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Three cases of poisoning by organophosphate dimethoate are described and the importance of correct diagnosis and adequate treatment emphasized. Therapy consists of large doses of atropine, to counteract the muscarinic and other effects on the central nervous system, followed by a reactivator (e.g.
B, Lie +5 more
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Mania following organophosphate poisoning
ABSTRACTOrganophosphate poisoning is the most common poisoning in developing countries. Although the acute muscarinic and nicotinic side-effects of organophosphate poisoning are well known and easily recognized, but neuropsychiatric changes are rarely reported.
Mohapatra, Satyakam, Rath, Neelmadhav
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Imidazole aldoximes effective in assisting butyrylcholinesterase catalysis of organophosphate detoxification. [PDF]
Intoxication by organophosphate (OP) nerve agents and pesticides should be addressed by efficient, quickly deployable countermeasures such as antidotes reactivating acetylcholinesterase or scavenging the parent OP.
Amitai, Gabriel +5 more
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Time-Dependent Changes Of Hematological Parameters In Patients With Acute Organophosphate Poisoning [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the prognostic value of the time-dependent changes of hematological parameters in patients with acute organophosphate poisoning.
Zerrin Defne Dündar +3 more
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Pesticide Consumption in Greenhouses; a Case Study of Kashan Region [PDF]
Aims: In regard to increasing greenhouse area in Iran followed by increased use of pesticides and contaminated crops, this study aimed to determine the frequency and types of consumed pesticides in Kashan region, Iran, greenhouses.
Dadpour, B. +9 more
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Organophosphate poisoning in marmosets
Due to faulty use of a chlorpyriphos-diazinon combination as a pesticide within a laboratory animal house, 19 marmosets of 2 species ( Saguinus fuscicollis and Callithrix jacchus) of 98 at risk died from organophosphorous poisoning (19% mortality). The clinical signs were those of cholinesterase inhibitors.
Brack, M., Rothe, H.
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Death by chumbinho: aldicarb intoxication—regarding a corpse in decomposition [PDF]
Chumbinho is the popular name given to carbamate aldicarb (Temik), an insecticide commonly used in agriculture and highly toxic (LD50 = 0.9 mg/kg oral in rats) that has been sold clandestinely in several regions of Brazil.
Durão, C, Machado, MP
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Safety Talk and Check to Prevent Pesticide Toxicity Among Farmer [PDF]
The problem at informal sector in particular for farmer when used the pesticides. In Sumber Mufakat village the farmers always use the pesticides without using the safety equipment and have direct contact with the pesticides exposure. The purpose of this
Mahyuni, E. L. (Eka) +2 more
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Chronic behavioral and cognitive deficits in a rat survival model of paraoxon toxicity [PDF]
Organophosphate (OP) compounds, including paraoxon (POX), are similar to nerve agents such as sarin. There is a growing concern that OP agents could be weaponized to cause mass civilian causalities.
DeLorenzo, Robert J. +3 more
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The management of organophosphate poisoning is challenging, more so in the setting of poor critical care facilities. The management requires the administration of atropine, an antidote (oxime) and supportive care often provided in the ICU.
Osinaike BB, Oranusi IO, Akinniyi O
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