1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar
2Assistant Professor, PG Department of Community Medicine, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar
3Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar
4Assistant Professor, PG Department of General Surgery, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar
*Corresponding Author Mahesh Rath, Email: dr.maheshrath@gmail.com, Mobile No.: +91-9938099079
Online published on 20 June, 2023.
Organophosphorus Compound Poisoning is one of the most common toxicological emergencies encountered particularly in rural agricultural patients presenting to the emergency department of Hitech Medical College and Hospital in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Atotal 372 cases of organophosphorus compound poisoning were analyzed during the three-year period from January 2017 to December 2020. The basic demographic data such as age, sex, socioeconomic status, occupation along with specific data such as motive of poisoning, types of compound consumed with its quantity, distance from referral place and the final prognosis. The commonest patients were Young Male agricultural workers. Suicidal intent mainly due to financial crisis was seen to be the commonest among both males and females with Dichlorovos being the most used poison. Of all the cases there were three cases of respiratory failure resulting in multi organ failure.
Organophosphorous poisoning, Dichlorovos, Suicidal intent, Bhubaneswar, Respiratory failure, Multi organ failure
