A Rare Neurological Complication of Acute Organophosphorous Poisoning

Organophosphorous (OP) compound poisoning is one of the most common causes for admission to the Medical Intensive Care Unit. The morbidity and mortality associated with OP poisoning is due to the action of the compound at the muscarinic, nicotinic receptors, and the central nervous system. Here is a...

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Autores principales: Kalyanam, Balamurali, Narayana, Sarala, Kamarthy, Prabhakar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082514
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-6580.117270
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author Kalyanam, Balamurali
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description Organophosphorous (OP) compound poisoning is one of the most common causes for admission to the Medical Intensive Care Unit. The morbidity and mortality associated with OP poisoning is due to the action of the compound at the muscarinic, nicotinic receptors, and the central nervous system. Here is a rare case of extrapyramidal manifestations occurring in the intermediate phase of OP poisoning, use of amantidine led to subsiding of the symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-37836872013-09-30 A Rare Neurological Complication of Acute Organophosphorous Poisoning Kalyanam, Balamurali Narayana, Sarala Kamarthy, Prabhakar Toxicol Int Case Report Organophosphorous (OP) compound poisoning is one of the most common causes for admission to the Medical Intensive Care Unit. The morbidity and mortality associated with OP poisoning is due to the action of the compound at the muscarinic, nicotinic receptors, and the central nervous system. Here is a rare case of extrapyramidal manifestations occurring in the intermediate phase of OP poisoning, use of amantidine led to subsiding of the symptoms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3783687/ /pubmed/24082514 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-6580.117270 Text en Copyright: © Toxicology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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