Human aldrin poisoning
Braz. j. med. biol. res
; 24(9): 883-7, Sept. 1991. tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-102094
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RESUMO
Sixteen patients acutely poisoned with aldrin were examined to evaluate a possible correlation between serum aldrin and diedrin levels and clinical complaints. The patients were classified as having mild (N = 8), moderate (N = 5) or severe (N = 3) poisoning according to clinical symptoms. Concentrations of less than 20 µg/l were usually associated with mild poisoning, which involved complaints such as nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain, whereas concentrations of 100 to 200 µg/l were considered to represent moderate intoxication and were associated with nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, headache, dizziness, and convulsions. Sever or fatal cases were associated with levels above 700 µg/l. Taken together,these results suggest that serum aldrin diedrin levels can be used as indicators of clinical prognosis after acute poisoning with these insecticides and that convulsions could suddenly occur even in the absence of prodronal signs or symptoms
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Dieldrin
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Aldrin
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
1991
Document type:
Article
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Congress and conference