PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH RODENTICIDE POISONING AND PICTORIAL CONFIRMATION OF RODENTICIDE AS QUICK MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION: A STUDY IN A TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL
Keywords:
Rodenticide, poisoning, yellow phosphorus, mortality, picture identificationAbstract
Rodent control is important for survival and health of human populations and use of chemical rodenticides is one of the common methods of control. Yellow phosphorus is a highly toxic compound which is used as rodenticide and in firecrackers. This is a prospective observational study conducted on patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital with suspected rodenticide poisoning. The most common age group was 15-30 years with a male preponderance. The most common type of rodenticide consumed was found to be yellow phosphorus. In about three-quarters (72%) of the patients, the rodenticide was procured from grocery stores. In 32.4% of cases domestic fight was the reason for consuming the rodenticide.
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