title: Subacute fluoroacetate poisoning.
abstract: Fluoroacetic acid and some other monofluoro-compounds are among the most poisonous substances known. In man symptoms of poisoning begin after a latent period of one-half to several hours and death follows rapidly. Convulsions and arrhythmia are common terminal signs. No specific changes have been found at postmortem. It is suggested, but unproven, that sudden death of the patient whom this case report concerns was due to subacute fluoroacetate poisoning.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005463:Fluoroacetates / Q000506:poisoning*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005463:Fluoroacetates