الفهرس 
Review of literatureOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
Abstract
Organophosphorus compounds are most commonly used as
insecticides in Egypt. There are more than 40 different types known and used
today either individually or in mixed forms between more than one type.
This study aims to detect various types of organophosphorus
insecticides from poisoned patients admitted to Poison Control Center, Ain
Shams University (PCCASU). Sixty acutely intoxicated patients and ten
workers chronically exposed to OPI were admitted to (PCCASU), Ten
healthy adults served as control .The study found that 15 out of 60(26%)
acute patients were from age group (10-20) and 15 out of 60 (26%) were
from age group (30-40). 46% of the total number of patients (n=70) were
exposed due to suicidal attempts, 40% were accidentally exposed and 14%
were due to occupational hazard.
56% of the studied cases were from urban residents. 23% of total numbers
of suicidal cases were unemployed, where 50% of them are from low socioeconomic
status.
The study detected 7 different OPI (Malathion, Dimethoate, Chloropyrofois,
Phenthoate, Prothiphos, Profenfos, and Ethion). 45.7% of total detected
where combination of more than one type (mixed form). 54.3% were
intoxicated due to a single form of OPI of which the Malathion showed
highest prevalence with 17.2%, While Chloropyrofis showed highest
frequency (55.7%) of cases in both mixed and single forms of OPI.
Blood random glucose level significantly increased in deceased and
severe groups in comparison to control, while serum sodium level showed no
significant difference. Potassium level significantly decreased in severe and
moderate group. Amylase was significantly high in severe and deceased
group, while urea slightly elevated in sever group only. Creatinine level significantly high in severe group. Significant increase on both AST, ALT
was also noticed. The study also revealed that pseudocholinestrase level was
decreased significantly in deceased, severe and moderate group with no
significant difference among three previous groups.