PARATHION POISONING FROM FLANNELETTE SHEETS

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...

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal 1965-04, Vol.92 (15), p.809-813
Main Authors: ANDERSON, L S, WARNER, D L, PARKER, J E, BLUMAN, N, PAGE, B D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atropine
Bedding and Linens
Beds
California
Chemical Warfare Agents
Child
Coma
Diagnosis
Drug Therapy
Esters
Organophosphate Poisoning
Original
Parathion
Poisoning
Pralidoxime Compounds
Toxicology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0008-4409