Abstract
During the last decade the number of poisonings by pesticides in Portugal has been steadily rising. Out of 140 patients treated in our Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.), 86 were male and 54 were female, one of whom was 5 months pregnant. Besides all the care and surveillance required by every case of acute poisoning, pregnant females raise particular problems. Four months later, she gave birth to a normal child. Its follow-up has shown a normal morpho-physiological and psycho-motor development.
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Carrington da Costa, R.B. et al. (1982). A Case of Acute Poisoning by Methyl Demeton in a Female 5 Months Pregnant. In: Chambers, C.M., Chambers, P.L. (eds) New Toxicology for Old. Archives of Toxicology, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68511-8_36
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