Organophosphate intoxication as a consequence of mouth-to-mouth breathing from an affected case.
We report three cases of organophosphate (OP) poisoning. One patient was a 19-year-old woman who drank OP compounds in an attempt at suicide. The other two patients became intoxicated on the way to the hospital during mouth-to-mouth breathing. The first patient died in the emergency department, and the other two were taken to the ICU. There, they were treated with atropine and pralidoxime. Three days later, all symptoms and signs had disappeared, and they were discharged from the hospital satisfactorily.
Koksal
Nurhan
N
Department of Pulmonary Disease, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. koksalnurhan@hotmail.com
Buyukbese
Mehmet Akif
MA
Guven
Aytekin
A
Cetinkaya
Ali
A
Hasanoglu
Hatice Canan
HC
D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D007306:Insecticides; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds