1. A rare neurological complication of acute organophosphorous poisoning
- Author
-
Sarala Narayana, Balamurali Kalyanam, and Prabhakar Kamarthy
- Subjects
Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Extrapyramidal signs ,Injury control ,Nicotinic Receptors ,Neurological complication ,business.industry ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Poison control ,Case Report ,extrapyramidal signs ,Toxicology ,medicine.disease ,organophosphorous poisoning ,rigidity ,Medical intensive care unit ,Rare case ,medicine ,Medical emergency ,business ,Amantidine - Abstract
Organophosphorous (OP) compound poisoning is one of the most common causes for admission to the Medical Intensive Care Unit. The morbidity and mortality associated with OP poisoning is due to the action of the compound at the muscarinic, nicotinic receptors, and the central nervous system. Here is a rare case of extrapyramidal manifestations occurring in the intermediate phase of OP poisoning, use of amantidine led to subsiding of the symptoms.
- Published
- 2013
- Full Text
- View/download PDF