Department of Emergency Medicine, Bardiya Hospital, Gulariya, Bardiya, Nepal.
Department of General Medicine, Kaushalya Memorial Hospital, Kohalpur, Banke, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 May 5;60(249):435-438. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7446.
Organophosphorus is an easily available compound, especially in agriculture and farming related areas. This study evaluated organophosphorus poisoning among the population in those high-risk areas. The main objective of this study is to find out the prevalence of organophosphorus poisoning among acute poisoning cases presenting to the Emergency Department of a secondary care centre.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 427 patients presenting to the Emergency Department in a secondary care centre from 17th July, 2018 to 14th January, 2022. Ethical clearance was taken from the Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 01/2075-76). All the patients presenting to the Emergency Department were included and the patients without consent, patients with trauma, accident, severe illness and other emergency conditions were excluded. A convenience sampling was done. Data were collected and entered in Microsoft Excel version 2007 and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science version 25.0. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and percentage for binary data.
Out of 427 patients, 203 (47.54%) (42.80-52.28 at 95% Confidence Interval) had organophosphorus poisoning. It was most commonly seen in the age group 16-30 years among 103 (50.74%).
The prevalence of organophosphorus poisoning in our study was similar when compared to other studies conducted in similar settings. Most of the organophosphorus poisoning cases were intentional and suicidal which is similar to other studies.
acetaminophen; emergency departments; organophosphorus poisoning; prevalence.
有机磷是一种容易获得的化合物，特别是在农业和与农业相关的地区。本研究评估了高危地区人群中的有机磷中毒情况。本研究的主要目的是了解在二级保健中心急诊科就诊的急性中毒病例中有机磷中毒的患病率。
对 2018 年 7 月 17 日至 2022 年 1 月 14 日期间在二级保健中心急诊科就诊的 427 名患者进行了描述性横断面研究。该研究已获得机构审查委员会的伦理批准（编号：01/2075-76）。所有到急诊科就诊的患者均被纳入研究，未获得同意的患者、有创伤、事故、重病和其他紧急情况的患者被排除在外。采用便利抽样法。使用 Microsoft Excel 2007 收集和输入数据，并使用 Statistical Package for the Social Science 版本 25.0 进行分析。计算了 95%置信区间的点估计值，以及二项数据的频率和百分比。
在 427 名患者中，有 203 名（47.54%）（95%置信区间为 42.80-52.28）患有有机磷中毒。在 103 名（50.74%）年龄在 16-30 岁的患者中最为常见。
与在类似环境中进行的其他研究相比，本研究中有机磷中毒的患病率相似。大多数有机磷中毒病例是故意的和自杀性的，这与其他研究相似。
对乙酰氨基酚；急诊室；有机磷中毒；患病率。
