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To evaluate glycemic status at the time of admission as a prognostic indicator and to assess it correlates with pseudocholinesterase levels and severity of organophosphorus compound poisoning: A prospective study

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1Harshith Suresh, 2Radha A, 3Nagesh HN

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Background: Acute Organophosphorus poisoning (OP) is prevalent in the world and its numbers are constantly on the rise. It is more common in developing countries. Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that nearly 2 lakh die from pesticide poisoning in the world. So, it has high inpatient mortality. All OP poisoning patients cannot be managed in ICU. So, it is important to know prognostic indicators at initial assessment. Few studies showed Serum Pseudo-cholinesterase levels and hyperglycemia were used in the initial assessment to know prognosis and severity in acute organophosphorus poisoning. The present study aims to evaluate the glycemic status at the time of admission and its correlation with pseudo-cholinesterase levels and severity in acute OP compound poisoning

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