ABSTRACT
The present prospective study 01'56 cases of Aluminium Phosphide (ALP) poisoning in Govt. Medical Collage Hospital Jammu, found out the prevalence of Deliberate self-poisoning self (DSP and accidental ingestion in young population in age group of 16-30 years. Male-female ratio was 1.03: 1.00; having marital discord and family quarrels as prominent predisposing factors. The majority of patients had gastrointestinal (GIT) symptoms (73.2%), cardiac arrthymias (62.5%) and shock (53.3%). The commonest clectrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities were tachycardia (96%), atrial fibrillation (58%) and venticular-ectopic (VE) beats (59%). The management was supportive in the form of stomach wash, intraravenous (I/V) fluids, dopamine, hydrocortisone, sodabicarbonate and assisted ventilation in intensive care unit (lCU) setting and mortality rate was 75%. The fatal dose was 300 to 600 mg and fatal period as 2 to 16 hours.