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A Rare Neurological Complication of Acute Organophosphorous Poisoning


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  • Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Departments of Pharmacology, Kolar, Namibia
  • Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Departments of Pharmacology, Kolar, India
  • Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Medicine, Kolar, India
     

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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.

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Amantidine, rigidity, extrapyramidal signs, organophosphorous poisoning
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  • A Rare Neurological Complication of Acute Organophosphorous Poisoning

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Sarala Narayana
, India

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.

Keywords


Amantidine, rigidity, extrapyramidal signs, organophosphorous poisoning