@article{ref1,
title="Abdominal imaging in zinc phosphide poisoning",
journal="Emergency radiology",
year="2014",
author="Hassanian-Moghaddam, H. and Shahnazi, M. and Zamani, N. and Bahrami-Motlagh, H.",
volume="21",
number="3",
pages="329-331",
abstract="Radiography has been proved to be a good diagnostic tool in visualization of many radiopaque xenobiotics in clinical toxicology. Zinc is a potentially radiopaque material which is a constituent of the zinc phosphide (ZN2P3) rodenticide. We report two cases of zinc phosphide poisoning with positive abdominal X-rays in whom the diagnosis was confirmed by abdominal imaging. Positive abdominal imaging was an indication for aggressive management; however, aggressive treatment was not lifesaving in one of them. We aim to emphasize the diagnostic value of abdominal X-rays in zinc phosphide-poisoned patients. We also would like to suggest that zinc phosphide (ZP)-poisoned patients with positive X-rays have more chance to become unstable even if they are symptom free on presentation and should be more aggressively managed. © 2014 Am Soc Emergency Radiol.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1070-3004",
doi="10.1007/s10140-014-1195-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10140-014-1195-3"
}