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Pretreating Rats with Parenteral Ophthalmic Antimuscarinic Agents Decreases Mortality from Lethal Organophosphate Poisoning
Author(s) -
Bryant Sean M.,
Rhee James W.,
Thompson Trevonne M.,
Aks Steven E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1197/j.aem.2006.10.099
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , organophosphate poisoning , gerontology , medical emergency , emergency medicine , organophosphate , psychiatry , pesticide , agronomy , biology
In the event of a large scale organophosphate (OP) or nerve agent exposure that depletes a hospital's atropine stores, alternative antidotes should be considered.