TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - A Rare Cause of Poisoning in Childhood: Yellow Phosphorus
JO  - Journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Taskesen, Mustafa
A1  - Adıguzel, Salih
SP  - 270
EP  - 272
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Yellow phosphorus poisoning is rare, but when it occurs, it may result in pathological changes in almost all organs of the body, especially the liver, heart, kidney, spleen, and brain, and it has a significant mortality rate. OBJECTIVES: This report presents two cases of poisoning by yellow phosphorus in children. Yellow phosphorus ingestion rarely has been reported among the pediatric population. CASE REPORT: This report presents two cases of yellow phosphorus poisoning in children. The patients were admitted with upper abdominal pain, vomiting, lethargy, and respiratory distress. Laboratory testing revealed hepatotoxicity and coagulation disorder. Yellow phosphorus poisoning was treated with conservative therapy in both patients, and one patient died. CONCLUSION: Yellow phosphorus poisoning is a rare clinical entity and should be considered a dangerous toxic ingestion in children.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0736-4679
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.083
ID  - ref1
ER  -