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Prolonged apnea after ECT in organophosphorus poisoning – the need to redefine norms

BACKGROUND: Poisoning and deaths by organo-phosphorous (OP) compounds are one of the major causes of death in developing and poor countries, and a common admission in the emergency ward and the ICU. OP compounds act by irreversibly binding to pseudocholinesterase enzyme and hence prolong the apnea i...

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Autores principales: Sasidharan, Shibu, Dhillon, Harpreet Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7948321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33691646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03150-0