Citation

Parker AJ, Lee JB, Redman J, Jolliffe L. Emerg. Med. J. 2011; 28(1): 84.

Affiliation

Emergency Department, York Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, North Yorkshire, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/emj.2009.080879

PMID

20810461

Abstract

Strychnine was used as a pesticide until 1968 and a rodenticide until 2006 when its sale was banned throughout the EU and all supplies recalled. A case of strychnine poisoning seen in a UK emergency department in 2009 is reported to remind clinicians of the features and management of this increasingly rare presentation. Prompt recognition and early intensive supportive therapy can result in a favourable outcome.

Language: en