PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Martin, Debra S.
AU  - Willis, Stephen E.
AU  - Cline, David M.
TI  - N-Acetylcysteine In The Treatment Of Human Arsenic Poisoning
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.3.4.293
DP  - 1990 Oct 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
PG  - 293--296
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/3/4/293.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/3/4/293.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med1990 Oct 01; 3
AB  - A 32-year-old man was brought to the emergency department 5 1/2 hours after ingesting a potentially lethal dose (900 mg) of sodium arsenate ant poison in a suicide attempt. The patient deteriorated progressively for 27 hours. After intramuscular dimercaprol and supportive measures failed to improve his condition, he was given N-acetylcysteine intravenously. The patient showed remarkable clinical improvement during the following 24 hours and was discharged from the hospital several days later.