Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: RESULTS: Patients poisoned with parathion responded promptly to obidoxime (250 mg bolus followed by continuous infusion at 750 mg/day up to 1 week) with improvement of neuromuscular transmission and increased AChE activity. The effects were only transient in cases with the other poisons. Death (7/34) occurred late and was mostly due to complications rather than due to ongoing cholinergic crisis. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Florian Eyer, Franz Worek, Peter Eyer, Norbert Felgenhauer, Mike Haberkorn, Thomas Zilker, Horst Thiermann |
Journal | Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
(Clin Toxicol (Phila))
Vol. 47
Issue 8
Pg. 798-806
(Sep 2009)
ISSN: 1556-9519 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 19778163
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antidotes
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors
- Cholinesterase Reactivators
- Organothiophosphorus Compounds
- Obidoxime Chloride
- Parathion
- Atropine
- methyl demeton
- Acetylcholinesterase
- Cholinesterases
- Dimethoate
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Topics |
- Acetylcholinesterase
(blood)
- Acute Disease
- Antidotes
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Atropine
(therapeutic use)
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors
(poisoning)
- Cholinesterase Reactivators
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Cholinesterases
(blood)
- Critical Care
- Dimethoate
(poisoning)
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Drug Overdose
(drug therapy, mortality)
- Erythrocytes
(enzymology)
- Germany
(epidemiology)
- Humans
- Neuromuscular Junction
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Obidoxime Chloride
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Organothiophosphorus Compounds
(poisoning)
- Parathion
(poisoning)
- Suicide
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
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