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O P Fitzgerald-Finch

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PubMed1982

The importance of cadmium as a factor in calcified upper urinary tract stone disease--a prospective 7-year study.

The non-essential trace metal cadmium may cause major pathological effects on the kidneys. A group of coppersmiths who have been chronically exposed to cadmium poisoning was systematically studied over a 6-year period. The stone prevalence in the group is now just under 40% as compared with 3.5% in a general population. The blood cadmium levels have remained persistently elevated despite removal of the cadmium source. The measurement of cadmium as a means of monitoring chronic poisoning has been undertaken in terms of the prospective study in the coppersmiths and also in its relationship to other trace metals, namely serum zinc and copper. Urologists should be aware of the possibility of cadmium poisoning.

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PubMed1976

Clinical and biochemical abnormalities in coppersmiths exposed to cadmium.

5(18.5%) of a group 27 coppersmiths exposed to cadmium fume had stone disease. When compared with a control group of assembly workers in the same factory they had evidence of renal impairment as shown by blood biochemistry and proteinuria. A greater tendency to liver damage was found in the coppersmiths. There was evidence that restrictive airways disease was more common in the coppersmiths than in the control group. Blood-cadmium concentrations were significantly higher in the coppersmiths and in the assembly workers than in a reference population.

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PubMed1975

Subluxation of the shoulder in hemiplegia.

This is a study of 100 hemiplegic patients of whom 17 had downward subluxation of the shoulder joint. The mechanism of this complication is described and appropriate preventative treatment suggested.

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