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Early management after self-poisoning with an organophosphorus or carbamate pesticide – a treatment protocol for junior doctors

Michael Eddleston1,2*, Andrew Dawson3,4, Lakshman Karalliedde5, Wasantha Dissanayake6, Ariyasena Hittarage6, Shifa Azher7 and Nick A Buckley8

Author Affiliations

1 South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK

2 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

3 Department of Pharmacology, University of Newcastle, Australia

4 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

5 Medical Toxicology Unit, Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, London, UK

6 Anuradhapura General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka

7 Polonnaruwa General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka

8 Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Canberra Clinical School, ACT, Australia

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Critical Care 2004, 8:R391-R397 doi:10.1186/cc2953

Published: 22 September 2004

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