CLINICAL AND LABORATORY OBSERVATIONS - SPONTANEOUS HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCIDENTAL BRODIFACOUM POISONING IN A CHILD

Authors
TRAVIS SF WARFIELD W GREENBAUM BH MOLOKISHER M SIEGEL JE
Citation
Sf. Travis et al., CLINICAL AND LABORATORY OBSERVATIONS - SPONTANEOUS HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCIDENTAL BRODIFACOUM POISONING IN A CHILD, The Journal of pediatrics, 122(6), 1993, pp. 982-984
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
122
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
982 - 984
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)122:6<982:CALO-S>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A 36-month-old child had spontaneous hemorrhage from her nose, mouth, and urinary tract, and a fall in hemoglobin of 20 gm/L (2 gm/dl). The prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time were markedly prolong ed with a decrease in the vitamin K-dependent factors. The child had i ngested brodifacoum, a long-acting rodenticide. Prolonged follow-up an d treatment with vitamin K were necessary.