Secondary lead poisoning a projectile housed in the human body

https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v43i3.788
Lead poisoning wounds gunshot feet.

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Published: Sep 28, 2012
Issue: Vol. 43 No. 3 (2012)
Section Case Report

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Juan Bernardo Gerstner Garcés Universidad del Valle
Abstract
With the increase of violence and use of firearms in Colombia, we may see more cases of lead poisoning in our environment, and must be prepared to diagnose and treat them. Subtle signs and symptoms as unexplained anemia, gastro-intestinal discomfort and abdominal cramps, and severe as changes in behavior and neurological status, nephropathy, and unexplained death, may be associated with a history of gunshot wounds and projectiles in the human body, and must offer the patient knowledge and management strategies of pathology.
Author Biography

Juan Bernardo Gerstner Garcés, Universidad del Valle

ORTOPEDIA Y TARAUMATOLOGIA

SUBESPECIALISTA EN CIRUGIA DE PIE Y TOBILLO

SECCION ORTOPEDIA Y TRAUMATOLOGIA

UNIVALLLE

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Gerstner Garcés, J. B. (2012). Secondary lead poisoning a projectile housed in the human body. Colombia Medica, 43(3), 230–234. https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v43i3.788
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Received 2011-06-28
Accepted 2011-11-22
Published 2012-09-28

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