Comparison of efficacy of atropine versus atropine with pralidoxime in organophosphorus poisoning

High dose atropine in organophosphorus poisoning.

Clinical study of continuous micropump infusion of atropine and pralidoxime chloride for treatment of severe acute organophosphorus insecticide poisoning.

BACKGROUND Our study sought to assess the effectiveness of a constant micropump infusion of atropine and pralidoxime chloride compared with repeated-bolus doses in patients with severe acute organophosphorus insecticide poisoning (AOPP). METHODS A total of 60 patients with severe AOPP, defined as cholinergic crisis with respiratory failure or cerebral edema, were randomly divided into two gro...

Atropine poisoning mimicking septicemia

A young female was admitted in medical emergency room with fever, tachycardia and breathing difficulty. A provisional diagnosis of septicemia was made and empirical antibiotics were started. The patient required intubation and assisted ventilation. The patient recovered within 72 hours completely except bilateral mid-dilated fixed pupils. Atropine was not administered in the hospital. All blood...

An outbreak of atropine poisoning.

FiFTEEN men, all Royal Air Force personnel, varying in age from nineteen to forty-two years, but mainly in the early twenties, were given a period of prolonged narcosis intended to last ten days in each case. They were all in satisfactory physical health but suffered from psychoneuroses. The technique of treatment was a modification of that advocated by Brody (1940) for restless, older patients...

Amitraz Poisoning Treated Successfully with Atropine.

Very few cases have been reported with Amitraz as a suicidal agent from India. Here we present such a case treated successfully with atropine sulphate.