Lessons from a suicide attempt by intra-abdominal ricin injection.

A 19-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department 7 hours after a suicide attempt with an intra-abdominal injection of self-prepared ricin solution. In the following 6 days, she has developed multiorgan-failure, and despite all intensive care interventions-including plasma exchange, high-frequency ventilation, and continuous renal replacement -therapy-she passed away. We describe in detail the chain of events and discuss shortly the known literature about this rare poisoning.

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Ayana Dvir, Zahi Dagan, Avi Mizrachi, Arik Eisenkraft. Lessons from a suicide attempt by intra-abdominal ricin injection. American journal of disaster medicine. 2021 Winter;16(1):75-80

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