OBJECTIVE To identify main risk factors for unintentional childhood poisoning in Ahwaz, Iran and to suggest possible causes and preventative measures. METHODS This is an epidemiological description and a case-control study. The study was undertaken in Ahwaz, Iran in 1996-1997. Cases were 100 children who were taken to one of the 17 Accident and Emergency Departments due to poisoning. For ever...

Plant poisoning is a common presentation in paediatric practice and an important cause of preventable mortality and morbidity in Sri Lanka. The burden of plant poisoning is largely underexplored. The current multicenter study based in rural Sri Lanka assessed clinical profiles, poison related factors, clinical management, complications, outcomes, and risk factors associated with plant poisoning...

Organophosphate and carbamate are mainly used to kill insects, thereby protecting livestock, crops, homes and communities. Yet, these compounds also convey great danger. OP and CRB poisoning is an important clinical problem, often life-threatening, especially in the pediatric population in rural areas where reaching a physician or hospital on time is difficult. We present a summary of accumulat...

Background: It is introduced that unintentional childhood poisoning can be as result of child home environment and characteristics of parents. This study aimed at quantifying the adjusted population attributable risk percentage of risk factor of unintentional childhood poisoning.  Materials and Methods: The hospital based case- control included 140 consecutive poisoned children who admitted to ...

Poisoning is a frequent cause of referral to medical emergencies and a major health problem around the world, especially in developing countries. We aimed to review the epidemiology and pattern of adult poisoning in Iran in order to facilitate the early diagnosis and management of poisoning. The pattern of poisoning is different in various parts of Iran. Pharmaceutical compounds were the most c...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of the death by poisoning in Korea. We recoded the Death Certificates Database by injury based on the short version of the International Classification of External Causes of Injuries (ICECI). We evaluated the mortality rate by total injury and poisoning, and analyzed the mortality rate by age, gender, year and month,...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the pattern and severity of poisoning cases in Emergency Department of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal (KMCTH). DESIGN Retrospective observational study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hospital records of all admissions to the Emergency Department of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital (KMCTH) following acute poiso...

conclusions preventable accidental poisoning is a significant cause of morbidity in children in developing countries. the study provided information on evolving trends and the need for increasing awareness about potential toxins as well as appropriate storage of toxins in the house to reduce the occurrence of accidental poisoning. patients and methods records of 170 patients from 1998 and 147 f...

Background:Non-accidental poisoning in the paediatric age group is uncommon and international literature on this subject is limited. There are no Sri Lankan paediatric studies on non-accidental poisoning to date. The objective of the current study was to explore the predisposing factors and profile of children less than 12 years in rural Sri Lanka who had non-accidental poisoning. Method:This c...

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the most common fatal poisoning in the United States. The circumstances often involve an unsuspected increase of CO in an enclosed environment. Victims often are unaware that their activity or environment placed them at risk for CO poisoning. The possibility of open air CO poisonings was first reported in 1987. We present a case of open air CO poisoning resulti...