Life-threatening organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy in a child after accidental chlorpyrifos ingestion

Life-threatening organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy with transient bilateral vocal cord paralysis occurred in a 3-year-old child. Recovery was slow after prolonged ventilatory support. Patients who recover from serious organophosphate intoxications should be closely monitored for the dev...

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Published inThe Journal of pediatrics Vol. 122; no. 4; pp. 658 - 660
Main Authors Aiuto, Leslie A., Pavlakis, Steven G., Boxer, Robert A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.04.1993
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Chlorpyrifos - poisoning
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous System Diseases - chemically induced
Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology
Poisoning - therapy
Time Factors
Toxicology
Vocal Cord Paralysis - chemically induced
Case study
Human
Nervous system diseases
Poisoning
Organophosphorus compounds
Peripheral nerve disease
Paralysis
Vocal cord
Polyneuropathy
Child
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Summary:Life-threatening organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy with transient bilateral vocal cord paralysis occurred in a 3-year-old child. Recovery was slow after prolonged ventilatory support. Patients who recover from serious organophosphate intoxications should be closely monitored for the development of organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy.
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(05)83560-7