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Disponibilidad de antídotos en caso de accidentes o atentados con armas químicas

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 118; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0025-7753(02)72485-8

1578-8989

Santiago Nogué, M. Nigorra, Antonio Dueñas‐Laita, Sonsoles García Rodicio,

Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity

In this report, we aimed to determine the availability of six antidotes for victims of accidents or attacks with chemical weapons.Telephone interviews with 6 Catalan hospitals and 8 hospitals from the community of Castilla y León. We evaluated the availability of antidotes in the hypothetical event of a massive intoxication with 600 affected people.Only 3 out of the 14 hospitals had all 6 antidotes. Only atropine and, in Catalan hospitals, sodium thiosulfate were available in enough quantities to treat all victims. With regard to the remaining antidotes, the percentage of treated patients would have been fewer than 50%. The less available antidote was hydroxocobalamine.We have found both qualitative and quantitative deficiencies of antidotes for the treatment of people intoxicated by chemical weapons.