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Pralidoxime in acute organophosphorus insecticide poisoning--a randomised controlled trial.

PLoS Medicine, 2009
BackgroundPoisoning with organophosphorus (OP) insecticides is a major global public health problem, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths each year.
Michael Eddleston, Peter Eyer, Franz Worek, Edmund Juszczak, Nicola Alder, Fahim Mohamed, Lalith Senarathna, Ariyasena Hittarage, Shifa Azher, K Jeganathan, Shaluka Jayamanne, Ludwig von Meyer, Andrew H Dawson, Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff, Nick A Buckley   +14 more
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The dose makes the poison: have “field realistic” rates of exposure of bees to neonicotinoid insecticides been overestimated in laboratory studies? [PDF]

, 2014
Recent laboratory based studies have demonstrated adverse sub-lethal effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bees and bumble bees, and these studies have been influential in leading to a European Union moratorium on the use of three neonicotinoids,
BARON G L, BONMATIN J M, BONMATIN J M, CARRECK N L, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY, EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY, EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY, FELTHAM H, Francis L W Ratnieks, GARBUZOV M, MAUS C, Norman L Carreck, OSBORNE J L, SCHMUCK R, SCHÖNING R, THOMPSON H   +16 more
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The Scenario of Acute Poisoning in Jashore, Bangladesh

Journal of Toxicology, 2020
Background. Acute poisoning is a common scenario in the emergency department of any general hospital globally, but its pattern may vary in different parts of the world and even may be a different regional variation in the same country. Objective.
G. K. Acherjya, M. Ali, A. B. M. S. Alam, M. M. Rahman, S. G. M. Mowla   +4 more
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Organophosphorus poisoning induced delayed neurotoxicity: a report of two cases. [PDF]

Spinal Cord Ser Cases, 2023
Viswanath A, Barman A, Sahoo J, Bhattacharjee S, Patel S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hepatoprotective effect of the root extract of green tea against malathion-induced oxidative stress in rats [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Organophosphorus (OPs) pesticides such as malathion intoxication has been shown to generate oxidative stress due to the production of free radicals and alteration of the antioxidant defense system.
Behrooj, H., Felehgari, H., Ghasemibasir, H., Harchegani, A., Kheiripour, N., Mehri, N., Mirhoseini, M., Ranjbar, A.   +7 more
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Assessment of the Peradeniya Organophosphorus Poisoning Scale as a Severity and Prognostic Marker in Patients With Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning Presenting to an Emergency Medicine Department. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Malaviya NB, Parikh R, Pancholi K, Belim OB.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pesticide Consumption in Greenhouses; a Case Study of Kashan Region [PDF]

, 2016
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., Dehghani, R., Ebnerasol, F., Froghi, M., Jalali, Z., Lajevardi, M., Malekzadeh, H., Mirza Mohhamadi, Sh., Moghimipour, M., Vaziri, M.   +9 more
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Serum creatinine phosphokinase: A potential prognostic marker in assessing clinical severity with organophosphorus poisoning. [PDF]

J Clin Lab Anal, 2023
Islam A, Chowdhury D, Palit PK, Sohel M, Mozibullah M, Islam MJ, Al Mamun A, Datta J, Dev A, Nath PK, Chowdhury MFF, Nath SK, Mujib ASM.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Wallerian degeneration in the brain after organophosphorus poisoning: a case report. [PDF]

Ann Med Surg (Lond), 2023
Gajurel BP, Giri S, Poudel N, Kharel S, Karn R, Rajbhandari R, Ojha R, Gautam N, Shrestha A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Acute organophosphorus poisoning.

Clinical evidence, 2004
Background & objectives: The main cause of morbidity due to organophosphate poisoning is intermediate syndrome (Type II paralysis) that can occur 48-72 h after poisoning. Mechanisms that underlie the intermediate syndrome are not known. This study investigates the role of oxidative damage to muscles as a possible mechanism underlying the development of
Eddleston, Michael, Singh, Surjit, Buckley, Nicholas   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources