Poisoning with the S-Alkyl organophosphorus insecticides profenofos and prothiofos

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 785-792

  Eddleston, M ^a,b,c   Worek, F ^d   Eyer, P ^c,e   Thiermann, H ^d   Von Meyer, L ^e   Jeganathan, K ^f   Sheriff, M H R ^c,g   Dawson, A H ^c,h   Buckley, N A ^c,i  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC)   (Sri Lanka)

^d Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f Anuradhapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PRALIDOXIME; PROFENOFOS; PROTHIOFOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REACTIVATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SELF POISONING; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77249123520     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp119     Document Type: Article

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