Clinical Profile and Predictors of Intensive Care Admission in Neonicotinoid Poisoning in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India.

Background And Objectives: Neonicotinoids are a newer class of pesticides that are believed to cause predominantly mild toxicity in humans. This study aimed to describe the clinical features of neonicotinoid poisoning and identify predictors of severe toxicity.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included all patients with neonicotinoid poisoning admitted to a Tertiary Care Center in India over an 18-year period.

Adrenaline is effective in reversing the inadequate heart rate response in atropine treated organophosphorus and carbamate poisoning.

Background: In acute organophosphorus (OP) or carbamate poisoning, some patients require high dose atropine to counteract the effects on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP). This study describes the factors associated with high dose atropine therapy and the use of adrenaline to reverse the inadequate HR response to atropine.

Methods: Consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) were prospectively recruited.

Heat-related illness-Clinical profile and predictors of outcome from a healthcare center in South India.

Background: Heat-related illness is a common medical emergency. There is failure of thermoregulatory mechanisms of the body resulting in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome which if not identified and treated urgently can result in high mortality rate and permanent neurological damage. This study provides description of clinical profile patients presenting with heat-related illness and identifies clinical and laboratory variables resulting in poor outcome.