COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CURRENT DOSING PRACTICE OF ATROPINE IN ORGANOPHOSPHORUS POISONING AT BLDE UNIVERSITY SHRI B M PATIL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL WITH PROTOCOL OF ADMINISTRATION PRACTICED AT SOUTH ASIAN CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATION

Abstract

The management of Organophosporus compound poisoning includes continuous monitoring and timely intervention, ideally in an intensive care unit and is labour intensive. In our setting where cost is a major factor and a large number of patients who are unable to afford care in an intensive care unit are treated even while they require mechanical ventilation in the general wards/emergency room, a treatment regimen which is simple, easy to follow and includes fixed guidelines may be more easier, efficient and improve care in situations where ICU care is not possible immediately