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Ghada N El-Sarnagawy1, Amira A Abdelnoor1, Mona M Ghonem1
1Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Background:
Until now, no definite standardized method has been used to promptly assess the severity and outcome of acute aluminum phosphide (ALP) poisoning. The current study aimed to evaluate the performance of the new Poisoning Mortality Score (PMS) and PGI score for predicting mortality in acute ALP-poisoned patients, highlighting the accuracy of new PMS components.
Patients And Methods:
A 2-year cross-sectional study was conducted on ALP-poisoned patients admitted to Tanta University Poison Control Centre from April 2021 to March 2023. Socio-demographics, poisoning data, and initial vital signs were recorded. Additionally, new PMS and PGI scores were calculated on admission. Patients were categorized according to the mortality outcome into survivors and nonsurvivors.
Results:
Out of 160 included ALP poisoned patients, mortality was recorded in 112 (70%) patients. The nonsurvivors had significantly higher median PGI and new PMS values than survivors. New PMS, vital signs component of new PMS, and PGI conveyed good discriminatory power for predicting mortality (AUC = 0.883, 0.873, and 0.817, respectively). Although the new PMS outperformed PGI in all predictive metrics, no significant difference in AUCs was observed between the new PMS and its vital signs component.
Conclusion:
The new PMS vital signs component is closely aligned with the new PMS. Thus, it can be used as a valid, comprehensive, and practical tool to substitute the whole score calculation for rapid ALP-poisoned patient assessment to enhance emergency clinical decision-making.
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