Features of the Clinical Course, Diagnosis and Intensive Care of Acute Barium Poisoning

Abstract

Acute barium poisoning is a rare but extremely dangerous type of poisoning in the structure of chemical injuries. The article provides a brief overview of the pathogenesis, clinical course and principles of intensive therapy of acute intoxication with this metal, as well as clinical examples of severe poisoning with barium salts with a negative and positive outcome in victims who used counterfeit barium carbonate instead of barium sulfate.

Keywords

• barium sulfate
• barium chloride
• barium carbonate
• acute poisoning
• hypokalemia
• primary cardiotoxic effect
• toxic hepatopathy
• antidote therapy
• intensive care