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Respiratory Failure Following Organophosphate Poisoning: A Literature Review

Organophosphates (OPs) account for a large portion of suicides globally. OP manifests as cholinergic crises, which underlie respiratory failure. There are many pathways by which respiration is inhibited secondary to organophosphate poisoning. These include central as well as peripheral mechanisms, w...

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Autores principales: Giyanwani, Pirthvi Raj, Zubair, Ujala, Salam, Osama, Zubair, Zarafshan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5669523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29142799
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1651