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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Fatal poisoning by vanadium
Forensic Science International, Volume 206, No. 1-3, Year 2011
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We report here a fatal intoxication case involving ammonium vanadate. A 24-year-old woman was admitted to the Emergency Department for abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, multiple daily diarrheas, hypoglycaemia (0.2g/L) and severe acute renal failure with glomerular filtration rate estimated at 21ml/min. This patient had taken an undetermined amount of ammonium vanadate 12h after ingesting. She died next morning in the context of respiratory distress despite intensive care and oxygen therapy. The autopsy revealed widespread asphyxia syndrome and erosive gastritis. Determination of vanadium concentration in blood was carried out by means of mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) using rhodium (103Rh) as the internal standard. The vanadium concentration was 6.22mg/L, corresponding to 6000 times higher than normal concentration in the general population. The latency and the brutality of clinical picture degradation seem to be in consideration of systemic poisoning by vanadium leading to inhibition of the cellular respiratory process. © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Boulassel, Brahim
Algeria, Tizi Ouzou
Centre Hospitalo-universitaire Nedir Mohamed - Tizi Ouzou
Sadeg, Nouredine
France, Cergy-pontoise
Centre Hospitalier René Dubos
Roussel, Olivier
France, Rosny-sous-bois
Ircgn
Perrin, Martine
France, Rosny-sous-bois
Ircgn
Belhadj-Tahar, Hafid
France, Toulouse
Afpremed
Statistics
Citations: 40
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.10.027
ISSN:
03790738
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Participants Gender
Female