Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning: Two Pediatric Patients and Two Different Clinical Outcomes

Yazışma Adresi/Address for Correspondence: Dr. Faruk Ekinci, Adana Kadın Doğum ve Çocuk Hastalıkları Hastanesi, Çocuk Yoğun Bakım Ünitesi, Adana, Türkiye E-posta: mdfarukek@yahoo.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6675-3150 Geliş Tarihi/Received: 29.01.2017 Kabul Tarihi/Accepted: 23.03.2017 Alüminyum fosfit, ağızdan alındığı zaman mide sıvıları ile temas edip oldukça toksik bir gaz olan fosfin gazına dönüşen bir insektisittir. Alüminyum fosfit zehirlenmesi şiddetli metabolik asidoz, akut respiratuvar distress sendromu ve kardiyojenik şok ile birlikte çoğul organ yetersizliğine neden olmaktadır. Birinci olgumuz; 18 yaşında kız hasta özkıyım amacıyla 500 mg alüminyum fosfit içeren tabletten bir tane aldıktan iki saat sonra hastanemiz acil servisine başvurdu. İnotrop tedavileri başlandıktan bir saat sonra hastaya veno-arteryel ekstra-korporeal membran oksijenizasyonu uygulanmaya başlandı. Takibinin 12. saatinden sonra aritmileri gelişen hasta hemodinamisi düzelmesine rağmen devam eden direngen aritmi nedeni ile takibinin 22. saatinde eks oldu. İkinci olgumuz ise alüminyum fosfit 500 mg tabletten bir adet ağzında parçalanmış şekilde görülmesi nedeni ile hastanemiz acil servisine getirilen iki yaşında bir kız hastaydı. Takiplerinde yaşamsal bulguları dengede seyretti. İzleminde herhangi bir sorun yaşanmayan hasta 48. saatte taburcu edildi. Anahtar Kelimeler: Alüminyum fosfit zehirlenmesi, ekstrakorporeal membran oksijenizasyonu, fatal aritmi, sürekli renal replasman tedavisi Aluminium phosphide is an insecticide that turns into a quite toxic gas called phosphine when contacts with gastric fluids. Aluminium phosphide poisoning causes severe metabolic acidosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and multi-organ failure with cardiogenic shock. Our first case was an-18-year-old girl admitted to our emergency department two hours after ingestion of one tablet containing 500 mg aluminium phosphide in a suicide attempt. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was started one hour after initiation of inotropic agents. Despite improvement in hemodynamic status, she developed refractory arrhythmias at the12th hour and she died 22 hours after admission. The second case was a two-year-old girl who was admitted to our emergency department because of observing a piece of aluminum phosphide 500 mg tablet broken in her mouth. Her vital signs were stable in the follow-up. The patient who had no problems in the follow-up was discharged at 48 hours.

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