Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Organophosphate Poisoning in Children at a Tertiary Care Centre: Case Series

Abstract

Organophosphate poisoning is common poisoning seen in developing countries. Accidental poisoning is rare inchildren but adolescents consume it with suicidal intention. Complications following op compound poisonings arewell known but children developing acute pancreatitis is a rare complication.[1-2] Hence we present a case series ofchildren developing acute pancreatitis in op compound poisoning. All five cases were treated conservatively andsuccessfully discharged.