Abstract:Yellow phosphorous rodenticide (YPR) poisoning is the commonest cause for acute liver failure (ALF) in southern and western India. Due to medicolegal issues, history of YPR ingestion may not be available. As early recognition of YPR poisoning is important and there are no specific biochemical assays, other early predictors to identify this entity is necessary. We evaluated the diagnostic role of plain computed tomography (CT) in identifying YPR-induced ALF. All patients admitted to the liver unit with a diagno… Show more
“…Gopal and colleagues from Vellore, India, looked at their data of patients with ALF to find out whether any parameter would help differentiate patients with different causes for ALF (yellow phosphorous poisoning [YPR; n = 13] vs. other causes for ALF [n = 11]) [14]. They found that the clinical and biochemical parameters were almost similar in both groups.…”
Section: Identifying the Cause For Rodenticides-infested Liver: Ct Sc...mentioning
“…Gopal and colleagues from Vellore, India, looked at their data of patients with ALF to find out whether any parameter would help differentiate patients with different causes for ALF (yellow phosphorous poisoning [YPR; n = 13] vs. other causes for ALF [n = 11]) [14]. They found that the clinical and biochemical parameters were almost similar in both groups.…”
Section: Identifying the Cause For Rodenticides-infested Liver: Ct Sc...mentioning
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