endrin and Seizures
endrin has been researched along with Seizures* in 12 studies
Other Studies
12 other study(ies) available for endrin and Seizures
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Seizures after eating a snack food contaminated with the pesticide endrin. The tale of the toxic taquitos.
In September 1988 we investigated reports of seizures in persons who had eaten taquitos, a commercially prepared snack food. We identified and interviewed 5 persons with new-onset seizures within 12 hours of eating taquitos, all purchased during a 1-week period from a single store. Leftover taquitos were found to contain endrin, a highly toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide. Although tissue confirmation of exposure to endrin was not possible and the level of contamination in the tested taquitos was below that previously thought to be capable of inducing seizures, the pattern of symptoms and the common time and place of purchase strongly suggested that the seizures were due to endrin-contaminated taquitos. The source of endrin contamination could not be determined. This episode is the first report of illness associated with endrin-contaminated food products in the United States. Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Endrin; Food Contamination; Humans; Male; Seizures; United States; Zea mays | 1992 |
Endrin poisoning associated with taquito ingestion--California.
Topics: Adolescent; California; Endrin; Food Contamination; Humans; Male; Seizures; United States | 1989 |
Convulsions caused by endrin poisoning in Pakistan.
From July through September 1984, acute convulsions caused by endrin poisoning occurred in the subdistrict of Talagang, Attock District, Punjab province, Pakistan. Eighteen of the 21 affected villages were surveyed; 70% of the cases for which ages were known (106 of 152) were in children 1 to 9 years of age; 9.8% of all affected persons (19 of 194) died. The outbreak occurred in villages on the main roads of the subdistrict and peaked in early September. Endrin was detected in the blood of 12 of 18 patients with a history of convulsions but was not found in the blood of four hospitalized control patients. One composite sugar sample taken from the homes of three persons had an endrin level of 0.04 ppm. Because of the high toxicity, repeated association with large-scale outbreaks of neurologic illness, and the difficulties of monitoring distribution, endrin should not be used for agricultural purposes. Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Dietary Carbohydrates; Disease Outbreaks; Endrin; Food Contamination; Humans; Infant; Pakistan; Seizures | 1987 |
Leads from the MMWR. Acute convulsions associated with endrin poisoning--Pakistan.
Topics: Acute Disease; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks; Endrin; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Pakistan; Seizures | 1985 |
A case of fatal endrin poisoning.
Ingestion of 12 g of endrin by a 49-year-old man caused convulsions persisting for 4 days, hypersalivation, hyperthermia, renal insufficiency, thrombocytopenia and recurrent hypotension. Death followed after 11 days, due to pulmonary complications (infection and haemorrhage) and hypoxaemia causing bradycardia and cardiac arrest. Endrin and dieldrin concentrations in blood 4 hours, 6 and 11 days after ingestion were respectively 450, 86 and 71 micrograms/l for endrin and 60, 19 and 19 micrograms/l for dieldrin. Dieldrin was also present, possibly because the endrin preparation contained traces of dieldrin. Endrin concentrations 11 days after ingestion were 0.071 mg/l in blood, in adipose tissue 89.5 mg/kg, in the heart 0.87 mg/kg, in the brain 0.89 mg/kg, in the kidneys 0.55 mg/kg and in the liver 1.32 mg/kg. Topics: Endrin; Humans; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Liver Function Tests; Male; Middle Aged; Seizures; Suicide | 1985 |
Acute convulsions associated with endrin poisoning--Pakistan.
Topics: Acute Disease; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks; Endrin; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Pakistan; Seizures | 1984 |
Endrin poisoning in poultry: a case history.
Topics: Animals; Chickens; Endrin; Food Contamination; Insecticides; Male; Poultry Diseases; Seizures | 1973 |
[Endrin poisoning--neurophysiology of epileptic seizures].
Topics: Adult; Electroencephalography; Endrin; Epilepsy; Humans; Male; Neurasthenia; Neurologic Examination; Seizures | 1973 |
Comparative toxicity and distribution of endrin and dieldrin after intravenous administration in mice.
Topics: Adipose Tissue; Animals; Brain Chemistry; Dieldrin; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endrin; Injections, Intravenous; Insecticides; Lethal Dose 50; Liver; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred Strains; Motor Activity; Seizures; Time Factors | 1972 |
A REPORT OF ENDRIN POISONING.
Topics: Child; Drug Therapy; Endrin; Hydrocarbons; Hypoxia; Insecticides; Muscle Relaxants, Central; Respiration; Respiration, Artificial; Seizures; Toxicology | 1965 |
CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF THE INSECTICIDE ENDRIN.
Topics: Acid-Base Equilibrium; Bradycardia; Cardiovascular System; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Dogs; Endrin; Hypertension; Insecticides; Intracranial Pressure; Leukocytosis; Pharmacology; Research; Salivation; Seizures; Succinylcholine; Toxicology | 1964 |
ACUTE AND CHRONIC EFFECTS OF THE INSECTICIDE ENDRIN ON RENAL FUNCTION AND RENAL HEMODYNAMICS.
Topics: Adrenalectomy; Animals; Blood Circulation; Bradycardia; Creatine; Creatinine; Dogs; Endrin; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Hemodynamics; Hypertension; Hypertension, Renal; Insecticides; Kidney; Mannitol; p-Aminohippuric Acid; Pharmacology; Phenoxybenzamine; Phentolamine; Physiology; Research; Seizures; Toxicology; Vascular Resistance | 1964 |