Beards S C, Kraus P, Lipman J
Intensive Care Unit, Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa.
Anaesthesia. 1994 Sep;49(9):791-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb04454.x.
A 32-year-old man presented with symptoms of severe organophosphate poisoning and required an atropine infusion for 5 weeks. We believe the development of a paralytic ileus occurred as a rare feature of atropine toxicity when other signs were masked by the underlying condition. The onset of a paralytic ileus coincided with a spontaneous increase in red cell cholinesterase levels and may be an early sign of recovery from organophosphate poisoning.
