Intoxicación humana intencional por rodenticida anticoagulante de acción prolongada

Víctor  Mechan-Méndez; Julio Pedro Ramírez-Erazo; Diana Gonzales-Rafael

doi:10.36393/spmi.v34i2.598

Intentional human poisoning by long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide

Víctor Mechan-Méndez Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0178-5642
Julio Pedro Ramírez-Erazo Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-096X
Diana Gonzales-Rafael Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-6433

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v34i2.598

Keywords: rodenticide, long-acting anticoagulant, superwarfarin, toxicity, suicide attempt, brodifacoum

Abstract

A 19-year-old male, who for suicidal purposes ingested clonazepam tablets and 250 pellets of a rodenticide containing 2.5 mg of brodifacoum. He received general care and in the following days he presented bleeding and prolonged prothrombin time (PT). It was treated with intravenous phytonadione
and fresh plasma, noting that urinary cumarin metabolites disappeared after two months and that PT was normalized after nine months.

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Published

2021-06-26

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Mechan-Méndez, V., Ramírez-Erazo, J. P., & Gonzales-Rafael, D. (2021). Intentional human poisoning by long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide. Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 34(2), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v34i2.598

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Vol 34 No 2 (2021)

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Case report

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