Organophosphorus pesticide poisoning: Cases and developments

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Aardema, H ^a   Meertens, J H J M ^a   Ligtenberg, J J M ^a   Peters Polman, O M ^a   Tulleken, J E ^a   Zijlstra, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Intoxication; Oximes; Parathion; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CEFUROXIME; CHOLINESTERASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; ENOXAPARIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; OBIDOXIME; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; ROCURONIUM; SALBUTAMOL; SUFENTANIL; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOXIA; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE POISONING; OXYGEN SATURATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SELF POISONING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; PARATHION; PESTICIDES; POISONING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 42649132184     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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