creators_name: Raina, Sujeet creators_name: DM, Mahesh creators_name: Sood, Vivek creators_name: Kaushal, Satinder Singh creators_name: Gupta, Dalip creators_id: sujeetrashmishera@yahoo.co.in editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2008-09-19 13:59:02 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:11 metadata_visibility: show title: Self injection of Dichlorvos, an Organophosphorus Compound ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Dichlorvos, Organophosphorus poisoning, Self injection abstract: We report two patients who injected themselves a strong organophosphate compound, dichlorvas, and showed the typical clinical picture of organophosphate intoxication. There are very few case reports of parenteral organophosphorous poisoning. With the appropriate therapy, their symptoms disappeared in a few days. The cases are reported because of unusual and interesting way of intoxication. date: 2008-07-21 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 7 number: 2 publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Jeyaratnam J. Acute pesticide poisoning: a major global health problem. Wld Hlth Statist Quart 1990;43:139-44. 2. Eddleston M, Szinicz L, Eyer P, etal. Oximes in acute organophosphorus poisoning: a systematic review of clinical trials. Q J Med 2002;95:275-83 3. Bawaskar HS, Joshi SR. Organophosphorus poisoning in agricultural India-status in 2005. J Assoc Physcians India 2005;53:422-24 4. Guven M, Unluhizarci K, Goktas Z, etal. Intravenous organophosphate injection: An unusual way of intoxication. Hum Exp Toxicol 1997;16:279-80. 5. Zoppellari R, Borron SW, Chieregato A, etal. Isofenphos poisoning: prolonged intoxication after intramuscular injection. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1997;35:401-04. 6. Badhe A, Sudhakar S. An intravenous organophosphate poisoning with intermediate syndrome: an unusual way of intoxication. Indian J Critical Care Medicine 2006;10:191-92. citation: Raina, Sujeet and DM, Mahesh and Sood, Vivek and Kaushal, Satinder Singh and Gupta, Dalip (2008) Self injection of Dichlorvos, an Organophosphorus Compound. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6205/1/2008-2-9.pdf