conclusions acute poisoning in children is a serious preventable cause of hospital admissions. it is one of the differential diagnoses in patients with sudden onset of neurological, alimentary, respiratory symptoms and signs, who are visited at the emergency department. parental awareness and education about keeping potential poisoning agents safely is essential to reduce apc in children. backg...

background : suicidal behaviour is any deliberate action that has potentially life-threatening consequences, such as taking a drug overdose, deliberately consuming poison, hanging, drowning, burn etc. the aim of this study was to illustrate the epidemiological profile of complete suicidal poisoning cases autopsied at department of forensic medicine and toxicology, rajendra institute of medical ...

objective: to determine the epidemiology of acute childhood poisoning in shiraz, southern iran. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional descriptive study, being performed in nemazee and dastgheib hospitals affiliated with shiraz university of medical sciences. the study included pediatric patients (<18 years) referred to our centers due to acute poisoning. demographic and etiological fa...

background: this toxicological investigation involves a report on the death of four ‎occupants of a sport utility vehicle on one of the major busy federal roads of nigeria ‎where they were held for up to three hours in a traffic jam while the car was steaming.‎ methods: autopsy was executed using the standard procedure and toxicological ‎analysis was done using simple spectrophotometric method ...

background: closantel is a veterinary drug used as anthelmintic for ruminants while it is contraindicated for humans. this report describes a rare case of blindness, increased liver enzymes and coagulopathy following closantel poisoning. case report: a 5-year-old girl was presented with acute blindness following closantel poisoning. she was given mistakenly a dose of 500 mg/day (25mg/kg/day) fo...

background and aims: acute drug poisoning is a major public health problem in the world.the aim of this study was to investigate the trends and characteristics of acute drug poisoning and to compare that with other poisonings in gorgan, iran. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was done from march 2008 to march 2015. data were obtained from medical records. stata software and pearso...

Objective: Acute poisoning is a common cause of hospital admission in Bangladesh. But, risk factors and characteristics of victims of different modes of poisoning have not been evaluated for possible intervention strategies. So, in this study we aimed to describe the pattern of acute poisoning in central Bangladesh as well as identifying risk factors for various mode of poisoning.Methods:...

background: acute poisoning is a major public health problem in bangladesh. it is a common method for suicide. a clear picture regarding clinical presentation, most commonly used toxic agents, background factors and outcome of poisoned patients is necessary in every region. the aim of this study was to investigate frequency and outcome of acute pharmaceutical and chemical poisoning cases in nor...

background: organophosphorus (op) poisoning is a major public health problem in developing world. op pesticides inhibit carboxylic esterase enzymes including plasma cholinesterase (pche). clinical manifestations following op poisoning can be associated with the extent of decrease of pche. this study was designed to investigate the relevance of pche level to clinical manifestations in op poisoni...