ArticleDaru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences2015
Fatal aluminum phosphide poisonings in Tirana (Albania), 2009 - 2013.
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- The adjuvant effect of oil-based gastric lavage on the outcome of acute Aluminum phosphide poisoning: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Toxicology research · 2024Review
- Pattern and predictors of death from aluminum and zinc phosphide poisoning using multi-kernel optimized relevance vector machine.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- PGI score: prospective validation and correlation with SOFA, SAPS-II, and APACHE-II scores for predicting outcomes in acute aluminum phosphide poisoning.Toxicology research · 2022Article
- Successfully managed aluminum phosphide poisoning: A case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- An epidemiological study of poisoning cases in Babol (northern Iran) from 2015 to 2018.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2021Article
- A study of the predictive factors of mortality in acute poisoning with aluminum phosphide with special reference to echocardiography and SOFA score.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Forensic toxicology analysis of self-poisoning suicidal deaths in Tehran, Iran; trends between 2011-2015.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2017Article
- Early Clinical Outcome of Acute Poisoning Cases Treated in Intensive Care Unit.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcute poisonings particularly through pesticides have become a major public health concern in Albania during the last decade.
findingsThe number of fatalities due to aluminum phosphide intoxications was more than doubled during a five year-period from 2009 to 2013, and a cluster of suicides perpetrated with Phostoxin was registered. Several factors are accountable for such a phenomenon, including the fact that aluminum phosphide agents are freely available in the Albanian market, their price is extremely low and they are sold without any legal restriction. The mass media unfortunately warranted an emulating effect to dramatic intoxications, which gained by such means the notoriety of a secure lethal weapon.
conclusionsOur experience with more than three hundred intoxications with aluminum phosphide agents in the last five years, showed that a considerable delay from the moment of exposure (mainly through ingestion) to specialized medical help seeking, created a considerable obstacle for a successful treatment of cases, and eventually for the survival of patients. The lack of a specific antidote adds further challenges to all these exposures. The need for public health policies aiming at prevention, awareness, and possibly the substitution of Phostoxin or other aluminum phosphide pesticides with less dangerous agents is formulated.
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