Spot diagnosis of aluminium phosphide ingestion: an application of a simple test.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-90384
ABSTRACT
Silver nitrate impregnated paper test was performed with the gastric fluid and in breath in 50 patients of aluminium phosphide poisoning. The test was 100% positive with gastric fluid but was positive in 50% patients in breath. The test is simple, reliable and sensitive method to detect phosphine (PH3) for bed side diagnosis of aluminium phosphide (AIP) ingestion.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pesticides
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Phosphines
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Reagent Strips
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Silver Nitrate
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Breath Tests
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Humans
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Predictive Value of Tests
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Aluminum Compounds
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Gastric Juice
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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