Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 6;9(10):e04932.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4932. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Suicide attempt using zinc phosphide rodenticide: A case report and literature review

Zahra Nekoukar  1 , Minoo Moghimi  1 , Kimia Rasouli  2 , Aref Hoseini  2 , Zakaria Zakariaei  3   4 , Rabeeh Tabaripour  4 , Mahdi Fakhar  4 , Elham Sadat Banimostafavi  4   5
Affiliations
Case Reports

Suicide attempt using zinc phosphide rodenticide: A case report and literature review

Zahra Nekoukar et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

The patients with a history of intentional or unintentional consumption of rodenticide compounds, especially ZnP, it is necessary to assess ABG and abdominal radiography.

Keywords: hepatic encephalopathy; rodenticide; suicide; zinc phosphide.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors confirm that this article content has no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Patients' abdominal X‐ray showing radiopaque materials in stomach and duodenum
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Oghabian Z, Afshar A, Rahimi HR. Hepatotoxicity due to zinc phosphide poisoning in two patients: role of N‐acetylcysteine. Clin Case Rep. 2016;4(8):768. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Yogendranathan N, Herath HM, Sivasundaram T, Constantine R, Kulatunga A. A case report of zinc phosphide poisoning: complicated by acute renal failure and tubulo interstitial nephritis. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol. 2017;18(1):1‐6. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Haridas A, Mukker P, Hameed S, Ajith PG. Acute on chronic liver failure presentation of zinc phosphide poisoning: a concept elucidating case report. Int J Res Med Sci. 2016;4(6):2494‐2496.
    1. Gunaratne WM, Wijeratne AT, Pilapitiya SD, Siribaddana S. A case of severe zinc phosphide poisoning. - PubMed
    1. Sogut O, Baysal Z, Ozdemir B. Acute pulmonary edema and cardiac failure due to zinc phosphide ingestion. J Emerg Med. 2011;40(6):e117‐e118. - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources