Background: Poison Control Centre of Morocco (MPCC) plays a key role in promoting health. This study was aimed to demonstrate the role of the MPCC in improving public health and poisoning management. Methods: This was a retrospective study of poisoning cases reported to the MPCC between 1980 and 2011. The collected data included number of poisoning cases, profession of interlocutor who called t...

BACKGROUND In light of the increased suicide rate in Korea, it has become important for researchers to examine the various factors associated with it. The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the difference between suicide attempters and completers in terms of the suicide methods used and the lethality of these methods. In addition, we investigated certain demographic factors that ar...

BACKGROUND Despite a significant increase in the number of patients with paracetamol poisoning in the developing world, plasma paracetamol assays are not widely available. The purpose of this study was to assess a low-cost modified colorimetric paracetamol assay that has the potential to be performed in small laboratories with restricted resources. METHODS The paracetamol assay used in this s...

Background Formic acid (formate) is the main reason for toxicity and death through methanol poisoning. The simultaneous determination of methanol, ethanol, and formate in the body can help to discover the cause of death and is useful in the diagnosis of acute methanol poisoning. The measurement of formate is not yet available in Iran. With regard to the increasing rate of methanol poisoning and...

BACKGROUND Kerosene, drugs, pesticides are chemicals used in home and farms. But because of parents' or caretakers' negligence, accidents and poisoning in children may take life of a child. OBJECTIVE To study the common causes and outcome of pediatric accident and poisoning cases admitted in Patan Hospital. METHOD A prospective (2068-69) and retrospective (2066-67) studies of pediatric acci...

Amatoxins and phallotoxins are toxic cyclopeptides found in the genus Amanita and are among the predominant causes of fatal food poisoning in China. In the treatment of Amanita mushroom poisoning, an early and definite diagnosis is necessary for a successful outcome, which has prompted the development of protocols for the fast and confirmatory determination of amatoxins and phallotoxins in huma...

CONTEXT The Extracorporeal Treatments in Poisoning (EXTRIP) workgroup was created to provide evidence and consensus-based recommendations on the use of extracorporeal treatments (ECTRs) in poisoning. OBJECTIVES To perform a systematic review and provide clinical recommendations for ECTR in carbamazepine poisoning. METHODS After a systematic literature search, the subgroup extracted the data...

In order to quantify the effects of primary prevention on health outcomes, I investigate the impact of treatment of lead-based paint hazards in housing units on childhood lead poisoning at the census tract level in Chicago, IL. I use the findings from the analysis to weigh the costs of lead interventions against the potential benefits of reducing blood lead levels in children. Childhood lead po...

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka peaked at 47.0 suicides per 100,000 population in 1995 (1). Since then the overall rate has fallen by more than half in 2009 to 19.6 per 100,000 (2). The methods of suicide have changed over time. Before 1960, hanging was the commonest method of suicide in Sri Lanka. In the 1960s ingestion of acetic acid became prominent (3). Since the 1980’s the commonest mode of ...