Etiologic and Demographic Characteristics of Poisoning: A Prospective Hospital-Based Study in Oman

Hanssens, Yolande; Deleu, Dirk; Taqi, Aqila

doi:10.1081/clt-100105158

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“…The findings of the present study are consistent with various reports from other parts of Turkey (2-4,15-18) and the other countries (5) suggesting that the persons in the most productive ages were commonly involved in deaths due to poisoning. It may be due to the reason that a younger person is usually employed more active, more mobile and faces the challenges of life more vigorously.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…This situation is in consistent with the other studies in our country (2,15,16). However, many hospital-based studies from our country and from those conducted in the other countries have reported that majority of patients exposed to poisoning was female (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(17)(18)(19)(20) When the deaths due to poisonings are analysed, carbon monoxide is found to be the most common type of poisoning in south Marmara region, while the insecticides are the most common poison in İzmir, the Aegean region, and in Adana, the Mediterranean region of Turkey (2,15,16). The relatively higher incidence of carbon monoxide intoxication in this study was resulted from the cases that are found to be exposed to carbon monoxide originating from stove smoke driven back from chimneys by strong southwest wind, which is a common experience in our region.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Death due to poisoning has been known since time immemorial. Poisoning is a major problem all over the world although its type and the associated morbidity and mortality vary from country to country (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11). According to the legal system of our country, all poisoning death cases are recorded as unnatural death and in addition, in Turkey, according to the article 89 of the Penal Code Law Judicial Procedure (12); any case of death due to suspected or obvious poisoning must undergo the medico-legal autopsy.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Fatal Poisonings in the South Marmara Region of Turkey

Fedakar

Türkmen

2008

ELECTRON J GEN MED

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Aim:The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of medico-legal autopsies of fatal poisonings in the south Marmara region, Turkey, in the period of 1996-2003, in order to provide further data for the characterisation of fatal poisonings, because there is a scarcity of such information from Turkey.Methods: Of the 4242 autopsied cases, 415 (9.8%) deaths due to poisonings were examined; 26.8% females and 73.2% males. The mean age was 40.1±19.2 years old (range 0-88).Results: The three most common types of poison were carbon monoxide (43.5%), insecticides (24.6%), and alcohol (18.4%). The most frequent unnatural manner of death was accidents (67.5%), followed by suicidal (27.5%) deaths. Insecticides were the cause in 71.9% of suicidal poisonings, whereas the cause was carbon monoxide in 63.2%, and alcohol in %27.1% of the unintentional poisonings. The deaths due to carbon monoxide were associated with coal stoves (48.3%), water heaters in bath (31.1%), and fires (17.8%). Organophosphorus insecticides were responsible for 91.1% of total insecticide poisonings. 73.7% of the alcohol poisonings were observed in years [2000][2001][2002], and of the methyl alcohol poisoning, 35.9% and 29.7% were seen in years 2001 and 2002, respectively. Therapeutic drugs were encountered most frequently (75%).Conclusion: In conclusion, in fatal poisoning cases who have undergone medico-legal autopsy in Bursa and province, CO is of great ratio.

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Fatal Poisonings in the South Marmara Region of Turkey

Fedakar

Türkmen

2008

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“…Other studies in Kuwait, 14,19 Pakistan, 20 Austria, 21 and India 22 have also implicated kerosene as a major cause of acute poisoning among children below 5 years old. However, studies conducted in the United Arab Emirates, 23 Oman, 24 Turkey, 12 and Greece 25 found drugs to be the major cause of poisoning in children. This could be referred to changes in habits and lifestyles, beside improvements in the socioeconomic state.…”

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Risk factors of acute poisoning among children: A study at a poisoning unit of a university hospital in Egypt

Alazab

El‐Mougy

Fayad

et al. 2013

SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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Childhood poisoning is a major cause of morbidity in both developing and developed countries. In spite of the success of some interventions to prevent accidental poisoning in the pediatric population, toxic ingestions continue to be a common occurrence. This aim of this study was to identify the incidence rate and determinants of acute poisoning among children (1-60 months old) who were admitted to the Poisoning Unit of a university hospital in Egypt. A study was conducted in the period from July 2011 until May 2012 at the poisoning unit of a university hospital. The studied children were from both rural and urban areas, were a mix of boys and girls, did not suffer from any mental disabilities, were aged between 1 month old to 60 months old, and were of Egyptian nationality. Data was collected by using a clinical examination form and a questionnaire. All parents/carers of the studied children were interviewed as well. Clinical assessment of the children included: general health conditions; AVPU (alert, respond to verbal stimuli, respond to painful stimuli, unconsciousness); and clinical examinations. The findings of the study demonstrated that 18.5% of total admissions were children (1-60 months old), 62.5% were males, 83.3% did not attend nursery, 79.9% were from urban areas, 33% of mothers were illiterate, and 60.2% of poisonings were due to household products. Kerosene alone was implicated in 24.3% of all cases; 37.4% of cases took place in the kitchen; 47.4% of cases were poisoned during the period between 8am and 4pm, and 65.4% reached the poisoning unit within 2 to 4 hours of accidental poisoning. Risk factors among the studied children were ordered by stepwise regression analysis as the following: non employed mothers; children who did not attend nursery; children of the male gender; and the education and literacy level of their mothers. Effective health promotion programs for parents and carers regarding poisoning hazards are needed to increase awareness and reduce the incidence of poisoning among children.

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“…The reported incidence of human poisoning has ranged from 0.7 and 9.3 poison exposures per 1000 population [3][4][5].…”

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Analyses of Etiologic and Sociodemografic Properties of the Intoxicated Cases in Van City and its Environs

Gönüllü¹

2012

J Clin Toxicol

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The purpose of this retrospective hospital-based study was to evaluate clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of acute poisoning cases. All poisonings cases admitted to the emergency department of the Yuzuncu Yil University Training Hospital, Van, Turkey, between June 1999 and May 2005, were evaluated in the study. Etiologic and sociodemografic properties of the intoxicated cases were investigated.There were males 32.6 % and females 67.3 % in the study. 74.6 % of the cases were suicidal and 25.4 % of them accidental. The highest suicidal attempts were seen in the age group 16-25 years and were mostly occurred during spring. The vast majority of the suicide attempters were also young females. Central nervous system drugs (21.8%), carbamates (17.1%), analgesics (10.3%) and organophosphorus components (10%) were most used agents among intoxicated patients. Half of the patients was treated and released from emergency department without hospitalization. Only 6.4% of the cases admitted to critical care. The percentage of the cases that need intensive care unit was highest in central nervous system drugs. Mortality rate was 1.6% and was mostly due to opioid and organophosphorus-related poisonings.Based on the study it was suggested that there was a greater incidence of suicide attempts in younger females. Organophosphorus and carbamate containing chemicals are major causative agents for intoxications particularly in females.

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Etiologic and Demographic Characteristics of Poisoning: A Prospective Hospital-Based Study in Oman

Cited by 82 publications

References 22 publications

Fatal Poisonings in the South Marmara Region of Turkey

Fatal Poisonings in the South Marmara Region of Turkey

Risk factors of acute poisoning among children: A study at a poisoning unit of a university hospital in Egypt

Analyses of Etiologic and Sociodemografic Properties of the Intoxicated Cases in Van City and its Environs

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