Is the Use of Cardioactive Steroids Appropriate in Managing Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning-Induced Heart Failure?

• Published in: Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 477 - 478
• Main Authors: Marashi, Sayed Mahdi, Majidi, Mohammad, Sadeghian, Mehran, Ahmadi, Shapour, Raji Asadabadi, Hojatollah, Nasri Nasrabadi, Zeynab
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Croatia Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Aluminum Compounds - poisoning; Humans; Pesticides - poisoning; Phosphines - poisoning

Following the publication of a review on aluminium phosphide poisoning in your journal, as well as another letter to the editor regarding this subject, we would like to add to this discussion (1,2). Patients with acute aluminium phosphide poisoning generally suffer from multiple organ dysfunction du...