Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK Emergency Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Woolhope, Herefordshire, UK Department of Clinical Toxicology – Poison Centre and Emergency Department, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy Paediatric Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hos...

Abstract: Introduction: Poisoning is an important public health issue globally. There are very few poison control centers in Pakistan with a very limited capacity to deal with poisoning emergencies. The aim of this study was to identify non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working for poison control and prevention in Pakistan and to assess their capacity an...

Synthetic "designer drugs" with hallucinogenic properties have become increasingly popular among recreational drug users in recent years. Some of the designer drugs are chemically modified drugs previously used in treatment of depression and chronic fatigue. The drugs are available from a large number of internet distributers. There is very little knowledge of the clinical symptoms and how into...

Poisoning by the vesicating coleoptera is of rare occurrence, and as I cannot find any account of it having ever happened with this particular beetle, would desire to place the following case on record : Private W. W., previously a healthy man, was brought to hospital at 4 a.m. of 29th July, with symptoms which at once gave rise to suspicion of irritant poison. He had severe pain in the stomach...

Four hundred and seventy-two cases of poisoning were seen over a two-year period in Kandy, Ceylon. The overall mortality was 23 7 %. The pattern of poisoning was different from that in western countries in that 49 8 % of the cases weie due to insecticide poisoning and only 10 7 % were due to drugs, including barbiturates. Insecticides accounted for 73.2% and drugs for only 4 5% of the 112 fatal...

Introduction CPC provides the 24/7/365 poison hotline for the entire state of North Carolina and currently handles approximately 80,000 calls per year. CPC consultation services that assist callers with poison exposure, diagnosis, optimal patient management, therapy, and patient disposition guidance remain indispensable to the public and health care providers. Poison control center data have be...

Children younger than 5 are at greatest risk for unintentional poisonings. Children in low-income situations are particularly vulnerable for exposures to potential poisons. Focus groups were conducted at a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program located in a large urban public hospital in New York City to gain information from low-income parents of young children about real and perceived bar...