A 16-year-old schoolgirl presented to the emergency ward after ingestion of 1 fresh tablet of aluminum phosphide (celphos) mixed with water. According to the attendant, she vomited 8-10 times and had profuse sweating after ingestion of celphos tablet. There was no history of fever, headache, chest pain, breathlessness, convulsion, drug intake or loss of consciousness after ingestion of celphos ...

Background: Aluminum Phosphide or rice tablet is one of the most common pesticides which leads to accidental or intentional acute intoxication and finally death. In this paper, we describe a successful management of intoxication with rice tablet in a young girl. Case presentation: A 14-year-old girl was admitted due to consumption of rice tablet. Gastric washing with two vials of sodium bicarbo...

Dear Editor,  I read with great interest the brief report entitled "Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning: A Case Series in North Iran" presented by Nosrati et al. and published recently in your journal (1). I have a question from authors and also a suggestion regarding aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning- related studies. I would like to ask authors how they validate the study results, since it is not...

Ingestion and inhalation of phosphine are 2 forms of toxicity and their clinical manifestation is extremely wide. A 22-year-old girl was admitted with complaints of nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain after eating lunch. She had a history of celiac disease. On arrival, she was alert and hemody...