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Role of Intensive Supportive Care

Kenneth M. Jaffe, MD; David B. Shurtleff, MD; William O. Robertson, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1983;137(8):749-751.

Abstract
• An 8-month-old girl with acute mercury vapor intoxication experienced pneumonitis with respiratory failure, bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, acute renal failure, hepatocellular dysfunction, and seizures. Treatment centered on intensive supportive care; her survival is exceptional among infants with severe mercury intoxication.

(Am J Dis Child 1983;137:749-751)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine (Dr Jaffe) and Pediatrics (Drs Jaffe, Shurtleff and Robertson), University of Washington School of Medicine and The Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle.

Footnotes
Read before a combined meeting of the American Board of Medical Toxicology, the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, the Canadian Academy of Clinical and Analytical Toxicology, and the American Association of Poison Control Centers, Minneapolis, Aug 5, 1980.

Reprint requests to Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, PO Box C5371, Seattle, WA 98105 (Dr Jaffe).

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