ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE POISONING IN PREGNANCY

Rodenticides are the most commonly used toxic agents for the suicide attempts because of their ready availability. Most of them are warfarin-type anticoagulants and the long-acting anticoagulant products (e.g., brodifacoum, bromadiolone, etc.) known as “second generation” or “superwarfarins”. For humans, even a single dose of these agents can be lethal. The purpose of this report is to increase the awareness of rodenticide poisoning and suicide attempts.