Acute pancreatitis after carbamate insecticide intoxication

A 29-year-old woman was admitted to the Rouen University Hospital for attempted suicide by ingestion of a carbamate insecticide (Temik G, containing 10% aldicarb). Cardio-respiratory arrest occurred at the second hour and acute necrotic hemorrhagic pancreatitis on the second day. Further evolution w...

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 1994, Vol.20 (1), p.49-50
Main Authors: MORITZ, F, DROY, J. M, DUTHEIL, G, MELKI, J, BONMARCHAND, G, LEROY, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Aldicarb - poisoning
Biological and medical sciences
Butyrylcholinesterase - blood
Clinical Enzyme Tests
Female
Heart Arrest - chemically induced
Heart Arrest - diagnosis
Humans
Medical sciences
Pancreatitis - chemically induced
Pancreatitis - diagnosis
Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology
Poisoning - complications
Poisoning - diagnosis
Suicide, Attempted
Time Factors
Toxicology
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Summary:A 29-year-old woman was admitted to the Rouen University Hospital for attempted suicide by ingestion of a carbamate insecticide (Temik G, containing 10% aldicarb). Cardio-respiratory arrest occurred at the second hour and acute necrotic hemorrhagic pancreatitis on the second day. Further evolution was uneventful, and the patient was discharged after 43 days. Carbamate intoxication was confirmed by high urinary aldicarb metabolite concentrations. Pseudocholinesterase levels took 77 days to return to normal. Carbamate pesticides share the same pancreatic risk as organophosphorus pesticides, and should be monitored similarly.
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/BF02425057