CLINICAL PROFILE OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS POISONING AT TERTIERY CARE HOSPITAL

Dr. Santosh Mali; Dr. Nandkumar Patil; Dr. Rahul V. Patil

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

CLINICAL PROFILE OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS POISONING AT TERTIERY CARE HOSPITAL

Dr. Santosh Mali, Dr. Nandkumar Patil, Dr. Rahul V. Patil

Abstract :

Organophosphorus compounds are widely used as pesticides in our country. Organophosphorus poisoning can result from occupational,accidental or intentional exposure. Clinical manifestations include cholinergic syndromes, CNS symptoms and cardiovascular symptoms. We conducted a retrospective study of 96 patients which were admitted in our ICCU for OP poisning during period of January 2017 to july 2017.Most of the patients were between the age group of 20–40 years( 53.13%) while 14.58% were < 20 years and 32.29% were > 40 years. Male were 76.04% while 23.96% of the patients were females. 77.08% of the patients were from the rural area while 22.92% were from urban area.Dichlorvos (46.88%) was the most common compound consumed.Motality rate was 15.62% in this study. Most common cause of death was respiratory failure.