Management of a case of prallethrin poisoning - an unusual agent for suicidal ingestion
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|Mar 2011Abstract
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
Key words: Insecticide; poisoning
DOI: 10.4038/slja.v19i1.1879
Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology Vol.19(1) 2011 pp.51-52
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/slja.v19i1.1879 | Journal eISSN: 2279-1965
Language: English
Page range: 51 - 52
Published on: Mar 14, 2011
Published by: College of Anaesthesiologists of Sri Lanka
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2011 Anbarasan Ardhanari, Uma Srivastava, Aditya Kumar, Surekha Saxena, published by College of Anaesthesiologists of Sri Lanka
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