Open AccessSurvival pattern in patients with acute organophosphate poisoning on mechanical ventilation: A retrospective intensive care unit-based study in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Syed Moied Ahmed,
Bikramjit Das,
Abu Nadeem,
Rajiv Kumar Samal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.126780
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , pralidoxime , intensive care unit , organophosphate poisoning , retrospective cohort study , ventilation (architecture) , emergency medicine , anesthesia , surgery , organophosphate , mechanical engineering , pesticide , agronomy , biology , engineering
Organophosphorus (OP) compound poisoning is one of the most common poisonings in India. The aim of the study was to study the outcomes and predictors of mortality in patients with acute OP poisoning requiring mechanical ventilation.