Open AccessNeuropsychiatric manifestations following acute organophosphate poisoning
Author(s) -
Satyakam Mohapatra,
Udit Kumar Panda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.192163
Subject(s) - organophosphate poisoning , organophosphate , medicine , nicotinic agonist , psychiatry , pediatrics , pesticide , biology , receptor , agronomy
Acute muscarinic and nicotinic side effects of organophosphate (OP) poisoning are well known and easily recognized, but neuropsychiatric changes are rarely reported. We are reporting a case of a 22-year-old male who developed psychotic features and motor neuropathy following acute OP poisoning