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Phosphine is highly toxic. Therefore, to safeguard those who are forced to use it, they are preparations were made that generate the gas on the ground. Phosphine, a when inhaled, it acts rapidly on the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal system. The main symptoms are abdominal pain and vomiting, which usually precede The occurrence of dizziness, convulsions, coma, and death.

Diagnosis and treatment

There are no diagnostic laboratory tests. The measures that are usually taken are for general support, but with this type of poisoning there is little that can be done.

Source: Vadecum of poisoning therapy by Roy Goulding

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