IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-4-14946 Original Research Paper CLINICAL PROFILE OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS POISONING AT TERTIERY CARE HOSPITAL Santosh Mali Dr. Dr. Rahul V. Patil Dr. April 2018 7 4 01 02 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.