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Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report
BACKGROUND: Poisoning is a common presentation in the emergency department. Oral exposures to organophosphorus compounds are especially frequent in rural and agricultural regions of South Asia and throughout the developing world. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a case of deliberate self-harm with...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24321121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-524 |
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author | Malla, Gyanendra Basnet, Bibhusan Vohra, Rais Lohani, Shyam Prasad Yadav, Ajay Dhungana, Vivek |
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description | BACKGROUND: Poisoning is a common presentation in the emergency department. Oral exposures to organophosphorus compounds are especially frequent in rural and agricultural regions of South Asia and throughout the developing world. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a case of deliberate self-harm with an organophosphorus pesticide via the relatively uncommon parenteral route. A young woman injected herself with chlorpyriphos. Although the cholinergic effects were mild, cellulitis and abscess development were noted as a result. CONCLUSION: Resource limited agricultural countries like Nepal present health care workers with numerous challenges in poisoning management. This case represents a rare but potentially morbid method of agrochemical poison exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-40295642014-05-22 Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report Malla, Gyanendra Basnet, Bibhusan Vohra, Rais Lohani, Shyam Prasad Yadav, Ajay Dhungana, Vivek BMC Res Notes Case Report BACKGROUND: Poisoning is a common presentation in the emergency department. Oral exposures to organophosphorus compounds are especially frequent in rural and agricultural regions of South Asia and throughout the developing world. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a case of deliberate self-harm with an organophosphorus pesticide via the relatively uncommon parenteral route. A young woman injected herself with chlorpyriphos. Although the cholinergic effects were mild, cellulitis and abscess development were noted as a result. CONCLUSION: Resource limited agricultural countries like Nepal present health care workers with numerous challenges in poisoning management. This case represents a rare but potentially morbid method of agrochemical poison exposure. BioMed Central 2013-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4029564/ /pubmed/24321121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-524 Text en Copyright © 2013 Malla et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Malla, Gyanendra Basnet, Bibhusan Vohra, Rais Lohani, Shyam Prasad Yadav, Ajay Dhungana, Vivek Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report |
title | Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report |
title_full | Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report |
title_fullStr | Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report |
title_short | Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report |
title_sort | parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24321121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-524 |
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