August 31, 2024Journal of Karnali Academy of Health SciencesOpen Access

Serum Potassium Level in Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning and its Correlation with Severity in Patients Presenting to Emergency Room in a Tertiary Hospital

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DBDinesh BasnetPurbanchal University YSYagya Laxmi ShakyaTribhuvan University Teaching Hospital SGSanjay GuptaGlasgow Royal Infirmary

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Cross-sectional study finds lower serum potassium levels correlate with clinical severity in acute organophosphorus poisoning patients, suggesting its utility as an accessible prognostic marker.

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Acute organophosphorus poisoning severity strongly correlates with decreased serum potassium levels, with hypokalemia occurring predominantly in moderate to severe emergency cases.
Hypokalemia was present in 36% of cases and conferred an odds ratio of 23.958 for moderate to severe organophosphorus poisoning on the Peradeniya scale.
Cross-sectional evaluation of 86 tertiary emergency patients supports using serum potassium as an accessible prognostic indicator to assess organophosphorus poisoning clinical severity.

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Basnet et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5a17bb6db64358753b987 https://doi.org/10.61814/jkahs.v7i2.943

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Cross-sectional study finds lower serum potassium levels correlate with clinical severity in acute organophosphorus poisoning patients, suggesting its utility as an accessible prognostic marker.

Serum Potassium Level in Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning and its Correlation with Severity in Patients Presenting to Emergency Room in a Tertiary Hospital

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Serum Potassium Level in Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning and its Correlation with Severity in Patients Presenting to Emergency Room in a Tertiary Hospital

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