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Cobalt poisoning from hip replacement
Identifier
006876
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
TV show House helped doctors spot cobalt poisoning BMJ 2014; 348 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1424 (Published 7 February 2014) Jacqui Wise
The US television series House helped doctors in Germany diagnose cobalt intoxication from a hip replacement in a patient with severe heart failure.
A 55 year old man was referred to a clinic at Philipps-University Marburg in Germany after presenting with hypothyroidism, oesophagitis, fever of unknown origin, increasing deafness, and loss of sight and eventually severe heart failure. Heart catheterisation had ruled out coronary artery disease, said the case report in the Lancet.1
The source of the experience
Ordinary personConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
Cobalt imbalanceFever and hyperthermia
Heart failure and coronary heart disease
Hurt [physical]
Surgery
Thyroid disease
Suppressions
Blindness, macular degeneration and other sight impairmentDeafness and tinnitus