Organophosphorus poisoning: A clinical study
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Organophosphorus poisoning is very common toxicological emergency encountered in rural india. Organophosphorus compounds (OPC) are commonly used by agricultural population in India. We conducted a retrospective study of 90 patients which were admitted in our ICCU for OP poisoning during period of June 2017 to December 2017. Most of the patients were between the age group of 20-40 years (54.45%) while 13.33% were < 20 years and 32.22% were > 40 years. Male were 77.78% while 22.22% of the patients were females. 77.78% of the patients were from the rural area while 22.22% were from urban area. Rogor (45.55%) was the most common compound consumed. Motality rate was 13.33% in this study. Most common cause of death was respiratory failure.
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Nandkumar N Patil, Santosh S Mali
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