Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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Observational Study
Spectrum of patients intentionally poisoned with an emulsified concentrate pendimethalin herbicide.
Studies on the acute toxicity of pendimethalin herbicide in humans are limited. Therefore, this study investigated the clinical characteristics of acute intentional pendimethalin herbicide poisoning. ⋯ Physicians should be aware that patients who have been poisoned with pendimethalin herbicide, and particularly patients with a depressed mental state and X-ray abnormalities at presentation, may exhibit metabolic acidosis, hypotension, respiratory failure or pancreatitis.