Evaluation of Some Prognostic Factors in Acute Aluminum Phosphide Intoxicated Cases

Zagazig University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: some prognostic factors

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05215444

6665

Details and patient eligibility

About

study of some laboratory and clinical findings which may show the severity of aluminium phosphide toxicity and the need of the cases to be admitted to ICU

Full description

aluminium phosphide poisoning is a major cause of death in intoxicated and suicidal cases since there is no antidote and there is no specific investigation for it so there is a need for further study to identify the cause of death and the most specific investigation in the case of AlP toxicity

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. History of exposure or intake of Aluminum phosphide.
2. Clinical picture of Acute Aluminum phosphide poisoning including severe vomiting, hypotension, abdominal pain, cardio-pulmonary distress.
3. Cases of the age of 15 to 45 years old

Exclusion criteria

• 1. Cases with an unclear history. 2. History of co-morbidities or systemic diseases because of the possibility of misleading laboratory results.

3. History of co-ingestion of drugs or another poison.

Trial design

42 participants in 2 patient groups

survivors

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: some prognostic factors

non survivors

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: some prognostic factors