Pralidoxime in Acute Organophosphorus Insecticide Poisoning—A Randomised Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Poisoning with organophosphorus (OP) insecticides is a major global public health problem, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths each year. Although the World Health Organization recommends use of pralidoxime, this antidote's effectiveness remains unclear. We aimed to determine whethe...

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Autores principales: Eddleston, Michael, Eyer, Peter, Worek, Franz, Juszczak, Edmund, Alder, Nicola, Mohamed, Fahim, Senarathna, Lalith, Hittarage, Ariyasena, Azher, Shifa, Jeganathan, K., Jayamanne, Shaluka, von Meyer, Ludwig, Dawson, Andrew H., Sheriff, Mohamed Hussain Rezvi, Buckley, Nick A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19564902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000104

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19564902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000104

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