(Evaluation of Copeptin Level and Peradeniya Score as Predictors of Severity and Outcome in Acute Organophosphorus Pesticides Poisoned Patients Admitted to the Poison Control Center Ain Shams University Hospitals (A Prospective Study

Abstract

The mean age of the patients in the study was 30.2 ± 11 years, ranged from (18 – 65) years. Females and males were equally presented and patients from urban areas were more than rural areas. Ingestion was the most common route of exposure, while suicidal attempt was the most common manner of poisoning. Home was the most common place of exposure to OP compounds. The mean ± SD of the delay time was 3.6 ± 2.33 hours. The majority of the patients were presented conscious and rational (60%). Most of the patients (76%) had normal pulse value, while 15% presented with bradycardia and 7% had tachycardia. Normal blood pressure was recorded in 83% of the patients, followed by hypotension that was recorded in 11% of the patients, then 5% of patients were presented with hypertension. Tachypnea was the most common recorded respiratory rate (73%). There was a significant correlation between pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and the severity status, as bradycardia, hypotension and tachypnea were predominantly recorded in the severe group