Brodifacoum poisoning with toxicokinetic data.

Abstract

The case of a 46-year-old woman who survived after a brodifacoum poisoning is presented. The patient was admitted due to a severe coagulopathy. Initial prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were both greater than 110 seconds and the patient suffered severe gastric and pulmonary hemorrhage requiring fresh frozen plasma transfusion and parenteral phytonadione administration (up to 100 mg per day). Serum brodifacoum levels were determined by HPLC during seven months. Five days after admission, serum brodifacoum level was 1302 ng/ml. Serum brodifacoum levels decreased till day 209 when became not detectable. Brodifacoum elimination showed a first order kinetic and a 56-day half-life. Investigation of superwarfarin should be considered in any patient with vitamin K dependent coagulation disorder. It would be also useful to obtain periodic brodifacoum levels and build the corresponding elimination curve to help direct phytonadione therapy in poisoned patients.

• Authors: Valentina Olmos, Clara Magdalena López
• Journal: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Clin Toxicol (Phila)) 2007 Jun-Aug Vol. 45 Issue 5 Pg. 487-9 ISSN: 1556-3650 [Print] England
• PMID: 17503253 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• 4-Hydroxycoumarins
• Anticoagulants
• Rodenticides
• bromfenacoum

Topics

• 4-Hydroxycoumarins (blood, pharmacokinetics, poisoning)
• Anticoagulants (blood, pharmacokinetics, poisoning)
• Female
• Hemorrhage (blood, chemically induced)
• Humans
• Lung Diseases (blood, chemically induced)
• Middle Aged
• Prothrombin Time
• Rodenticides (blood, pharmacokinetics, poisoning)
• Stomach Diseases (blood, chemically induced)
• Suicide, Attempted