OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern and severity of poisoning cases in emergency Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. MATERIALS AND METHODS All the poisoning cases due to various agents who attended Emergency from 1st of April 2002 to 30th of March 2003 were evaluated retrospectively. RESULTS A total of 67 poisoning cases attended emergency...

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can cause several life-threatening complications, particularly in cardiovascular and neurological systems. However, no studies have been performed to investigate the association between peripheral artery disease (PAD) and CO poisoning. We constructed a population-based retrospective cohort study to clarify the risks between PAD and CO poisoning. This population-ba...

Digital content owners have attempted to use content poisoning to disrupt illegal distribution of copyrighted files in peer-to-peer (P2P) systems. This paper provides an analytical model to quantify the impact of content poisoning. Tradeoffs between content poisoning and download efficiency are revealed. In particular, we apply this poisoning model to transform and evaluate three popular P2P ne...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to describe the national magnitude and characteristics of acute pesticide poisoning among workers and customers in retail establishments. METHODS Analyses included retail employees 15-64 years of age and customers with acute pesticide poisoning identified from the Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks-Pesticides (SENSOR-Pesticides) and Ca...

background:tramadol poisoning has increased in recent years. seizure is one ofthe side-effects oftramadol toxicity. there is a controversy about possible preventive effect of naloxone in tramadol poisoning induced seizure. therefore, this study was performed to compare seizure incidence in tramadol poisoning patients who received and did not receive naloxone, as an opioid antagonist. methods:th...

background: narcotic abuse by people accounts for major problems for developing countries such as iran. acute narcotic poisoning is one of the major mortality causes in these patients. the present study was designed to assess the clinical signs and symptoms of patients with narcotic poisoning at hospitals of yazd. methods: in this study, 500 patients with narcotic poisoning were assessed from n...

Background: Acute drug poisoning remains an important public health problem and represents the second most frequent accidental disease in children. In this study, we identified epidemiological and clinical features of children admitted for acute drug poisoning and related factors associated with suicidal poisoning. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in the Department of Pediatrics, ...

OBJECTIVE To develop criteria to assess injuries due to diethyl sulfate poisoning. METHODS Patients were evaluated with respect to their toxic status and outcomes, in comparison to typical cases. RESULTS Among 44 poisoned patients, 4 patients were classified as major injuries, 4 person as minor injuries, and the rest of 36 patients were classified as not poisoned according to poisoning diag...

This study examines the prevalence and patterns of mortality resulting from unintentional poisoning by alcohol (ICD-9 code E860) in the United States. Relevant data for the most recently available years (1996 through 1998) were derived from the Multiple Cause of Death public-use computer data files compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Data on deaths ascribed to alcohol ...

Objective: Acute poisoning is a common cause of hospital admission in Bangladesh. But, risk factors and characteristics of victims of different modes of poisoning have not been evaluated for possible intervention strategies. So, in this study we aimed to describe the pattern of acute poisoning in central Bangladesh as well as identifying risk factors for various mode of poisoning.Methods:...