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Patrick Zuercher1, Daniel Gerber2, Nadia Schai1
1Department of Intensive Care Medicine Inselspital Bern University Hospital University of Bern Bern Switzerland.
Clinical Case Reports
|October 14, 2017
Abstract:
Acute life-threatening intoxications with insecticides are rare. We report a case of accidental near-fatal thiacloprid intoxication with mass spectrometry-based analytical confirmation. The initial clinical presentation resembled imminent brain death and/or severe postanoxic encephalopathy. Prolonged supportive treatment resulted in full recovery underlining intoxication as an important differential diagnosis in unclear coma.