BACKGROUND Elderly persons with acute poisoning in the emergency department (ED) and prognostic factors of outcomes have not been well addressed in previous research. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of elderly patients with acute poisoning visiting the ED, and to identify the possible predictive factors of mortality. METHODS Patients aged > or = 65 years with acute poisoni...

OBJECTIVE Lethality of the chosen method during a suicide attempt is a strong risk factor for completion of suicide. We examined whether annual changes in the pattern of suicide methods is related to annual changes in suicide rates among older adults in South Korea and Japan. METHODS We analyzed annual the World Health Organization data on rates and methods of suicide from 2000 to 2011 in Sou...

Introduction: Suicide is a serious public health problem and one of the leading causes adolescent death in world. The aim this study to determine epidemiological profile suicidal poisoning with drugs among adolescents Morocco. Methods: This retrospective deliberate self-poisoning cases, reported Moroccan Poison Control Center between 1980 2014. Results: A total 3,856 cases 15 19 years old were ...

BACKGROUND Attempted suicide is the main predictor of suicide constituting a major public health issue worldwide. It is estimated that for every completed suicide, 10 to 20 suicide attempts occur. Important part of the occurrences of suicide attempts in Brazil are registered in the hospital information system for coverage of more than 70 % allows to evaluate the extent of this problem in the co...

Introduction: Poisoning is an acute medical emergency. Organophosphorus (OP) poison, being easily available and relatively cheaper, mostly used by people for suicide. It a major health problem worldwide also cause of suicide in Nepal. The purpose this study was to assess the overall profile patients with poisoning. Methods: A Prospective hospital based descriptive cross-sectional conducted on o...

INTRODUCTION Suicides and suicide attempts may be considered as manifestations not only of direct self-destructiveness, but also of indirect (chronic) self-destructiveness. The aim of this work is to assess the relation between intensity of indirect self-destructiveness and suicide attempt modes. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research was conducted among 147 persons after suicide attempts (114 wom...

objective: to determine the epidemiology of acute childhood poisoning in shiraz, southern iran. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional descriptive study, being performed in nemazee and dastgheib hospitals affiliated with shiraz university of medical sciences. the study included pediatric patients (<18 years) referred to our centers due to acute poisoning. demographic and etiological fa...