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Comparison of Severity in Organophosphate Insecticide Poisoning Patients Treated with Tracheostomy
Dae-Hyuk Choo, Yong-Jin Park, Sun-Pyo Kim, Seog-Jung Kim, Soo-Hyung Cho, Nam-Soo Cho
Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology 2011;9(2):61-70
DOI: https://doi.org/
Published online: December 31, 2011
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1Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University
2Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University
3Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University
4Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University
5Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University
6Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University

Purpose: This study investigated the effect on survival rate for organophosphate intoxication patients who received trachostomy. This research was conducted to help identify appropriate treatment of patients who received a trachostomy. Methods: This research was retrospectively conducted using the medical records of 141 patients who arrived at the Chosun University Hospital emergency medical center between Jan 2007 and Dec 2010, suffering from organophosphate intoxication. They were placed in two groups including one which received trachostomy as part of their treatment and one that did not. The effect of each variable on mortality was evaluated by regressionanalysis. Results: Of 141 patients with organophosphate intoxication, 105 of them did not tracheostomy and 16 were dead cohorts (15.2%). Their size of pupil was 1mm. Factors such as amount of organophosphate ingested, PAM time after ingestion, average body temperature, arrival time, atropinization time after ingestion, AST/ALT, Bun/Cr all appeared to be significant factors in death cohorts (P<0.05). 36 patients among the total had tracheostomy and 11 ones of them were in dead cohort (30.6%) and their average age was 58 years. The facts affect the state of patients in dead cohort include the amount of intoxication which between $327.27{pm}194.1ml$, performing intubation 686 mins after intubation, reaching to the hospital after 580mins, injecting PAM 744 mins after intoxication, injecting atropine 627 mins after intoxication. The largest cases of patient's state was found to be stupor with 14 patients (38.9%) the level of Cholinesterase in blood appeared to be significant in dead cohort as $391.00{pm}353.9IU/L$ (P<0.05). Conclusion: Further planned studies are necessary on the use of tracheostomy for treatment of poisoning victims, especially those intoxicated by organophosphorus insecticides.


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