Bismuth Toxicity Presenting as Declining Mobility and Falls

A 77-year old woman presented with a history of falls. Known health problems included biopsy-proven collagenous colitis treated with bismuth subsalicylate. On examination, in addition to impaired balance and gait, she was found to have tremors and cognitive deficits. Investigations revealed a marked...

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Autores principales: Hogan, David B., Harbidge, Cathy, Duncan, Amy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595782
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.21.323
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description A 77-year old woman presented with a history of falls. Known health problems included biopsy-proven collagenous colitis treated with bismuth subsalicylate. On examination, in addition to impaired balance and gait, she was found to have tremors and cognitive deficits. Investigations revealed a markedly elevated urinary bismuth level. Withdrawal of bismuth subsalicylate led to marked cognitive and physical improvement.
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spelling pubmed-62813752018-12-29 Bismuth Toxicity Presenting as Declining Mobility and Falls Hogan, David B. Harbidge, Cathy Duncan, Amy Can Geriatr J Original Research A 77-year old woman presented with a history of falls. Known health problems included biopsy-proven collagenous colitis treated with bismuth subsalicylate. On examination, in addition to impaired balance and gait, she was found to have tremors and cognitive deficits. Investigations revealed a markedly elevated urinary bismuth level. Withdrawal of bismuth subsalicylate led to marked cognitive and physical improvement. Canadian Geriatrics Society 2018-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6281375/ /pubmed/30595782 http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.21.323 Text en © 2018 Author(s). Published by the Canadian Geriatrics Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Bismuth Toxicity Presenting as Declining Mobility and Falls
title_sort bismuth toxicity presenting as declining mobility and falls
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281375/
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