Acute organophosphate pesticide poisoning in Sri Lanka: management, complications and pharmacogenetics
Completed
- Conditions
- Acute organophosphate self-poisoningInjury, Occupational Diseases, PoisoningOrganophosphate poisoning
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN55264358
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Oxford (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1500
Inclusion Criteria
All patients (aged 14 years of above, either sex) presenting with history and signs of acute organophosphate self-poisoning in selected Sri Lankan hospitals, requiring atropine.
Exclusion Criteria
We hope to recruit all patients admitted to the medical wards with a history of acute poisoning and symptoms and signs of organophosphate poisoning, except for those:
1. Under the age of 14 years
2. Known to be pregnant
3. Have previously received Pralidoxime
4. Patients under the age of 16 or unconscious, who are present without relatives
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method