The expansion of the pharmaceutical market in the 20th century led to important changes in the consumption of medications worldwide. The objective of the current study was to analyze acute intentional and accidental poisoning with medications according to factors related to the individual, the poisoning, and the drug involved. This was a cross-sectional study that collected secondary data on al...

Brake fluid is a mixture of different Glycol derivatives which are poisoning and their ingestion triggers significant CNS symptoms, severe metabolic acidosis, cardiac, pulmonary, and renal failure. Here in this study, a case is reported who had been ingested 150mL of brake fluid for suicidal attempt.

Background:Cardiovascular effects of acute organophosphate (OP) poisoning are common. This study was aimed to assess the cardiovascular effects of OP poisoned patients in Nepal. Methods:This was a prospective hospital-based cross-sectional study of 115 acute OP poisoned patients presenting in emergency department of a tertiary care teaching hospital of central Nepal during November 2008 to Octo...

Dear Editor, Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of death by suicide.1 Acute CO intoxication may induce hypoxic encephalopathy with variable presentations, ranging from confusion to deep coma but most recover completely from the acute episode following CO poisoning. However, up to 30% of survivors develop neuropsychiatric and cognitive manifestations 1 week to 6 months after CO ex...

Dear Editor, Organophosphate insecticides have a triphasic effect on the central nervous system, namely acute cholinergic crisis, intermediate syndrome and delayed polyneuropathy. Although acute organophosphate poisoning is relatively common, case reports describing parkinsonism as a neurological complication following an acute intoxication are limited.1 We report a case of parkinsonism noted o...

OBJECTIVES We have herein reported our experience with the pattern of presentation of cases of acute organophosphorus (OP) poisoning cases in a tertiary care hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study evaluated the hospital records of patients with acute OP poisoning. In a pre-structured proforma, data regarding age, sex, time elapsed after intake, circumstances of poisoning, du...

CONTEXT We report a case of massive poisoning with meprobamate leading to acute pancreatitis. CASE REPORT A 43-year-old patient with a history of schizophrenia and multiple suicide attempts was admitted to the intensive care unit for severe poisoning with meprobamate (voluntary ingestion of 60 g). On admission, the patient was deeply comatose with low blood pressure and hypothermia. Laborator...

The purpose of this review is to examine the literature regarding occult and chronic exposure to low levels of carbon monoxide (CO)— that is, levels insufficient to cause emergency department attendance or admission to hospital with a clinical diagnosis of acute CO poisoning, although this in fact is the cause of the symptoms. More is known about acute CO poisoning, but knowledge and awareness ...

Background. Psychiatric consultation is necessary for all patients with intentional poisoning and its reliability depends on the proper function of patients' memory performance. This study aimed to determine the possible memory impairment following acute TCAs' poisoning. Materials and Methods. In this cross-sectional study, patients with acute TCAs poisoning were allocated to two groups of seve...