Citation

Mundhe SA, Birajdar SV, Chavan SS, Pawar NR. Indian J. Crit. Care Med. 2017; 21(11): 786-788.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Government Medical College, Ambajogai, Maharashtra, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_152_17

PMID

29279642

PMCID

PMC5699009

Abstract

There are a variety of pesticides that are used to control the pests in agricultural lands and other places. Newer pesticides, developed as an alternative to highly toxic organophosphates such as imidacloprid including other neonicotinoid compounds, are being increasingly used considering their less harmful effects in case of human exposures. Though it is considered relatively safer to human beings, it can lead to potentially life-threatening complications and acute poisoning with these compounds may be fatal in large ingestion. We report a case of poisoning with imidacloprid compound presenting with a variety of systemic features including respiratory failure and patient's improvement with conservative management.

Language: en

Keywords

Imidacloprid; neonicotinoid; respiratory arrest; suicide; ventilatory support