DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i09.015

Pages: 3311-3316

Organophosphorus (OP) poisoning leads to high morbidity and mortality. Theobjective was to study the clinical profile of patients with Organophosphorous Compound Poisoning admitted in community health centreHaliyal. Aim was also to study the prevalence and outcome of patients with Organophosphorus compound poisoning.A prospective study was undertaken in Community Health Centre Haliyal from DEC 2015 to March 2017. All patients with suspicion and definite history of OP poisoning were admitted. Their history and clinical features were recorded. Patients were categorized according to age/sex, the amount of op compound consumed, severity of presentation, duration of exposure, stage of poisoning, intention of poisoning etc. Standard treatment protocol was followed. Intermittent conventional treatment was implemented. Results were recorded and analyzed.The inclusion criteria of the study was definitive history about ingestion of organophosphorus poison from patient self and relatives (when patient not in condition to give history) All patients with clinical signs of o p poisoning like Excessive salivation, bradycardia, meiosis ,wheezing etc were included in the study.During this one year study period total 51 patients were studied with the diagnosis of OP poisoning. Patients were divided and studied according to different criteria’s.