A Challenging Case of Acute Mercury Toxicity

Table 1

	Admission	Day 2	Day 4	Day 6	3 months after discharge	4 months after discharge
Serum mercury level (µg/l)	110	134	122	N/A	33	18
24-hour urine mercury	248	499	N/A	233	N/A	N/A

Serum mercury reference range < 10 µg/l; 24-hour urine mercury reference range: nonexposure < 20 µg/24 h; inconclusive 20 to 150 µg/24 h; potentially toxic > 150 µg/24 h.