POISONING DUE TO SODIUM FLUOROACETATE (“1080”)

Abstract

A boy, aged eight years, was admitted to hospital in status epilepticus following ingestion of sodium fluoroacetate (“1080”). Subsequently, he was resuscitated from cardiac arrest, but was left with severe neurological impairment. This widely-used agricultural poison is cardiotoxic and neurotoxic, and stringent precautions exist to control its use.