[Acute poisoning by pesticides in children].
Acute pesticide poisoning in children is rare but potentially serious. Some clinical patterns (toxidromes) are suggestive of the drug class: cholinergic crisis for organophosphate or carbamate insecticides; neurological syndrome for rodenticides; digestive and respiratory syndrome for herbicides. Treatment is symptomatic and only a few patients are treated with an antidote: atropine and pralidoxime for organophosphate insecticides, vitamin K for anticoagulant rodenticides.
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D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
D000931:Antidotes; D010575:Pesticides