Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of all patients who died and patients who died with a primary cardiac arrest.
| All causes of death | Primary cardiac arrest | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 214 | 55 |
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Age, y, median (IQR) | 42 (31–52) | 42 (30–54) |
| Males (%) | 183 (85.5) | 47 (85.5) |
| Time from ingestion to admission, h, median (IQR) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) |
| Admission characteristics | ||
| Symptomatic (%) | 190 (88.8) | 49 (89.1) |
| GSC score, median (IQR) | 6 (3–13) | 3 (3–12) |
| Treatment | ||
| Previous atropine (%) | 131 (61.2) | 36 (65.5) |
| Oxime treatment (%) | 155 (75.6) | 43 (78.2) |
| Intubated (%) | 183 (85.5) | 50 (90.9) |
| Poisoning | ||
| Chlorpyrifos (%) | 47 (22.0) | 13 (23.6) |
| Dimethoate (%) | 81 (37.9) | 22 (40.0) |
| Fenthion (%) | 16 (7.5) | 5 (9.1) |
| Other OP insecticide* (%) | 28 (13.1) | 5 (9.1) |
| Carbamate insecticide† (%) | 15 (7.0) | 3 (5.5) |
| Unknown anticholinesterase insecticide (%) | 27 (12.6) | 7 (12.7) |
IQR, interquartile range. Data are number (%) or otherwise indicated. Data were collected on admission to hospital; recruitment occurred soon after.
*
Other OP insecticides included: diazinon, malathion, oxydemeton-methyl, phenthoate, profenofos, prothiofos, and quinalphos.
†
Carbamates included: carbosulfan and fenobucarb.