A true killer among us: A case series of yellow phosphorus poisoning in children at a tertiary care center in South India
Rodenticides constitute 7%–11% of total poisonings in children. The rodenticide commonly available in South India is a paste made of yellow phosphorus, which causes a spectrum of clinical manifestations from gastrointestinal irritation to multiorgan dysfunction for which there is no antidote or spec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Pediatric Critical Care |
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Online Access: | http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2020;volume=7;issue=4;spage=198;epage=201;aulast=Jeyapal |