Analysis of different types of poisoning in a tertiary care hospital in rural south india

Jaiprakash, Heethal; Sarala, N; Venkatarathnamma, P N; Kumar, Tarun

doi:10.1016/j.fct.2010.10.026

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“…Regardless of the type of poisoning (intentional or accidental), drug agents were responsible for the second cause of substances involved in poisoning. This finding is consistent with previous studies in different age groups in Iran (13,14,24), and also in other parts of the world (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). The prevalence of drug poisoning in below 12 years of age group was greatly different from Jaraczewska et al 1997 report (36).…”

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confidence: 62%

“…The pattern of poisoning within a country depends on several factors such as the accessibility of various poisons, socio-economic status of the population, religious and cultural influences and drugs prescription manners (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) (Table 1). Different reports of poisoning in Iran indicate that the leading causes of poisoning or chemical injury in Iran are accidental cases followed by drugs poisoning and pesticides exposure, respectively (9-11).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Pattern of Poisoning in Southwestern Region of Iran: Envenoming as the Major Cause

Jalali

Savari

Dehdardargahi

et al. 2012

Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod

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A B S T R A C TBackground: An analysis performed on the collected data from the Local Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) of Jundishapur University revealed that stings are the main causes of poisonings with frequency of 56%, followed by drug poisoning in 31%, and chemical exposure poisoning in 5.5% in Khuzestan, the southwestern province of Iran. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to report the prevalence of poisoning in Khuzestan province referred to hospitals during the year 2007, on the basis of documents from the local Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) and the main Khuzestan Hospitals Discharge Registry, to elucidate demographic trends of poisoning in this region. Materials and Methods:In the present study, 3258 cases of poisoning including 4.7% of all admissions to hospitals of Khuzestan during one year (2007) were investigated. Antidepressant drugs were the main-drug category inducing poisoning (24.37%). Others include sedative-hypnotics (19%), tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) (14.7%) and cardiovascular drugs (11.4%). Results:The research showed that most poisonings are occurred in autumn (29.6%) season. Besides the high poisoning rate of envenoming by animals in Khuzestan province, it seems that the pattern of poisoning is different with other Iran and worldwide regions. Conclusions: This may raise the attention of health service policy makers in Iran to establish a more effective diagnosis, management and implementing health policy services.

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confidence: 62%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Pattern of Poisoning in Southwestern Region of Iran: Envenoming as the Major Cause

Jalali

Savari

Dehdardargahi

et al. 2012

Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod

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“…This was evident from other studies done in south India. Similar result was reported by Adalkha et al, [24] Jaiprakash et al, [25] Jesslin et al, [22] Vinay et al, [26] Ramesha et al [27] Similarly accordance with above studies in present study, various type of poisoning and the majority of patient's lies in organophosphate (42.4%) followed by rat killer poison (15.7%) followed by mosquito repellant (12.2%) followed by celphos (11.0%) and the least in drug overdose (0.6%). Joshi, S.C. et al also reported the commonest motive of poisoning was suicidal in both males (50.80%) and females (43.01%), [19] followed by accidental (4.83%).…”

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Profile of Poisioning Cases Attending a Tertiary Care Centre of Uttarakhand

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Kanchan²,

Singh³

et al. 2018

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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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“…Further unique patterns such as jumping from building, charcoal self immolation, drowning, railway deaths and self-immolation are observed in Asian countries which are absent in another region of the world (Wu et al, 2012) .In the present study poisoning, self immolation and hanging were the three most common suicide methods. Male predominance was observed in poisoning (nonviolent suicide method) while female predominance in Self immolations (violent suicide method) the same observation was also reported by a previous studies (Sharma et al, 2007;Kanchan et al, 2009;Jaiprakash et al, 2011). In rural region of India women have access to combustion fuels i.e.…”

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confidence: 72%

Trends and determinants of suicide in Warangal District Telangana, India: six years retrospective study based on secondary data

Rawat

Joshi

Khan

et al. 2018

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background: Suicide is a major public health concern resulting in premature deaths. The six years (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) retrospective study on suicide cases reported at a tertiary care center of Warangal district, Telangana, India aims to explore the trend and determinant of suicide. Results: Suicide was predominant among 35-< 45 years aged males and females aged 18-< 30 years. The suicide method varied, males preferred self-poisoning while female committed suicide by self immolation. Among males a summer peak while spring peak was observed for Non-Violent and violent methods respectively. The suicide in females peaked in autumn for non-violent method while Violent suicide was observed in summer. The Joinpoint regression analysis found no significant change in the suicide rate from time period (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) in overall population or stratification by gender for Warangal district, Telangana India.

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Analysis of different types of poisoning in a tertiary care hospital in rural south india

Cited by 34 publications

References 4 publications

The Pattern of Poisoning in Southwestern Region of Iran: Envenoming as the Major Cause

The Pattern of Poisoning in Southwestern Region of Iran: Envenoming as the Major Cause

Profile of Poisioning Cases Attending a Tertiary Care Centre of Uttarakhand

Trends and determinants of suicide in Warangal District Telangana, India: six years retrospective study based on secondary data

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