Serum ammonia as an early predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with glufosinate poisoning

The mortality rate associated with human glufosinate poisoning is high. We evaluated the usefulness of serum ammonia and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) scores for early prediction of in-hospital mortality in glufosinate ammonium poisoning.A prospectively collected pesticide poisoning registry at a single academic medical center was retrospectively analyzed. Data were...