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SUBMITTER: Farooqui WA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552362 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farooqui Waqas Ahmed WA Uddin Mudassir M Qadeer Rashid R Shafique Kashif K
BMC public health 20201012 1
<h4>Background</h4>Acute organophosphorus (OP) poisoning is one of the major causes of mortality among patients presenting to emergency departments in developing countries. Although various predictors of mortality among OP poisoning patients have been identified, the role of repeated measurements of vital signs in determining the risk of mortality is not yet clear. Therefore, the present study examined the relationship between trajectories of vital signs and mortality among OP poisoning patients ...[more]