Background:World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 0.3 million people die every year due to various poisoning agents. Poisoning is the fourth common cause of mortality in India. Acute poisoning accounts for 2-3% of all admissions to hospital in India. In India, as agriculture is the main occupation, insecticides and other agrochemical fertilizers are used to a greater extent and the poisoning with such products are more common. Methods: This prospective observational study was carried out in the Department of Medicine at Government Medical College and associated hospital Haldwani .172 patients who had taken some type of poison, who were more than 12 years of age included. A detailed clinical history and physical examination was performed and recorded on the predesigned proforma. All data were analyzed, documented and interpreted as per the standard laid down protocol. Results: Majority of patients lies were of organophosphate (42.4%) followed by rat killer poison (15.7%) , mosquito repellant (12.2%) , celphos (11.0%) and the least in drug overdose (0.6%). Majority patients survived (84.9%) followed by (15.1%) who expired. Conclusion: Organophosphorous poisoning is one of the most common poisoning in this region of Uttarakhand, predominantly in the young population with a male predominance, belonging to low socioeconomic class. The commonest motive of poisoning was suicidal.
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