Clinical Spectrum of Organophosphorus Poisoning in Emergency Department.

Sreekanth P; Jayaraju.B; KRISHNA CRPS; Srinivas. Y

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Clinical Spectrum of Organophosphorus Poisoning in Emergency Department.

Sreekanth P, Jayaraju. B, Krishna Crps, Srinivas. Y

Abstract :

Organo -phosphorus compounds have been used in India since 1952 for agricultural purpose. but we got alerted after food poisoning tragedy occurred in 1958 about their poisoning effects. In our country where agriculture is the main occupation and the people in rural do not follow all the precautions during spraying ,they become victims of the accidental acute poisoning and sometimes of chronic poisoning.We are at risk of chronic poisoning from those agents by ingestion of vegetables and so on which contain significant amount of these compounds . The number of people who misuse these pesticides for suicidal purpose is increasing now a days .

AIM AND OBJECTS : To study the clinical spectrum of the organo-phosphorus poisoning in patients coming to emergency ward . KEY WORDS : Pesticides , Organophosphorus poisoning, Clinical spectrum, Gastric lavage.

MATERIALS AND METHODS : 120 cases of the acute poisoning due to organophosphorus pesticides was studied in detail after the diagnosis of organophosphorus poisoning was made . Blood samples were collected for estimation of blood sugar , urea , SGOT and electrolytes.gastric-lavage was done at the earliest and specific therapy was started .ECG was obtained both at the time of admission and at the time of discharge .

RESULTS : In this study incidence among the age group 21-30 yrs of age(%).