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dimercaprol and Postoperative Complications

dimercaprol has been researched along with Postoperative Complications in 5 studies

Dimercaprol: An anti-gas warfare agent that is effective against Lewisite (dichloro(2-chlorovinyl)arsine) and formerly known as British Anti-Lewisite or BAL. It acts as a chelating agent and is used in the treatment of arsenic, gold, and other heavy metal poisoning.
dimercaprol : A dithiol that is propane-1,2-dithiol in which one of the methyl hydrogens is replaced by a hydroxy group. a chelating agent originally developed during World War II as an experimental antidote against the arsenic-based poison gas Lewisite, it has been used clinically since 1949 for the treatment of poisoning by arsenic, mercury and gold. It can also be used for treatment of poisoning by antimony, bismuth and possibly thallium, and (with sodium calcium edetate) in cases of acute leaad poisoning. Administration is by (painful) intramuscular injection of a suspension of dimercaprol in peanut oil, typically every 4 hours for 2-10 days depending on the toxicity. In the past, dimercaprol was also used for the treatment of Wilson's disease, a severely debilitating genetic disorder in which the body tends to retain copper, with resultant liver and brain injury.

Postoperative Complications: Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.

Research

Studies (5)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19904 (80.00)18.7374
1990's1 (20.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
MCMAHON, JM1
STRAUSS, JF1
BARRETT, RM1
ROSENBERG, EF1
BEALE, JD1
SCHRUM, DI1
Schmidt, GM1
Horak, DA1
Niland, JC1
Duncan, SR1
Forman, SJ1
Zaia, JA1
Griffith, BP1
Paradis, IL1
Zeevi, A1
Rabinowich, H1
Yousem, SA1
Duquesnoy, RJ1
Dauber, JH1
Hardesty, RL1

Trials

1 trial available for dimercaprol and Postoperative Complications

ArticleYear
A randomized, controlled trial of prophylactic ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus pulmonary infection in recipients of allogeneic bone marrow transplants; The City of Hope-Stanford-Syntex CMV Study Group.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1991, Apr-11, Volume: 324, Issue:15

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Bone Marrow Transplantation; Creatinine; Cytomegalovirus; Cytomegalovirus Infecti

1991

Other Studies

4 other studies available for dimercaprol and Postoperative Complications

ArticleYear
Toxic reaction from gold appearing during ACTH administration; report of a case.
    The New Orleans medical and surgical journal, 1952, Volume: 104, Issue:16

    Topics: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Dimercaprol; Gold; Postoperative Comp

1952
BAL treatment of toxic reactions to gold; a review of the literature and report of two cases.
    Annals of internal medicine, 1952, Volume: 37, Issue:2

    Topics: Dimercaprol; Gold; Humans; Postoperative Complications

1952
Serious toxic reaction associated with administration of BAL.
    The Journal of pediatrics, 1949, Volume: 35, Issue:4

    Topics: Dimercaprol; Postoperative Complications

1949
Immunologically mediated disease of the airways after pulmonary transplantation.
    Annals of surgery, 1988, Volume: 208, Issue:3

    Topics: Bronchiolitis Obliterans; Dimercaprol; Graft Rejection; Heart Transplantation; Humans; Lung; Lung Tr

1988