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Title: Scale to assess severity in organophosphorus intoxication: POP scale
Authors: Senanayake, N.
de Silva, H.J.
Karalliedde, L.A.
Keywords: Organophosphate Poisoning
Organophosphorus Compounds
Issue Date: 1993
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Citation: Human and Experimental Toxicology. 1993; 12(4): pp.297-299
Abstract: We have developed a clinical scale to assess severity or organophosphorus (OP) intoxication. Five common clinical manifestations of OP poisoning have been selected as parameters, each to be assessed on a 3 point scale varying from 0-2. Poisoning can then be graded as mild (score 0-3), moderate (score 4-7) or severe (score 8-11) when the patient first presents. The scale was validated using two consecutive series of 173 patients with OP poisoning. Correlations between the scores obtained on admission and three outcome variables, namely, death, the need for ventilatory support and the dose of atropine required in the first 24 hours after admission were significant. We believe that this scale would assist in grading severity of OP intoxication at first contact and help in predicting possible outcome.
Description: Indexed in MEDLINE
URI: http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1194
ISSN: 0960-3271 (Print)
1477-0903 (Electronic)
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