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Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report
Accidental poisoning in children, though underreported in our environment, is common and could prove fatal. It is important to identify the primary chemical agent that is responsible for the poisoning. We present a case of accidental ingestion of fish poisoned with aluminum phosphide (AlP) used as r...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520793 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.ajm_156_20 |
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author | Shakur, Abubakar Muhammad Garba, Nuhu Abubakar Ahmadu, Ibrahim Apollos, Daniel Asani, Mustafa O Aliyu, Ibrahim |
author_facet | Shakur, Abubakar Muhammad Garba, Nuhu Abubakar Ahmadu, Ibrahim Apollos, Daniel Asani, Mustafa O Aliyu, Ibrahim |
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description | Accidental poisoning in children, though underreported in our environment, is common and could prove fatal. It is important to identify the primary chemical agent that is responsible for the poisoning. We present a case of accidental ingestion of fish poisoned with aluminum phosphide (AlP) used as rat poisoning by a 14-month-old girl. At presentation, the actual chemical content of the poison was not available and clinical features were suggestive of organophosphate poisoning. She was commenced on atropine together with other treatment, on which she made remarkable improvement. The atropine was continued with complete resolution of symptoms on the third day of admission. We, therefore, report a serendipitous use of atropine in the management of AlP poisoning with successful outcome. |
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spelling | pubmed-78392582021-01-29 Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report Shakur, Abubakar Muhammad Garba, Nuhu Abubakar Ahmadu, Ibrahim Apollos, Daniel Asani, Mustafa O Aliyu, Ibrahim Avicenna J Med Case Report Accidental poisoning in children, though underreported in our environment, is common and could prove fatal. It is important to identify the primary chemical agent that is responsible for the poisoning. We present a case of accidental ingestion of fish poisoned with aluminum phosphide (AlP) used as rat poisoning by a 14-month-old girl. At presentation, the actual chemical content of the poison was not available and clinical features were suggestive of organophosphate poisoning. She was commenced on atropine together with other treatment, on which she made remarkable improvement. The atropine was continued with complete resolution of symptoms on the third day of admission. We, therefore, report a serendipitous use of atropine in the management of AlP poisoning with successful outcome. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7839258/ /pubmed/33520793 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.ajm_156_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Avicenna Journal of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Shakur, Abubakar Muhammad Garba, Nuhu Abubakar Ahmadu, Ibrahim Apollos, Daniel Asani, Mustafa O Aliyu, Ibrahim Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report |
title | Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report |
title_full | Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report |
title_fullStr | Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report |
title_short | Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report |
title_sort | accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520793 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.ajm_156_20 |
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