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CASE REPORT
Late effects of mass acute phosphine poisoning – Case report
1
Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera / Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź, Poland (Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia i Pracy / Department of Health and Work Psychology)
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Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera / Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź, Poland (Klinika Chorób Zawodowych i Zdrowia Środowiskowego, Oddział Chorób Zawodowych / Department of Occupational Diseases
and Environmental Health, Division of Occupational Diseases)
Online publication date: 2018-03-15
Corresponding author
Małgorzata Waszkowska
Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera, Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia i Pracy, ul. św. Teresy 8, 91-348 Łódź
Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera, Zakład Psychologii Zdrowia i Pracy, ul. św. Teresy 8, 91-348 Łódź
Med Pr Work Health Saf. 2018;69(3):337-44
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
impact of harmful factors on the human bodyoccupational stress/psychosocial riskstraumatic eventsoccupational pathology
ABSTRACT
This paper reports the case of collective acute phosphide (PH3) intoxication among the crew aboard a merchant ship. All the intoxicated
individuals were hospitalized 3 months after the accident. The aim of examinations was to identify late health effects of
the accident. Laboratory tests and consultations were performed during their stay in the hospital. There were 5 cases of toxic liver
damage. other 5 patients were diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder and adjustment disorders. The results of the study
suggest that in cases of acute phosphide intoxication, the assessment of patients’ psychological functioning should be an indispensable
part of diagnostic procedure. Med Pr 2018;69(3):337–344
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