Prolonged paralysis in a child with organophosphate pesticide poisoning
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Acute poisoning in a child following topical treatment of head lice (pediculosis capitis) with an organophosphate pesticide.
This is a case report of acute organophosphate poisoning in a child treated with topical application of Diazinon-60 (WHO Class II toxicity) for head lice (pediculosis capitis). The patient presented with neurological symptoms and signs. After emergency respiratory and circulatory resuscitation the patient underwent dermal decontamination and was treated with atropine, high flow oxygen and prali...
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They are used as pesticides but can also be used as 'nerve gas'. This is prohibited under the Geneva Convention but could be used by terrorists or rogue regimes. There is some suggestion that the use of OP pesticides may have caused some neurotoxicity and be responsible for 'Gulf War syndrome'. Certainly, insecticides were freely used, as were many other chemicals. The syndrome is inconsistent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2078-5135,0256-9574
DOI: 10.7196/samj.2018.v108i6.12994