arsenic poisoning

Preferred Label : arsenic poisoning;

MeSH definition : Disorders associated with acute or chronic exposure to compounds containing ARSENIC (ARSENICALS) which may be fatal. Acute oral ingestion is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms and an encephalopathy which may manifest as SEIZURES, mental status changes, and COMA. Chronic exposure is associated with mucosal irritation, desquamating rash, myalgias, peripheral neuropathy, and white transverse (Mees) lines in the fingernails. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1212);

MeSH synonym : poisoning, arsenic; poisonings, arsenic; neurotoxicity syndrome, arsenical; arsenic poisonings; poisoning, arsenic, nervous system; arsenical neurotoxicity syndrome; arsenical neurotoxicity syndromes; neurotoxicity syndromes, arsenical; syndrome, arsenical neurotoxicity; syndromes, arsenical neurotoxicity; arsenic poisoning, nervous system; nervous system poisoning, arsenic;

MeSH hyponym : arsenic encephalopathy; nervous system, organic arsenic poisoning; arsenic induced polyneuropathy; arsenic poisoning, inorganic; Arsenic Poisonings, Inorganic; Inorganic Arsenic Poisonings; Poisoning, Inorganic Arsenic; Poisonings, Inorganic Arsenic; Inorganic Arsenic Poisoning; Polyneuropathy, Arsenic Induced; Polyneuropathy, Arsenic-Induced; Arsenic-Induced Polyneuropathies; Arsenic-Induced Polyneuropathy; Organic Arsenic Poisoning, Nervous System; Arsenic Poisoning, Organic; Arsenic Poisonings, Organic; Organic Arsenic Poisoning; Organic Arsenic Poisonings; Poisoning, Organic Arsenic; Poisonings, Organic Arsenic; Arsenic Encephalopathies; Encephalopathies, Arsenic; Encephalopathy, Arsenic;

MeSH annotation : coord IM with specific arsenic cpd (IM) if given;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic poisoning;

Details

Origin ID

D020261;

UMLS CUI

C0311375;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
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- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- arsenic [MeSH Descriptor]
- arsenicals [MeSH Descriptor]
- arsenicals [MeSH Descriptor]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- arsenic [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- arsenic encephalopathy [MeSH concept]
- arsenic induced polyneuropathy [MeSH concept]
- arsenic poisoning [MeSH concept]
- arsenic poisoning, inorganic [MeSH concept]
- nervous system, organic arsenic poisoning [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- acetylcysteine [MeSH Descriptor]
- arsenic [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Arsenic (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Injury or Poisoning [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Toxic effect of arsenic [MedDRA LLT]
- Toxic effect of arsenic AND/OR its compounds (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds [ICD-9 code]
- Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Toxic effect of arsenic and/or arsenic compound (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Encephalopathy due to arsenic [ICD-11 More detail]

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