• Clin Toxicol (Phila) · Nov 2008

    Epidemiology of organophosphate pesticide poisoning in Taiwan.

    • Tzeng Jih Lin, Frank Gardner Walter, Dong Zong Hung, Jin Lian Tsai, Sheng Chuan Hu, Jung San Chang, Jou-Fang Deng, Jung San Chase, Kurt Denninghoff, and Hon Man Chan.
    • Department of Emergency, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
    • Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2008 Nov 1;46(9):794-801.

    IntroductionThe nationwide epidemiology of organophosphate pesticide (OP) poisoning has never been reported in detail for Taiwan.MethodsThis study retrospectively reviewed all human OP exposures reported to Taiwan's Poison Control Centers (PCCs) from July 1985 through December 2006.ResultsThere were 4799 OP exposures. Most OP exposures were acute (98.37%) ingestions (74.50%) of a single OP (80.37%) to attempt suicide (64.72%) in adults (93.25%). Males were the most common gender (64.95%). Most patients (61.97%) received atropine and/or pralidoxime. The mortality rate for all 4799 OP exposures was 12.71%. Exposures to single OPs without co-intoxicants caused 524 deaths; of these, 63.36% were due to dimethyl OPs.ConclusionDimethyl OPs cause the majority of deaths in Taiwan.

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