Citation

Ram JS, Kumar SS, Jayarajan A, Kuppuswamy G. J. Assoc. Physicians India 1991; 39(2): 190-193.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, St Martha's Hospital, Bangalore.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Association of Physicians of India)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1885485

Abstract

Forty five cases of organophosphorus poisoning were studied to evaluate the results of continuous infusion of high doses of atropine as against the conventional intermittent therapy. A statistically significant reduction in mortality (23.5% to 8.8%; p less than 0.05) was evident in this study as compared to previous years. Pseudocholinesterase levels below 10% of normal were associated with a poor prognosis and increased mortality.

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