TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Incidence of intermediate syndrome in organophosphorous poisoning
JO  - Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
A1  - Samuel, J.
A1  - Thomas, K.
A1  - Jeyaseelan, L.
A1  - Peter, J. V.
A1  - Cherian, A. M.
SP  - 321
EP  - 323
VL  - 43
IS  - 5
N2  - Seventy two patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit following ingestion of organophosphorus compounds were studied prospectively with two different doses of pralidoxime (PAM). One group received 1 gm immediately after admission and no further PAM and the other group received infusion of PAM, 1 gm 8 hourly for four days (total 12 gms). The incidence of type II paralysis or intermediate syndrome was 47%. We observed a higher incidence in the 4 days of infusion of PAM group (61%) (20 patients) as compared to the single Bolus dose group (39%) (13 patients). Relative risk 1.48 (confidence interval = 0.9-2.4).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-5772
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -