Laryngeal Dysfunction and Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning.

Goonasekera C, Karalliedde L. Laryngeal Dysfunction and Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(2):155-156.

Acute ill-health in sheep farmers following use of pesticides.

Background: Sheep farmers often complain of acute ill-health, known colloquially as 'dipper's flu', immediately after treating sheep with pesticides. There have been few prospective epidemiological studies to determine it's nature and incidence. Aims To determine the nature and frequency of symptoms occurring in farmers treating sheep for ectoparasites.

The spectrum of intermediate syndrome following acute organophosphate poisoning: a prospective cohort study from Sri Lanka.

Background: Intermediate syndrome (IMS) is a major cause of death from respiratory failure following acute organophosphate poisoning. The objective of this study was to determine repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) predictors of IMS that would assist in patient management and clinical research.

Methods And Findings: Seventy-eight consenting symptomatic patients with organophosphate poisoning were assessed prospectively with daily physical examination and RNS.

Long-term event-related potential changes following organophosphorus insecticide poisoning.

Objective: To determine prolonged effects of organophosphorus (OP) insecticide poisoning on cognitive event-related potentials (ERPs).

Methods: ERPs of a group of 32 patients recovered from cholinergic phase of OP insecticide poisoning were compared with those of two matched control groups: 32 healthy volunteers and nine patients hospitalised with paracetamol overdose. A follow-up assessment was done in 21 patients (66% of the initial sample) 6 months after OP intoxication and the findings were compared with their initial ERP data.