Spot diagnosis of aluminium phosphide ingestion: an application of a simple test.
Silver nitrate impregnated paper test was performed with the gastric fluid and in breath in 50 patients of aluminium phosphide poisoning. The test was 100% positive with gastric fluid but was positive in 50% patients in breath. The test is simple, reliable and sensitive method to detect phosphine (PH3) for bed side diagnosis of aluminium phosphide (AIP) ingestion.
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D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D010720:Phosphines / Q000506:poisoning*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011934:Reagent Strips; D012835:Silver Nitrate
D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D010575:Pesticides; D010720:Phosphines; D011934:Reagent Strips; D012835:Silver Nitrate; C001864:aluminum phosphide