RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Strychnine poisoning: gone but not forgotten
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 84
OP 84
DO 10.1136/emj.2009.080879
VO 28
IS 1
A1 Parker, A J
A1 Lee, J B
A1 Redman, J
A1 Jolliffe, L
YR 2011
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/1/84.abstract
AB Strychnine was used as a pesticide until 1968 and a rodenticide until 2006 when its sale was banned throughout the EU and all supplies recalled. A case of strychnine poisoning seen in a UK emergency department in 2009 is reported to remind clinicians of the features and management of this increasingly rare presentation. Prompt recognition and early intensive supportive therapy can result in a favourable outcome.