Table 4. Detoxification protocol and outcome for patients with organophosphate poisoning (N = 118).
Variable | Normal QTc (N = 75) | Prolonged QTc (N = 43) | P |
Gastric lavage, n (%) | 58 (77.3) | 37 (86.0) | 0.250 |
Active charcoal and magnesium citrate, n (%) | 55 (73.3) | 33 (76.7) | 0.682 |
Atropine, n (%) | 74 (98.7) | 42 (97.7) | 0.688 |
Pralidoxime, n (%) | 73 (97.3) | 42 (97.7) | 0.910 |
Mortality, n (%) | 3 (4.0) | 15 (34.9) | 0.000 |
Causes of mortality, n (%) | 0.383 | ||
Cardiac arrhythmia | 1 (33.3) | 9 (60.0) | |
Respiratory failure | 1 (33.3) | 5 (33.3) | |
Sepsis | 1 (33.3) | 1 (6.7) |