Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment

Methemoglobinemia and hemolysis are rare findings following phosphine poisoning. In this paper, a case of aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning complicated by methemoglobinemia and hemolysis with a successful treatment is reported. A 28-year-old male patient presented following intentional ingestion of...

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Autores principales: Soltaninejad, Kambiz, Nelson, Leiws S., Khodakarim, Nastaran, Dadvar, Zohreh, Shadnia, Shahin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21814377
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.83021
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author Soltaninejad, Kambiz
Nelson, Leiws S.
Khodakarim, Nastaran
Dadvar, Zohreh
Shadnia, Shahin
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Nelson, Leiws S.
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description Methemoglobinemia and hemolysis are rare findings following phosphine poisoning. In this paper, a case of aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning complicated by methemoglobinemia and hemolysis with a successful treatment is reported. A 28-year-old male patient presented following intentional ingestion of an AlP tablet. In this case, hematuria, hemolysis and methemoglobinemia were significant events. A methemoglobin level of 46% was detected by CO-oximetry. The patient was treated with ascorbic acid and methylene blue and he also received supportive care. Two weeks after admission, the patient was discharged from the hospital. Hemolysis and methemoglobinemia may complicate the course of phosphine poisoning.
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spelling pubmed-31452962011-08-03 Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment Soltaninejad, Kambiz Nelson, Leiws S. Khodakarim, Nastaran Dadvar, Zohreh Shadnia, Shahin Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Methemoglobinemia and hemolysis are rare findings following phosphine poisoning. In this paper, a case of aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning complicated by methemoglobinemia and hemolysis with a successful treatment is reported. A 28-year-old male patient presented following intentional ingestion of an AlP tablet. In this case, hematuria, hemolysis and methemoglobinemia were significant events. A methemoglobin level of 46% was detected by CO-oximetry. The patient was treated with ascorbic acid and methylene blue and he also received supportive care. Two weeks after admission, the patient was discharged from the hospital. Hemolysis and methemoglobinemia may complicate the course of phosphine poisoning. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3145296/ /pubmed/21814377 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.83021 Text en © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment
title_full Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment
title_fullStr Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment
title_full_unstemmed Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment
title_short Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment
title_sort unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21814377
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.83021
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