title: Cases of poisoning with organophosphates treated at the University Clinical Centre of Kosova.
abstract: Everywhere today, poisonings present a significant and continuous increase of incidence in illness. Poisonings with organophosphates are more and more often. We do not have accurate statistics for this problem. The aim of this work was to present the clinical characteristics of poisoning with organophosphates, treated in University Clinical Centre in Prishtina. With the retrospective method, 23 patients were analyzed, 18 female and 5 male. Out of these, to (43.5%) have had tentative suicide, while 13 (56%) were accidentally exposed to poison. Poisoning with organophosphates was present in 3.8% of the overall number of poisonings. Organophosphate that was found in the analyzed poisoned patients was malathion (known here as Etiol). Average hospitalization time was 8.8 days (1 - 50 days range), average age of the patients was 27.1 years. Mortality scale was 52.1%. All these patients were treated with atropine. Atropine was given in intravenous way during 4.2 +/- 3.5 days and the average total dose was 82 +/- 61.5 mg. Pralidoxime antidote was not given to any of the patients. In adults, the poisoning was done mainly with the aim of suicide. Poisoned children with Etiol are in larger numbers from rural areas.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Center, University Clinical Centre of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosova. musligashi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Musli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gashi
authors.forename: Sanije
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gashi
authors.forename: Merita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berisha
authors.forename: Agon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekaj
authors.forename: Goneta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062025:Organophosphate Poisoning; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides