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Acute Pancreatitis after Carbamate Poisoning
Joseph Park, Yong Won Kim, Se Hyun Oh, Yong Sung Cha, Kyoung Chul Cha, Oh Hyun Kim, Kang Hyun Lee, Sung Oh Hwang, Hyun Kim
Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology 2014;12(2):77-84
DOI: https://doi.org/
Published online: December 31, 2014
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1Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
2Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
3Department of Emergency Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, College of Medicine, Ulsan University
4Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
5Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
6Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
7Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
8Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
9Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University

Purpose: Carbamate insecticides are potent cholinesterase inhibitors capable of causing severe cholinergic toxicity. Use of carbamate rather than organophosphate insecticides has been increasing. Compared with organophosphate poisoning, relatively few studies have investigated carbamate-associated acute pancreatitis. We investigated general characteristics and pancreatitis of carbamate poisoning and the predictors, among those readily assessed in the emergency department. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of consecutive patients, aged over 18 years, who were admitted between January 2008 and April 2012 to an emergency department (ED) of an academic tertiary care center for treatment of carbamate poisoning. Patients who exhibited poisoning by any other material, except alcohol, were excluded. After application of exclusion criteria, patients were divided according to carbamate-induced pancreatitis and non-pancreatitis groups. Results: A total of 41 patients were included in this study. Among these 41 patients, the prevalence of acute pancreatitis was 36.6% (15 patients). Initial blood chemistry tests showed a statistically higher glucose level in the pancreatitis group, compared with the non-pancreatitis group (222, IQR 189-284 vs. 137, IQR 122-175 mg/dL, P<0.05). Regarding clinical courses and outcomes, a significantly higher proportion of patients developed pneumonia [10 (66.7%) vs. 6 (23.1%), P<0.05] and had a longer hospital stay (7 days, IQR 6-12 vs. 5 days, IQR 2-11, P<0.05), but no difference in mortality, in the pancreatitis group vs. the non-pancreatitis group. In multivariate analysis, the initial glucose was showing significant association with the presentation of carbamate-induced acute pancreatitis (odds ratio 1.018, 95% confidence interval 1.001-1.035, P<0.05). Conclusion: Carbamate-induced acute pancreatitis is common, but not fatal. Initial serum glucose level is associated with acute pancreatitis.


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