Cases of acute pesticide poisoning in Colonia Puerto Pirapó, Itapúa, Paraguay, February, 2014

Cases of acute pesticide poisoning in Colonia Puerto Pirapó, Itapúa, Paraguay, February, 2014

In Paraguay, pesticides are the causative agent in 13.7% of poisonings, especially organophosphorus compounds. Such poisoning produces the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase generating three possible clinical conditions: acute poisoning, intermediate syndrome or late neurotoxicity. We present 15 ca...

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Main Authors: María Esther Pedrozo, Sandra Ocampos, Rosa Galeano, Andrea Ojeda, Agueda Cabello, Dalva De Assis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2017-06-01
Series:Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Subjects:
Pesticides
insecticides, organophosphate
water pollution
vomiting
case reports
Paraguay
Online Access:https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3264

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