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ArticleToxicology international2011

Serum creatine phosphokinase: a probable marker of severity in organophosphorus poisoning.

Kuntal Bhattacharyya, Sibaji Phaujdar, Rathindranath Sarkar, Omar S Mullick

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Article in Toxicology international, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Serum creatine phosphokinase as predictor of intermediate syndrome in organophosphorus poisoning.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2015
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  14. Predicting the intermediate syndrome in organophosphorus poisoning.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2015
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  16. To identify morbidity and mortality predictors in acute organophosphate poisoning.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2014
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kuntal BhattacharyyaDepartment of Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata 88, College Street, Kolkata - 700 073, India.
Sibaji Phaujdar
Rathindranath Sarkar
Omar S Mullick
KPC Medical College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organophosphorus (OP), the commonest agent for poisoning in India due to its easy availability, acts by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase at muscarinic and nicotinic receptors. Erythrocyte cholinesterase (EchE) and plasma cholinesterase (PchE) are reduced in OP poisoning, but their estimation is costly and not regularly performed. There are emerging options for new cheaper biochemical markers in relation to OP poisoning. Serum level of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) is often found to be elevated in OP poisoning. This study was conducted to see if CPK may be used as an alternative of cholinesterase levels in blood to assess the severity of OP poisoning. This was a prospective and observational study. Sixty-three patients of OP poisoning without any prior treatment, presenting within 6 hours, were selected and their clinical severity was categorized according to Peradeniya organophosphorus poisoning (POP) scale. Level of serum CPK, blood EchE and pH were measured following admission, and total dose of atropine (mg) until the final clinical outcome (complete recovery or death) was calculated. Student's t-test and Pearson's correlation coefficient was used for the assessment of statistical significance. According to POP scale, clinical severity was mild (score 0-3) in 17 (27%), moderate (score 4-7) in 32 (50.8%) and severe (score 8-11) in 14 (22.2%) patients. Serum CPK, EchE level, blood pH and total atropine dose strongly correlated with clinical severity. Our study recommends serum CPK as an alternative marker.

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Acetylcholinesterase levelcreatine phosphokinaseorganophosphorus poisoningPeradeniya organophosphorus poisoning scale

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