Hair dye poisoning, super vasmol 33, a commonly used liquid hair dye, cheap, freely available in the market and easily consumable. So it is a major cause of suicidal poisoning in India. The major life threatening compound in this hair dye is para-phenylenediamine (PPD). Oral consumption of Super vasmol 33, a four month prospective study was conducted and 264 cases registered in the causality fr...

The diagnosis and management of acute poisoning episodes in adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa are complicated by their underlying psychopathologic conditions. We investigated 23 consecutive cases of poisoning in 21 patients with anorexia nervosa reported to the Massachusetts Poison Center, Boston, during a 13-month period. All were intentional self-poisonings. Agents involved m...

RATIONALE Abrin is a highly toxic protein obtained from the seeds of Abrus precatorius, but poisoning due to ingestion of A precatorius is extremely rare in China. PATIENT CONCERNS A 16-year-old girl, perfectly healthy before, was admitted to the department of gastroenterology owing to intentional ingestion of 10 crushed A precatorius seeds, with multiple episodes of somnolent and anxious men...

Background: This study sought to characterise acute poisoning cases seen in three health districts of Botswana. Method: A retrospective review of patients’ records was conducted and included patients treated from January 2004 to December 2005. Data on the demographic status of the patients, information about the poisonous agent(s) involved, and the circumstances and outcomes of the poisoning in...

BACKGROUND In countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, systematic variation in the classification of intent in pharmaceutical poisoning deaths have been identified between jurisdictions. This study aimed to explore whether the coronial determination of intent (unintentional, intentional, undetermined) for pharmaceutical-related poisoning deaths may have affected death rates over...

In Mexico, more than 70 % of acute pediatric poisoning is caused by medicines. The age groups at greatest risk of drug poisoning are those between 2 to 5 years and 14 to 18 years; although in this last group, drug ingestion is usually intentional. The purpose of our study was to determine the frequency of unintentional drug poisoning in the pediatric population attended in a tertiary care hospi...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the pattern and severity of poisoning cases in Emergency Department of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal (KMCTH). DESIGN Retrospective observational study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hospital records of all admissions to the Emergency Department of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital (KMCTH) following acute poiso...

background: in iran, methadone has been used for methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) as well as analgesic treatment in pain clinics. recently, there are some reports regarding accidental and intentional methadone poisonings and deaths. the aim of this study was to evaluate the trend of methadone poisonings and deaths during a 10-year period in tehran, iran. methods: this was a retrospective c...

Purpose: Acute pesticide poisoning is lethal and can lead to death. A few studies about the effects of acute have focused on immune system. In current study, we preliminarily investigated changes in blood inflammatory cytokine levels patients. Methods: this prospectively cytokines patients with poisoning. This study included admitted from February 2021 November a diagnosis intentional by ingest...