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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
Fatalities resulted from aluminium phosphide (ALP) intoxication in completely healthy children with no preceded clinical sings or symptoms were presented. Data regarding circumstances, autopsy reports, histopathological examination, toxicological investigation, and police enquiries were also collected and evaluated. The affected children were females, and 6-16 years old. They were completely healthy and died suddenly in relation to some physical activities such as running, walking, and bathing, without any prior complain. The viscera showed intense congestion with moderate to severe pulmonary edema. The cause of the sudden termination of life in the reported cases is mostly cardiac ones. Physical exertion may precipitate death due to increased cardiac stress, increased oxygen demand, and by aggravating metabolic acidosis. The absence of clinical symptoms before death may be due to the low level ALP, or due to the occurrence of death in the early stages after exposure to poison. Death due to ALP could result in cases of mild, moderate, or severe ALP intoxication. This may explain partly the differences encountered in clinical, autopsy, and histopathology findings of ALP intoxication. Fatalities are not the mere consequences of the dose of the poison, but factors such as physical activity and low oxygen level may be quite important.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1878-7487
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
312-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Accidents, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Aluminum Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Baths, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Carboxyhemoglobin, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Death, Sudden, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Environmental Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Forensic Pathology, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Forensic Toxicology, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Gastrointestinal Contents, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Hemorrhage, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Inhalation Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Pesticides, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Phosphines, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Pulmonary Edema, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Running, pubmed-meshheading:19573839-Walking
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Aluminum phosphide fatalities at mild exertion in asymptomatic children: a clue to understand the variations of the autopsy findings.
pubmed:affiliation
Forensic Medicine and Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. toxico@ju.edu.jo
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article