Anticoagulant rodenticide intoxication in east China: a three-year analysis

Figures & data

Table 1. Anticoagulant rodenticide intoxication cases confirmed by LC-MS analysis between 2011 and 2013.

		Causes [n (%)]				Positive cases [n (%)]
Year	Total (n)	Suicide	Homicide	Accident	Unknown	Male	Female
2011	29	8 (27.6)	0 (0.0)	5 (17.2)	16 (55.2)	15 (51.7)	14 (48.3)
2012	35	7 (20.0)	1 (2.9)	3 (8.6)	24 (68.6)	21 (60.0)	14 (40.0)
2013	53	8 (15.1)	0 (0.0)	6 (11.3)	39 (73.6)	26 (49.1)	27 (50.9)
Total	117	23 (19.7)	1 (0.8)	14 (12.0)	79 (67.5)	62 (53.0)	55 (47.0)

Figure 1. Age distribution of anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning (N=117).

Figure 2. Incidence of pesticide poisoning.

Table 2. Information of ten patients with bromadiolone poisoning.

No.	Age (year)	Gender	Peak concentration (ng/mL)	Elimination time (month)	Clinical symptoms
1	57	M	770	25	Gingival bleeding and systemic purple skin
2	28	M	18.1	12	Hematuria and flank pain
3	4	F	83	4	Systemic ecchymoses
4	2	F	0.5	1	Repetitive mucocutaneous bleeding and gingival bleeding
5	78	F	27	2	Hematuria and sudden syncope after melaena
6	43	F	5.3	2	Gingival bleeding
7	67	M	5.5	7	Repetitive ecchymoses and gingival bleeding
8	60	M	168	18	Repetitive gingival bleeding and hematuria
9	6	M	16	9	Systemic scattered petechiae, ecchymoses
10	2	M	37	8	Gingival bleeding