Organophosphate intoxication as a consequence of mouth-to-mouth breathing from an affected case

Koksal N., Buyukbese M. A., Guven A., Cetinkaya A., HASANOĞLU H. C.

Chest, vol.122, no.2, pp.740-741, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 122 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1378/chest.122.2.740
  • Journal Name: Chest
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.740-741
  • Keywords: Mouth-to-mouth breathing, Organophosphate, Poisoning, Secondary contamination
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We report three cases of organophosphate (OP) poisoning. One patient was a 19-year-old woman who drank OP compounds in an attempt at suicide. The other two patients became intoxicated on the way to the hospital during mouth-to-mouth breathing. The first patient died in the emergency department, and the other two were taken to the ICU. There, they were treated with atropine and pralidoxime. Three days later, all symptoms and signs had disappeared, and they were discharged from the hospital satisfactorily.