title: Organophosphate intoxication as a consequence of mouth-to-mouth breathing from an affected case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Disease, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. koksalnurhan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nurhan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Buyukbese
authors.forename: Aytekin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guven
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: Hatice Canan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hasanoglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds