Intravascular Hemolysis following Acute Zinc Phosphide Poisoning; a Case Report

Zinc phosphide (ZnP) is low-cost, accessible, and very effective as a rodenticide. It has been used for many human suicide poisonings around the world, including Iran. Nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms and cardiotoxicity are the most serious complications of ZnP poisoning, which are associated w...

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Autores principales: Ramezani, Zana, Babahajian, Asrin, Yousefinejad, Vahid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6289143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30584561
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description Zinc phosphide (ZnP) is low-cost, accessible, and very effective as a rodenticide. It has been used for many human suicide poisonings around the world, including Iran. Nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms and cardiotoxicity are the most serious complications of ZnP poisoning, which are associated with a high mortality rate. The aim of this paper was to report a poisoned patient that ingested ZnP with suicidal attempt and faced complications due to hemolysis.
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spelling pubmed-62891432018-12-24 Intravascular Hemolysis following Acute Zinc Phosphide Poisoning; a Case Report Ramezani, Zana Babahajian, Asrin Yousefinejad, Vahid Emerg (Tehran) Case Report Zinc phosphide (ZnP) is low-cost, accessible, and very effective as a rodenticide. It has been used for many human suicide poisonings around the world, including Iran. Nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms and cardiotoxicity are the most serious complications of ZnP poisoning, which are associated with a high mortality rate. The aim of this paper was to report a poisoned patient that ingested ZnP with suicidal attempt and faced complications due to hemolysis. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2018 2018-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6289143/ /pubmed/30584561 Text en © Copyright (2018) Shahid Beheshti University ofMedical Sciences This open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0)(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).
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title Intravascular Hemolysis following Acute Zinc Phosphide Poisoning; a Case Report
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title_short Intravascular Hemolysis following Acute Zinc Phosphide Poisoning; a Case Report
title_sort intravascular hemolysis following acute zinc phosphide poisoning; a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6289143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30584561
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