Citation

Goel A, Joseph S, Dutta TK. J. Assoc. Physicians India 1998; 46(9): 786-790.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Association of Physicians of India)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11229248

Abstract

The present study evaluated 103 consecutive patients of organophosphate poisoning with special reference to the need for ventilatory support. Of 103 patients, 36(34.95%) required assisted ventilation. The need for ventilatory support was significantly more with greater time duration for institution of specific treatment, low level of sensorium at admission, pin-point pupils and generalized fasciculations, presence of convulsions, presence of respiratory insufficiency at admission, and higher initial atropine requirement for atropinization. The study also proposes a system of grading of severity, modified from the existing systems proposed.

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