Intentional human poisoning by long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v34i2.598

Keywords:

rodenticide, long-acting anticoagulant, superwarfarin, toxicity, suicide attempt, brodifacoum

Abstract

A 19-year-old male, who for suicidal purposes ingested clonazepam tablets and 250 pellets of a rodenticide containing 2.5 mg of brodifacoum. He received general care and in the following days he presented bleeding and prolonged prothrombin time (PT). It was treated with intravenous phytonadione
and fresh plasma, noting that urinary cumarin metabolites disappeared after two months and that PT was normalized after nine months.

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Published

2021-06-26

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Case report

How to Cite

Intentional human poisoning by long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide. (2021). Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 34(2), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v34i2.598