endrin and Seizures

endrin has been researched along with Seizures* in 12 studies

Other Studies

12 other study(ies) available for endrin and Seizures

ArticleYear
Seizures after eating a snack food contaminated with the pesticide endrin. The tale of the toxic taquitos.
    The Western journal of medicine, 1992, Volume: 157, Issue:6

    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.
    MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 1989, May-19, Volume: 38, Issue:19

    Topics: Adolescent; California; Endrin; Food Contamination; Humans; Male; Seizures; United States

1989
Convulsions caused by endrin poisoning in Pakistan.
    Pediatrics, 1987, Volume: 79, Issue:6

    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.
    JAMA, 1985, Jan-18, Volume: 253, Issue:3

    Topics: Acute Disease; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks; Endrin; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Pakistan; Seizures

1985
A case of fatal endrin poisoning.
    Human toxicology, 1985, Volume: 4, Issue:3

    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.
    MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 1984, Dec-14, Volume: 33, Issue:49

    Topics: Acute Disease; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks; Endrin; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Pakistan; Seizures

1984
Endrin poisoning in poultry: a case history.
    The Veterinary record, 1973, Feb-24, Volume: 92, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Chickens; Endrin; Food Contamination; Insecticides; Male; Poultry Diseases; Seizures

1973
[Endrin poisoning--neurophysiology of epileptic seizures].
    Zeitschrift fur arztliche Fortbildung, 1973, Nov-01, Volume: 67, Issue:21

    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.
    Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 1972, Volume: 23, Issue:3

    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.
    The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 1965, Volume: 63

    Topics: Child; Drug Therapy; Endrin; Hydrocarbons; Hypoxia; Insecticides; Muscle Relaxants, Central; Respiration; Respiration, Artificial; Seizures; Toxicology

1965
CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF THE INSECTICIDE ENDRIN.
    Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 1964, Volume: 42

    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.
    Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 1964, Volume: 42

    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
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