Poisoning in Saudi Arabia: Ten-Year Experience in King Khaled University Hospital

Saddique, Abdulaziz

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2001.88

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“…A 10 year retrospective study (1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996) of poisoning cases at King Khalid university hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia revealed similar findings to reports of poison centers in US, where CNS depressants constituted the major group of ingested drugs, however, the majority of cases involved accidental ingestion by unsupervised children (Saddique, 2001). In a prospective study on 178 cases of accidental home poisoning admitted to the main children's hospital in Riyadh poisoning was found to account for 5.6% of the total annual admissions (Mahdi et al, 1983).…”

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“…Moreover, the delay between poison ingestion and hospital admission points to the need for increased public awareness on the potential dangers of poisioning especially among children (Saddique, 2001).…”

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“…As it functions as a referral teaching hospital, cases are being referred to KKUH from all over the Kingdom for further assessment and specialized management (Saddique, 2001). The Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC), a major part of the pharmacy set-up, was founded in 1983.…”

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Pattern and determinants of poisoning in a teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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2011

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Pattern and determinants of poisoning in a teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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2011

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“…A study from Saudi Arabia revealed that childhood poisonings accounted for 88% of the poisoning cases reported to one poison control service in Riyadh City [11]. This study also showed that more than 90% of these cases involved children below the age of 5 years, and 2.3% and 5.7% of the cases occurred in children between 5 and 8 years and between 9 and 12 years, respectively [11].…”

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Do parents in Saudi Arabia store medications safely?

Ruwaili

Balushi

Alharf

et al. 2014

International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

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Background and objectives: Safe storage of medications can prevent the accidental poisoning of children. How medications are stored in homes in the Saudi community is not known. The objective of this study was to assess the safety measures for drug storage that are employed by parents to avoid unintentional drug poisoning of children below the age of 6 years. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional survey study based on a validated questionnaire created using the Survey Monkey online tool. Results: Ninety-three percent of the respondents did not store medications in secure and safe places such as locked boxes or locked drawers; however, more than half of the respondents (54.3%) stored medications at a level that was above the eye level of an adult. The majority of drugs (60.2%) were kept in the fridge; 45.9% were kept in kitchens, 45.1% in bedrooms, 8% in living rooms and 2% in bathrooms. Thirty percent of the respondents stored medications in two places, and 10% stored medication in three or more places. Eighty-nine percent disposed of unwanted medicines by throwing them in the trash, only 11% returned them to the pharmacy, and 11% flush them down the toilet. Conclusions: These results raise concerns about how drugs are stored and disposed of in the community. Additional community education and awareness programs regarding the safe storage of drugs in the home and the identification of useful and accessible methods of drug disposal are needed.

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“…In Saudi Arabia, annual nationwide data on poisoning patterns are scarce and incomplete. Most previous studies conducted in Saudi Arabia that focused on poisoning were city-or regionspecific and failed to present the overall epidemiological characteristics and long-term trends in poisoning [2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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Dose Determination of Activated Charcoal in Management of Amitriptyline-Induced Poisoning by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

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Alkhanbashi³

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Poisoning in Saudi Arabia: Ten-Year Experience in King Khaled University Hospital

Cited by 22 publications

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Pattern and determinants of poisoning in a teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Pattern and determinants of poisoning in a teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Do parents in Saudi Arabia store medications safely?

Dose Determination of Activated Charcoal in Management of Amitriptyline-Induced Poisoning by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

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