Organophosphate poisoning
Red Cell Distribution Width as Outcome Predictor in Organophosphate Poisoning
... RDWlevels than non-ventilated patients (p=0.004 and p<0.001, respectively). The area under thereceiver-operating characteristic curve of RDW levels for predictingmechanical ventilation requirement was 0.716 (95% CI: ...
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Understanding neuromuscular weakness of acute organophosphate poisoning: the significance of metabolic energy, muscle protein degradation and amino acids.
... It is therefore not surprising that there has been considerable controversy regarding the use of oximes in the treatment of acute organophosphate poisoning. Three randomized controlled trials showed that ...
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Organophosphate poisoning at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital 2012 - 2015
... The objectives of this study were to determine the demographic spectrum of patients admitted to the medical high care unit (HCA) and intensive care unit (ICU) with organophosphate poisoning, and to ...
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ACUTE ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING: PATTERN, MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES
... Use of poison is the main method of attempted suicide (1). Insecticides are the major source of poisoning. The most common insecticide poisoning is the organophosphate poisoning. In our ...
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THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING (DICROTOPHOS "CARBICRON") -A CASE REPORT
... of Organophosphate poisoning in an agricultural pesticide sprayer who had electrocardiographic changes consistent with myocarditis has been ...of poisoning and cleared almost completely as the ...
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Mechanistic study of Gastric lavage in acute organophosphate poisoning : A Proof of concept study
... IMS is one of the major causes for mortality and morbidity in organophosphate poisoning. The term was first coined in 1987 by Senanayake et.al. (50) It typically occur within 24 to 96 hours and causes ...
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A prospective study to assess glycemic status as a possible prognostic marker in non diabetic acute organophosphate poisoning patients
... counter, organophosphate poisoning continues to be a major cause of deliberate ...OP poisoning, other metabolic factors like dysglycemia contribute to the severity of ...
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Relative Risk and Clinical Severity Assessment in Patients with Non Oral Route Organophosphate Poisoning Compared with Oral Route Poisoning
... from organophosphate poisoning pa- tients visiting the emergency department (ED) of Wonju Sever- ance Christian Hospital in the Republic of Korea between Jan- uary 2000 and October ...phosphate ...
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Can Galantamine Act as an Antidote for Organophosphate Poisoning? A Review
... in organophosphate compound poisoning ...of organophosphate toxicity by reversibly inhibiting ...in organophosphate poisoning ...of organophosphate poisoning and further ...
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Clinical profile and outcome of intermediate syndrome in acute organophosphate poisoning
... The present study was conducted in 40 patients with intermediate syndrome following acute organophosphate poisoning. All 40 cases were followed up, outcome in terms of either recovery or death is noted. All ...
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To Determine the Relation of Chirality on the Biological Activity in Case of Organophosphate Poisoning
... Obidoxime and Trimedoxime, a bis 4, 4’bis pyridinum dioxime are promising compounds as antidote for organophosphate poisoning. Litrature reveal that both bis pyridinum oxime having propelene to heptylene ...
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“The Role of Muscle Injury In organophosphate Poisoning and Development of Intermediate Syndrome” by Nashwa M. Radwan, Naglaa A. El-Nabarawy, Egypt.
... Organophosphate poisoning (OP) is a major global health problem with hundreds of thousands of deaths every ...(OP) poisoning leads to three main syndromes: Acute cholinergic syndrome, intermediate ...
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The use of self-reported symptoms as a proxy for acute organophosphate poisoning after exposure to chlorpyrifos 50% plus cypermethrin 5% among Nepali farmers: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study
... the organophosphate or placebo spray session, however, a high percentage of the farmers re- ported having one or more symptoms both at baseline and at follow up for the organophosphate spray session ...
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STUDY OF SERUM CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE LEVELS AS A PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKER AMONG CASES OF ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER
... OP poisoning is based on characteristic clinical features, [miosis is considered to be a very strong indicator of organophosphate poisoning] and history of exposure to a known OP ...OP ...
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A Report on the Incidence of Organophosphate Poisoning among Patients Admitted to King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over a Period of 12 Years
... This more likely a consequence of determinant factor corresponded with adults. Sixty percent of adult ingestion was suicidal attempts; all of them were ingestion via oral route. Organophosphate poisoning, ...
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Much caution does no harm! Organophosphate poisoning often causes pancreatitis
... Organophosphates are widely used as agricultural chemi- cals; however, they have a high degree of human toxicity. Organophosphate poisoning (OP) is associated with mul- tiple complications. One rare ...
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Organophosphate Poisoning: A Malaysian Intensive Care Experience of One Hundred Cases
... Organophosphate Poisoning A Malaysian Intensive Care Experience of One Hundred Cases Med J Malaysia Vol 39 No 3 September 1984 ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING A MALAYSIAN INTENSIVE CARE EXPERIENCE OF ONE HU[.] ...
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Role of Nitric Oxide and Mitochondria in Muscle Paralysis induced by Acute Organophosphate Poisoning.
... We estimated cis-MCP levels in the blood, muscle, muscle mitochondria and urine and correlated it with muscle weakness. The absorption of MCP was rapid and reached maximum concentrations in the blood within 30 minutes ...
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Resveratrol fails to provide prophylactic protection in a rat model of organophosphate poisoning
... Since no protection was afforded to pre-treated animals, our current results do not support the use of resveratrol as a pre-treatment measure against OP poisoning. How- ever, this was a preliminary study, using a ...
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Organophosphate poisoning- the mortality determinants: a comparitive cohort study between the survived and succumbed
... Between April 2016 and March 2017, the case records of all patients who had been admitted for OP poisoning were scrutinised. 100 consecutive cases which ended in fatality were included into the study as Cohort 1 ...
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