Background: Tramadol is an analgesic drug being abused today a lot. Excessive ingestion will lead to hazardous complications such as convulsion and occasionally respiratory apnea. The aim of this study based on frequency respiratory apnea in patients with acute tramadol poisoning hospitalized in Farshchian Hospital of Hamadan, Iran from Jan 2014 to Dec 2015. Methods: All patients with tramadol...

Background: Barbiturate poisoning is rare but potentially fatal. Case Report: We reported a case of barbiturate in 28-year-old woman who recovered from lethal pentobarbital deliberate self-poisoning. The initial blood concentration was 61 mg/L, corresponding to dose. Despite the ingestion high dose pentobarbital, electroencephalogram revealed an unattended pattern compatible with possible nonco...

Poisoning in childhood 55 Accidental child poisoning 55 Deliberate self-poisoning in older children 56 Non-accidental poisoning 56 Treatment of child poisoning 56 Chronic poisoning 57 Notes on poisoning with individual substances 58 Unintentional injuries 60 Defi ning injuries 60 Sources of data on injury 60 Mortality data 60 Morbidity data 61 Hospital admission data 61 Emergency department dat...

introduction: organophosphate compounds are used as insecticides, nerve gases, ophthalmic agents, and antihelmintics.the primary mechanism of action of organophosphate pesticides is inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (ache). however  pralidoxim has been introduced as organophosphate `s antidote but recent studies establish that pralidoxim has unclear benefit in treatment of organophosphate pois...