Study of acute organophosphates insecticide poisoning cases in a medical college hospital
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Forensic Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
Acute pesticide poisoning occur in low-and middle-income families, over 3 million cases of OP poisoning per year were recorded worldwide with approximately 300,000 deaths. Majority of these occur in agricultural countries. The present study was aimed to assess the demographic patterns of OP poisoning and mortality rate at the general hospital located at south india. The present study comprised 74 cases of acute OP compound poisoning and those who came with history and clinical features of OP poisoning. The result of the present study shows that the distribution of age of the patients varied from <20 to >40 years and maximum number of cases was observed in 21-30 years of age and moreover married and male patients were higher in number when compared to unmarried and female cases of poisoning respectively. In the present study, maximum number of poison cases was organophosphorus and other compounds like aluminium phosphide, zinc phosphide and Pyrethrin were also associated. The present study observation also shows that mortality rate was very low when compared with many other studies. To conclude, poison prevention strategies should be implemented at various levels to reduce the use of pesticides and to minimize the overall exposure to pesticides.
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Mohan Singh, Shaik Khaja Moinuddin
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