| Literature DB >> 14272498 |
L S ANDERSON, D L WARNER, J E PARKER, N BLUMAN, B D PAGE.
Abstract
Two small boys were admitted to the Lions Gate Hospital in coma and acute respiratory distress. They improved and the first boy was sent home; after two nights he was back in hospital in a worsened state. Poisoning with organic phosphate was suspected, and after investigation some flannelette sheets were taken from his home for testing. They proved to have been contaminated with parathion ("nerve gas") in the hold of a ship sailing from Antwerp to Vancouver; the parathion had been offloaded in California. The remainder of the sheets were traced. The symptomatology and treatment of organic phosphate ester poisoning and the chemical testing of parathion are discussed.Entities:
Keywords: ATROPINE; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; PARATHION; POISONING; TOXICOLOGIC REPORT
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Year: 1965 PMID： 14272498 PMCID： PMC1927971
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Med Assoc J ISSN： 0008-4409 Impact factor: 8.262