Prediction of organophosphorus insecticide-induced intermediate syndrome with stimulated concentric needle single fibre electromyography.

Chanika AlahakoonTharaka L DassanayakeIndika Bandara GawarammanaE Michael SedgwickVajira S WeerasingheAhmed AbdallaMichael S RobertsNicholas A Buckley

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Prolonged jitter recorded with SfEMG <24 hours of ingestion of an OP strongly correlates with subsequent occurrence of IMS. The time course of electrophysiological recovery of the NMJ was similar to the time course of respiratory recovery in IMS patients.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
risk assessment
prognostic factors
drug induced
oxidative stress
endothelial cells
stress induced