Abstract

Celphos poisoning is extremely lethal and invariably suicidal in nature, owing to the release of phosphine gas, which inhibits electron transport chain and thereby myocardial suppression. Celfos is known to cause varying electric abnormalities of heart, the most frequent arrhythmia being atrial fibrillation followed by ventricular fibrillation, sustained AV Conduction defect leading to 2^nd and 3^rd degree AV block. We hereby report a case of celphos poisoning presenting with atrial fibrillation.⁽¹⁾