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A Scale to Assess Severity in Organophosphorus Intoxication: POP Scale

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

H.J. de Silva

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Lakshman Karalliedde

Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, London SE18, UK

We have developed a clinical scale to assess severity of organophosphorus (OP) intoxication. Five common clinical manifestations of OP poisoning have been selected as parameters, each to be assessed on a 3 point scale varying from 0-2. Poisoning can then be graded as mild (score 0-3), moderate (score 4-7) or severe (score 8-11) when the patient first presents. The scale was validated using two consecutive series of 173 patients with OP poisoning. Correlations between the scores obtained on admission and three outcome variables, namely, death, the need for ventilatory support and the dose of atropine required in the first 24 hours after admission were significant. We believe that this scale would assist in grading severity of OP intoxication at first contact and help in predicting possible outcome.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 12, No. 4, 297-299 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/096032719301200407


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