Pattern of acute poisoning in Al-Qassim region: a surveillance report from Saudi Arabia, 1999-2003

Moazzam, Mujtaba; Al-Saigul, Abdullah Mohammed; Naguib, Mark; Alfi, M A Al

doi:10.26719/2009.15.4.1005

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“…It also may be due the economic growth of the country and the associated increased availability of different agrochemicals in the country. This study showed an increase in cases from9 to 46.6%between the years2011 to 2014 an observation that is in agreement with other studies (Moazzam et al 2009). When the data was analyzed by month, July was found to have the greatest number of admitted patients (14.6%).This is likely because it is the month when the most chemicals are used by farmers to increase their crop yield.An apparent decrease in the number of the patients was observed in March (2.6%), which is likely due to seasonal variation.…”

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Pattern of acute poisoning in teaching hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Adinew

Asrie

2016

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Background: Acute poisoning is considered a major health problem worldwide and is a frequent cause of hospital admission. It is estimated that poisons are responsible for more than 1 million illnesses worldwide annually. Objective: To evaluate retrospectively the pattern of acute poisoning in teaching hospital, northwest Ethiopia. Materials and methods:This was an observational, retrospective study. The study population includes all patients who visiting Gondar teaching hospital emergency room who were diagnosed with acute poisoning from September 2010 to December 2014. All data were analyzed using SPSS 20. Result: Acute poisoning cases constituted 0.67% of the 34320 admissions to the emergency department. Of these 233 patients, 148 (63.5%) were female and 85 (36.5%) were male.88.42% were younger than 30 years of age and the frequency of acute poisoning declined with advanced age. Organophosphates were the most frequent cause of poisoning and accounted for 89 cases (38.2%). Intentional poisoning comprised 57.5 %.83.6 %( 195 cases) of the cases were ingested orally, the mean arrival time to the emergency unit after poisoning was 4.2 hours and the average duration of hospital stay was 11.26hours. It was found that 60 % of the cases were simply received supportive therapy. The most common factors contributing to intentional poisoning was quarreled with their family (54.2%) followed by love affairs (18.4%). The mortality rate was 0.43% Conclusions: The data observed in this hospital based shows acute poisoning remains a major public health problem with pesticide poisoning remaining the most common and therefore concerning poison.

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Pattern of acute poisoning in teaching hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Adinew

Asrie

2016

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“…This may result from easily accessible places of poisons and attractive color or container of the poison for the child. Other studies matched the same result[16] [17]. Most of the studied…”

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Childhood Poisoning Cases Admitted to Zagazig University Hospitals during the Year 2018: A Retrospective Study

Mahmoud¹

2019

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Background: Childhood poisoning is considered major socioeconomic and public health problem as there are thousands of children admitted to the emergency departments and millions of calls are made to poison control centers every year. Aim of the Work: Determine the prevalence and pattern of childhood poisoning cases admitted to Zagazig University hospitals. Subjects and Methods: This is a retrospective study on children < 18 years old presented to Zagazig University hospital emergency department. The study was done from the beginning of January 2018 to the end of December 2018 on total of 624 cases with acute poisoning. All required epidemiological and clinical data were collected and analyzed. Results: A total of 624 childhood poisoning cases, more males than females (55.3% versus 44.7% respectively), and more in age group of 3 -6 years old (40.86%), more in rural than urban communities (65.06% against 34.94% respectively). Oral exposure was the most against other routes (84.94%). Most cases were unintentional (92.8%). The prevalence of childhood poisoning in descending order was; compound therapeutic medications (32.69%) followed by pesticides (26.92%) then corrosives (17.31%), while volatile hydrocarbons (benzene or kerosene) accounted for (15.38%) and carbon monoxide (3.85%) and others (3.85%). Overall, minor cases were the commonest (63%) while only 3.8% of cases were severe. About 88.94% of cases were discharged after completed management while death rate was 0.96%. Conclusion: Most childhood poisoning cases were males, accidentally, mainly by oral route and in rural areas, most commonly in age group of 3 -6 years. Most cases were due to therapeutic medications then pesticide exposures. Most of cases were completely cured.

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“…[3] Advances in technology and social development have resulted in the availability of most drugs and chemical substances in the community. [4,5] Household chemical agents and prescribed drugs are the most common poisoning agents in developed world, but agro-chemicals are the most common poisoning agents in developing countries. [6] The pesticides used for agricultural purposes are easily available in the market and poisoning with such products are more commonly noticed in rural area where people largely depend on agriculture for their living.…”

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