Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Maryam Ansari

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• Research Article
  Apache II Scoring as an Index of Severity in Organophosphorus Poisoning
  Author(s): Qaiser Jamal, Attiya Sabeen Rahman, Muhammad A Siddiqui, Mehwish Riaz, Maryam Ansari and SaleemullahQaiser Jamal, Attiya Sabeen Rahman, Muhammad A Siddiqui, Mehwish Riaz, Maryam Ansari and Saleemullah
  
  Objectives: The purpose of the study was to determine the mortality rate in organophosphate poisoning patients and relationship between the clinical severity of OPP with APACHE II score and serum cholinesterase levels. Methodology: This is a cross sectional study conducted in medical intensive care unit. Baseline variables and clinical characteristics were summarized with frequencies (percentages) for categorical variables and mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated with a 95% CI to assess the relationship between individual APACHE II scores and mortality rates. Results: The patient’s average age was 25.16 ± 9.95 years. 56.6% were female and 78.8% patients were suicidal. Patient who had stayed in the hospital >15 days had 33.3.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0495.1000354

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