Table 1.
Major treatments and outcomes according to pesticide ingested.
| Organophosphate N=653* |
Organochlorine N=212* |
Cypermethrin N=58 |
Carbamate N=6 |
Other pesticides N=106 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atropine | 635 (97%) | 84 (40%) | 22 (38%) | 6 (100%) | 19 (18%) |
| Pralidoxime iodide | 593 (91%) | 63 (30%) | 11 (19%) | 2 (33%) | 4 (4%) |
| Anticonvulsants | 59 (9%) | 91 (43%) | 13 (22%) | 0 | 13 (12%) |
| Intubation | 211 (32%) | 53 (25%) | 7 (12%) | 2 (33%) | 11 (10%) |
| Duration of stay (median hours (IQR)) |
96 (72-144) | 70 (48-96) | 72 (48-96) | 84 (38-96) | 48 (36-72) |
| Deaths | 171 (26%) | 43 (20%) | 4 (7%) | 0 | 12 (11%) |
*
1 patient ingested organophosphate and organochlorine and is included with the organophosphate group only.
IQR - InterQuartileRange