Toxicity, Organophosphates : eMedicine (Health/Medications)
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Description: Review of organophosphate toxicity includes treatment guidelines for pralidoxime... (2PAM), and atropine. Toxicity, Organophosphates Organophosphates and carbamates are the most frequently used insecticides worldwide. These compounds cause 80% of the reported toxic exposures to insecticides. Organophosphates produce a clinical syndrome that can be treated effectively if recognized early. The typically described clinical syndrome in adults often does not occur in young children. Organophosphates were first discovered more than 150 years ago however, their widespread use did began in Germany in the 1920s, when these compounds were first synthesized as insecticides
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