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This study aimed to describe the clinical profile of GlySH poisoning and to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality in a tertiary-care setting in South India.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective observational study of consecutive adult patients with documented oral GlySH ingestion presenting to a tertiary-care emergency department between January 2009 and July 2019. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory variables were extracted from electronic medical records. In-hospital mortality was the primary outcome. Associations between clinical variables and mortality were assessed using Firth\u2019s penalised likelihood logistic regression and Fisher\u2019s exact test, with odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) reported. For predictors with complete separation, odds ratios were not estimable, and Fisher\u2019s exact p-values are reported. Multivariable analysis was not performed due to the small number of outcome events.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 51 patients were included, of whom four (7.8%) died. Most patients were young adults (45.1% aged 25\u201344 years), male (76.5%), and had suicidal intent (64.7%). Shock (OR 14.67, 95% CI 1.50\u2013143.74), altered sensorium (OR 14.63, 95% CI 1.34\u2013159.23), elevated serum creatinine &gt; 1.4\u00a0mg\/dL (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.0009), and dialysis requirement (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001) were associated with in-hospital mortality on univariate analysis. Elevated liver transaminases and respiratory distress were not significantly associated with mortality.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this 10-year cohort, mortality following GlySH poisoning was closely associated with shock, altered sensorium, and early renal dysfunction, reflecting advanced systemic toxicity. These readily identifiable features may assist in risk stratification and triage of high-risk patients in the emergency setting. Given the small number of outcome events, these findings should be interpreted as hypothesis-generating, and larger multicentric prospective studies are required to validate these predictors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12873-026-01696-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]],"date-time":"2026-07-22T10:44:38Z","timestamp":1784717078000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A decade of glyphosate\u2013surfactant poisoning in India: clinical patterns and predictors of mortality"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8507-5698","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sanjan Asanaru","family":"Kunju","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-3507-3986","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahlam Abdul","family":"Rahman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4540-5098","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sachin Nayak","family":"Sujir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9949-1158","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vivek","family":"Gopinathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0374-5839","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bhanvi Prakash","family":"Ramchandani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-4829-7134","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sumedha","family":"Sircar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"1696_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"892","DOI":"10.3109\/15563650.2011.626422","volume":"49","author":"SJ Seok","year":"2011","unstructured":"Seok SJ, Park JS, Hong JR, Gil HW, Yang JO, Lee EY, et al. 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