Objective: The objective of this study is to use a new data set to compare the circumstances of fatal poisoning in deaths ruled as suicides to those ruled as unintentional, particularly with regard to the prevalence of mental health, substance abuse, and other risk factors. Design: The design is an analysis of all fatal poisonings using data from the New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System. P...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study is to evaluate the characteristics of acute poisoning cases admitted to emergency department over a one year period. The demographic, clinical and psycho-social aspects of the patients were analysed. MATERIALS AND METHODS A hospital based study was carried out in the emergency department, Kathmandu University Teaching Hospital/ Dhulikhel Hospital, ...

Background:Poisoning with ethylene glycol (EG) can be fatal even if appropriate treatments are delivered. EG poisoning usually causes central nervous system depression, cardiovascular dysfunction, metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure (ARF). Case Report:A 33-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with reduced consciousness and dyspnea of four-hour duration due to unknown rea...

Introduction: Children may be intentionally or unintentionally exposed to any substance. Substance poisoning is one of the most important emergency interventions in children that cause a great number of deaths each year. Regarding the importance of this issue and recent increase in number of poisoning cases, a study with the aim of investigating cases of substance poisoning and factors involved...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to use a new data set to compare the circumstances of fatal poisoning in deaths ruled as suicides to those ruled as unintentional, particularly with regard to the prevalence of mental health, substance abuse, and other risk factors. DESIGN The design is an analysis of all fatal poisonings using data from the New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System. P...

Recording deaths from acute poisoning/substance abuse is not straightforward. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD), used to code mortality statistics, is aimed towards recording the underlying cause of death such as suicide or drug dependence rather than gathering data on poisoning per se. Despite the inherent difficulties clear trends can be observed from the data available for E...

Non-fatal self-poisoning is a challenging problem facing Sri Lanka, as well as other South Asian countries [1, 2]. Previously, the commonest method of selfpoisoning in Sri Lanka was by ingestion of pesticides, and rates were equal or higher in males compared to females [3, 4]. This gender ratio contrasted with international studies which report higher rates of attempted suicide by drug overdose...

BACKGROUND Acute poisonings are common and are treated at different levels of the health care system. Since most fatal poisonings occur outside hospital, these must be included when studying characteristics of such deaths. The pattern of toxic agents differs between fatal and non-fatal poisonings. By including all poisoning episodes, cause-fatality rates can be calculated. METHODS Fatal and n...

Accidental poisoning has emerged in the last 20 years as a well-recognized public health problem. Mortality statistics (Registrar General's "Annual Statistical Reviews") have shown until very recently a steadily increasing toll from this cause; and hospital admissions for poisoning, accidental and deliberate, have shown a steep upward trend (Ministry of Health and General Register Office "Repor...

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of pesticide poisoning in South Korea and the relevant epidemiologic characteristics. During the period of 1996–2005, an approximate average of twenty-five hundred fatalities occurred per year due to pesticide poisoning, while age-standardized mortality rates by pesticide poisoning significantly increased from 4.42 to 6.42 per 100,000 popula...