Prallethrin poisoning: A diagnostic dilemma
Pyrethroid insecticides are very widely used in agriculture and household due to their high effectiveness and low toxicity in humans. Despite their extensive worldwide use, there are a few reports of human pyrethroid poisoning. The poisoning has a varied presentation and its symptoms overlap with th...
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doaj-e8bb3ad9ef2f4b71b7acc8e89dc209682020-11-25T00:04:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology0970-91852013-01-0129112112210.4103/0970-9185.105820Prallethrin poisoning: A diagnostic dilemmaAlka ChandraMadhu B DixitJayant N BanavalikerPyrethroid insecticides are very widely used in agriculture and household due to their high effectiveness and low toxicity in humans. Despite their extensive worldwide use, there are a few reports of human pyrethroid poisoning. The poisoning has a varied presentation and its symptoms overlap with those of other compounds, which can lead to misdiagnosis. We present a case of poisoning with prallethrin, a pyrethroid compound, commonly available as All-Out.http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2013;volume=29;issue=1;spage=121;epage=122;aulast=ChandraPrallethrinpyrethroid insecticidesstatus epilepticus |
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Alka Chandra Madhu B Dixit Jayant N Banavaliker Prallethrin poisoning: A diagnostic dilemma Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology Prallethrin pyrethroid insecticides status epilepticus |
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Prallethrin poisoning: A diagnostic dilemma |
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Prallethrin poisoning: A diagnostic dilemma |
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Prallethrin poisoning: A diagnostic dilemma |
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prallethrin poisoning: a diagnostic dilemma |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology |
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Pyrethroid insecticides are very widely used in agriculture and household due to their high effectiveness and low toxicity in humans. Despite their extensive worldwide use, there are a few reports of human pyrethroid poisoning. The poisoning has a varied presentation and its symptoms overlap with those of other compounds, which can lead to misdiagnosis. We present a case of poisoning with prallethrin, a pyrethroid compound, commonly available as All-Out. |
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Prallethrin pyrethroid insecticides status epilepticus |
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