Cardiac and respiratory arrest in a 12‐year‐old girl with acute permethrin oral toxicity: A case report

Abstract

Abstract Permethrin (PER) is widely employed as the most frequently used type I synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. Despite its worldwide application, reports of pediatric toxicity following permethrin administration are scarce. The present report describes the case of a 12‐year‐old girl with cardiac and respiratory arrest resulting from self‐induced oral toxicity by permethrin.

Keywords

• acute toxicity
• cardiac arrest
• ingestion
• insecticide
• permethrin poisoning
• pyrethroid