Citation

Panigrahi AK, Subrahmanyam DK, Mukku KK. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 2009; 27(2): 256.e5-25600006.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Jipmer, Pondicherry. ashpani@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ajem.2008.06.035

PMID

19371559

Abstract

Imidacloprid is a systemic, chloronicotinyl insecticide. It is generally considered nontoxic to humans based on available literature. Its effects are mediated through acetylcholine receptor blockade. We report a patient with such poisoning who had respiratory arrest, for which he had to be mechanically ventilated, and who subsequently recovered. This is only the second such case report.

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