Medical Treatment of Poisoning with Organophosphates and Carbamates

Biotransformation of Warfare Nerve Agents

“…Finally, seizures, convulsions, twitching, coma, and respiratory failure may occur. Death usually occurs because of respiratory failure resulting from a combination of central and peripheral effects, paralysis of the respiratory muscles, and depression of the brain respiratory center (World Health Organization, 1986;Marrs and Vale, 2006;Karchmar, 2007;Jokanović, 2010;Jokanović et al, 2011).…”