AbstractBackground: Organophosphorus poisoning is a significant health burden worldwide, developing countries and especially so in India. Management of organophosphorus poisoning needs multidisciplinary approach includes emergency medical care and support services for victims and care givers or family. The present study was planned to carry out with objective of assessing clinical profile and outcome of patients with organophosphorus poisoning.
Material and Methods: A descriptive study with cross sectional survey approach was conducted among 30 patients with organophosphorus poisoning admitted at Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni (Bk). The patients who are 18 years or older were selected with purposive sampling method. A pre tested structured proforma was used to collect the data by observation method. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed using appropriate statistical methods wherever required.
Results: The results revealed that majority of organophosphorus poisoning patients were males and source of poisoning was agriculture work related. A significant number of patients had wide range of health problems like respiratory distress, nausea, vomiting, increased salivation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, excessive sweating, altered level of consciousness, altered emotional status, altered in motor system and changes in reflexes
etc wherein they were managed with comprehensive health care, and shown good recovery.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the organophosphorus poisoning was common among young adults with male predominance, and patients had variety of physical and psychological health problems, and managed to have good recovery.
Keywords: Clinical Profile; Outcome; Patients with Organophosphorus Poison.