Management of a case of prallethrin poisoning - an unusual agent for suicidal ingestion

Anbarasan Ardhanari, Uma Srivastava, Aditya Kumar, Surekha Saxena

Abstract

Pyrethroids are widely used as commercial and domestic insecticides. Prallethrin is a type I pyrethroid compound and is used as a liquid mosquito repellant. Despite extensive use, there are relatively few reports of human pyrethroid poisoning. This report describes the management of a 20 year-old male patient who had consumed prallethrin.

Key words: Insecticide; poisoning

DOI: 10.4038/slja.v19i1.1879

Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology Vol.19(1) 2011 pp.51-52

Keywords

Insecticide; poisoning
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