Supportive Measures in Treatment of Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-03-14
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Aluminum phosphide poisoning (ALP) is a global public health problem, and self-poisoning
accounts for one-third of the world's suicide rate. In fact, in some parts of developing
countries, pesticide poisoning causes more deaths than infection. ALP is very common in our
government and the prognosis of the cases is usually so bad. Toxicity by ALP is caused by the
liberation of phosphine gas, which causes cell hypoxia due to inhibition of oxidative
phosphorylation leading to circulatory failure.