Abstract
WHO report through the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), poisoning is a significant global public health problem. According to WHO data, in 2012 an estimated 193,460 people died worldwide from unintentional poisoning. In the same year, unintentional poisoning caused the loss of over 10.7 million years of healthy life (disability adjusted life years, DALYs). 1, 2 ntentional and unintentional pesticide poisoning has been acknowledged as a serious problem in many countries, including India, China, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. 3 With organophosphorus compounds (OP) is a global problem. 5] [6] [7] According to data available from National Poison Information Centre India, suicidal poisoning with house- hold agents (OP, carbamates, pyrethrinoids, etc.) is the most common modality of poisoning. 8 Patients die mostly from respiratory failure and lung injury, although there is variability in the clinical symptoms and signs depending on nature of compounds, amount consumed, severity, time gap between exposure and presentation in the hospital. 9 Yavatmal district in Maharashtra, is predominantly cotton growing area. In the year of 2017, unfortunate series of deaths and poisonings took place among farming community due to pesticide exposures. It is very intensive in Yavatmal and in nearby districts. Due to limited availability of facilities and resources in developing countries all OP poisoning patients are not managed in intensive care units. Hence it is important to know the clinical features and other factors that indicate the severity of poisoning and criteria to speculate the need for ventilator support which should be identified in the initial examination so that maximum patients should be benefitted from the available resources and there is limited literature available on clinical profile of OP poisoning cases, with this background present study was attempted to know the clinical presentation of OP poisoning cases admitted in tertiary care hospital.
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