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Management of a case of prallethrin poisoning - an unusual agent for suicidal ingestion
Authors:
Anbarasan Ardhanari ,
Junior Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, S.N.Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IN
Uma Srivastava,
Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, S.N.Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IN
Aditya Kumar,
Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, S.N.Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IN
Surekha Saxena
Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, S.N.Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IN
Abstract
Pyrethroids are widely used as commercial and domestic insecticides. Prallethrin is a type I pyrethroid compound and is used as a liquid mosquito repellant. Despite extensive use, there are relatively few reports of human pyrethroid poisoning. This report describes the management of a 20 year-old male patient who had consumed prallethrin.
Key words: Insecticide; poisoning
DOI: 10.4038/slja.v19i1.1879
Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology Vol.19(1) 2011 pp.51-52
How to Cite:
Ardhanari, A., Srivastava, U., Kumar, A. and Saxena, S., 2011. Management of a case of prallethrin poisoning - an unusual agent for suicidal ingestion. Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology, 19(1), pp.51–52. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/slja.v19i1.1879
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