Clinical Observation of the Patients with Organophosphorus Pesticides Poisoning

Slow Repetitive Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning after Clinical Recovery

Background: Prolonged inhibition of acetylcholine esterase may lead to the intermediate syndrome. Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) dysfunction has been shown with repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS). Subclinical NMJ dysfunction may also occur. We aimed to examine the NMJ function following acute organophosphorus (OP) poisoning by using exercise modified slow RNS. Methods: A cohort study was conducte...

OpdA, a bacterial organophosphorus hydrolase, prevents lethality in rats after poisoning with highly toxic organophosphorus pesticides.

Organophosphorus (OP) pesticides poison more than 3,000,000 people every year in the developing world, mostly through intentional self-poisoning. Advances in medical therapy for OP poisoning have lagged, and current treatment is not highly effective with mortality of up to 40% in even the most advanced Western medical facilities. Administration of a broadly active bacterial OP hydrolase to pati...

OBSERVATION AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PATIENTS INJURED WITH MUSTARD GAS

More than five hundred chemically injured patients were admitted to the Labbafi-Nejad Medical Center in Spring of 1984. These patients were of two groups. The majority of patients had extensive skin burns, eye injuries as well as respiratory problems, and a second group of patients suffered mainly from neuromuscular and psychological problems. In this report, clinical manifestation and obs...

Potential Human Health Impacts and Medical Treatment of Acute Poisoning with Organophosphorus Pesticides (OPs): A Review

Organophosphate pesticides (OPs) are compounds that can be detected in human populations as a result of occupational or residential exposure. Despite their occurrence in considerably low levels in humans, their biological effects are hazardous since they interact with enzymes, proteins, receptors and transcription factors. The mechanism of OP poisoning involves inhibition of acetylcholinesteras...

Self poisoning with pesticides.