Ravi Mohanka, Prashantha Rao, Mitul Shah, Amit Gupte, Vinayak Nikam, Mihir Vohra, Ruhi Kohli, Anurag Shrimal, Ankush Golhar, Ameya Panchwagh, Saurabh Kamath, Akash Shukla, Priyesh Patel, Somnath Chattopadhyay, Gaurav Chaubal, Yasmin Shaikh, Vidhi Dedhia, Shivali S Sarmalkar, Ravikiran Maghade, Kavita Shinde, Priyanka Bhilare, Rohini Nalawade, Jacob As, Samir Shah
UNLABELLED: Accidental or suicidal poisoning with yellow phosphorus or metal phosphides (YPMP) such as aluminum (AlP) zinc phosphide (Zn3 P2 ) commonly cause acute liver failure (ALF) and cardiotoxicity. These are used as household, agricultural and industrial rodenticides and in production of ammunitions, firecrackers and fertilizers. In absence of a clinically available laboratory test for diagnosis or toxin measurement or an antidote, managing their poisoning is challenging even at a tertiary care center with a dedicated liver intensive care unit (LICU) and liver transplant facility...
October 8, 2020: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology