@article{ref1,
title="An electrophysiological study of the intermediate syndrome of organophosphate poisoning",
journal="Journal of clinical neuroscience",
year="2010",
author="Lorenzoni, Paulo Jose and Gasparetto, Juliano and Kay, Claudia Suemi Kamoi and Scola, Rosana Herminia and Werneck, Lineu Cesar",
volume="17",
number="9",
pages="1217-1219",
abstract="Acute organophosphate (OP) poisoning is commonly seen in emergency medicine. Neurologists must be alert to detect neuromuscular transmission failure and other neurological complications that follow OP poisoning. We report a 37-year-old male with acute OP poisoning to emphasize the electrophysiological abnormalities during the intermediate syndrome (IMS). Motor nerve conduction studies revealed that a single nerve stimulation evoked a repetitive compound muscle action potential, whereas repetitive nerve stimulation resulted in a combination of a decrement-increment pattern and a repetitive fade response. Thus, electrophysiological studies can be used to monitor patients with IMS, and these test results correlate well with clinical findings in acute OP poisoning.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0967-5868",
doi="10.1016/j.jocn.2009.11.016",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2009.11.016"
}