Accidental/suicidal ingestion of metal phosphides (e.g., zinc phosphide found in rodenticides) should be suspected in patients with sudden-onset abdominal pain, refractory hypotension, and metabolic acidosis. CT angiography may show radiopaque substance in the stomach and early enhancement of the inferior vena cava and contrast in right side of the heart.

BACKGROUND Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a serious and increasing public health problem in many rural areas of Iran. Previous studies showed that rodent control operations are effective in destroying rodents and reducing the incidence of ZCL on a small scale and in special circumstances. The objective of this study was to determine suitable timing for rodent control operations in re...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of poisoning by zinc phosphide, a common rodenticide in Thailand, and to evaluate whether these outcomes can be prognosticated by the clinical presentation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 3-year retrospective cohort study was performed using data from the Ramathibodi Poison Center Toxic Exposure Surveil...

This paper presents a case of poisoning of a male whose death occurred about 3 hours after onset of pain in his abdomen. The autopsy revealed semi-liquid contents in the stomach “with a distinct odour of carbide”. Post-mortem material together with a public prosecutor’s decision (request) for an expert opinion on the presence of carbide (calcium carbide, CaC2) or any other poisons in the stomac...

Zinc Phosphide (Zn3P2) could be the basis for cheap and highly efficient solar cells. Its use in this regard is limited by the difficulty in n-type doping the material. In an effort to understand the mechanism behind this, the energetics and electronic structure of intrinsic point defects in zinc phosphide are studied using generalized Kohn-Sham theory and utilizing the Heyd, Scuseria, and Ernz...

Zinc phosphide is a rodenticide that used in agricultural, urban and industrial environments México. After ingestion, it reacts with hydrochloric acid, hydrolyzing into phosphine. It causes cellular hypoxia via mitochondrial toxicity, resulting multiple organ dysfunction death. There no antidote or specific treatment for zinc toxicity. We present the case of 45-year-old female who ingested suic...

Zinc Phosphide(Zn3P2) is a common rodenticide freely available in Nigeria for use against rodents. Occasionally human consumption occurs either accidentally or intentionally with potential consequences of multiorgan toxicity and death. An 11-year-old boy consumed an unknown quantity zinc phosphide marketed as Push Out® the intention committing suicide killing some members family his response to...