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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.
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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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OpdA, a bacterial organophosphorus hydrolase, prevents lethality in rats after poisoning with highly toxic organophosphorus pesticides [PDF]
Organophosphorus (OP) pesticides poison more than 3,000,000 people every year in the developing world, mostly through intentional self-poisoning. Advances in medical therapy for OP poisoning have lagged, and current treatment is not highly effective with
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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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Pattern of Acute Poisoning Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal
Introduction: Poisoning with various substances is a major public health problem and a reason for significant morbidity and mortality throughout the globe. It is one of the most common presentation in an emergency department.
Raju Prasad Shakya +2 more
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Blighia sapida, the Ackee tree, still a sword of Damocles over children in Africa ? [PDF]
Il y a trente ans, en juin 1984, pour la première fois en Afrique, il était prouvé que des décès massifs d'enfants étaient dus à une intoxication alimentaire par l'ackee, Blighia sapida Koenig (Sapindales, Sapindaceae).
Moyal, Pascal
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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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Open-Label Randomized Clinical Trial of Atropine Bolus Injection Versus Incremental Boluses Plus Infusion for Organophosphate Poisoning in Bangladesh [PDF]
Mohammed Joynal Abedin +5 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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Pralidoxime for organophosphate poisoning
From their randomised trial, Kirti Pawar and colleagues report in today's Lancet on two pralidoxime-dosing schemes in 200 patients who had moderately severe self-poisoning with organophosphorus insecticide.1 After a 2-g loading dose over 30 min, half received a high-dose regimen of 1 g/h pralidoxime iodide for 48 h. The other half received a lower dose:
Eyer, Peter, Buckley, Nicholas
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