pain relief are the most important tasks in ED. We describe a 32-year-old man who presented to ED with abdominal pain and vomiting which was unrelieved by usual doses of analgesic. Extensive investigations revealed no significant abnormalities. On further probing, he admitted taking traditional medications for infertility. The toxicological panel revealed a high blood lead level, leading to a diagnosis of acute lead toxicity. Chelation therapy with D-penicillamine was initiated and the patient's abdominal pain resolved within 4 days.

Indexed as

QuackeryAbdominal PainAcute DiseaseAdultAnemiaAntiemeticsChelating AgentsChlordiazepoxideCholinergic AntagonistsConstipationCounterfeit DrugsDrug CombinationsEmergency Service, HospitalHumansLead PoisoningMaleAntiemeticsChelating AgentsChlordiazepoxidechlordiazepoxide, clidinium drug combinationCholinergic AntagonistsCounterfeit DrugsDrug CombinationsmebeverineParasympatholyticsPenicillaminePhenethylaminesQuinuclidinespoisoningresuscitation

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PMID33472809
PMCPMC10577738
OpenAlexW3122141896

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