background: an analysis performed on the collected data from the local drug and poison information centre (dpic) of jundishapur university revealed that stings are the main causes of poisonings with frequency of 56%, followed by drug poisoning in 31%, and chemical exposure poisoning in 5.5% in khuzestan, the southwestern province of iran. objectives: the aim of the present study was to report t...

Poisoning is the last consequence of drug action that harmful to body. It may be due overdose or prolonged use a drug. Any substance causes deleterious, unwanted and effects on body called poison. can acute chronic. Short time exposure poison poisoning whereas repeated, long term continuous chronic poisoning. In poisoning, symptoms not seen after each period. Poison cause when they are orally t...

objective: acetaminophen is an over-the-counter drug in iran. intentional and accidental poisoning with this drug is one of the most frequent causes of admission to our center. we studied the outcome of poisoning with this drug in our hospital. methods: over a two-year period from january 2005 to january 2007, 85 patients who were admitted to sina hospital for acute acetaminophen poisoning, wer...

poly-drug use refers to the use of two or more substances at the one time or repeatedly. it is common among both recreational and regular drug users across the world. poly-drug use is a great contributor to the global number of deaths related to drug overdose. in this case, the likelihood of drug overdose and its pertaining complications in an individual is higher especially when benzodiazepine...

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...

OBJECTIVE To examine unintentional alcohol and drug poisoning in association with substance use disorders (SUDs) and mood and anxiety disorders. METHOD International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) external-cause-of-injury codes on discharge records of patients ages 12+ years from the 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample were examined to identify cases...

In Mexico, more than 70 % of acute pediatric poisoning is caused by medicines. The age groups at greatest risk of drug poisoning are those between 2 to 5 years and 14 to 18 years; although in this last group, drug ingestion is usually intentional. The purpose of our study was to determine the frequency of unintentional drug poisoning in the pediatric population attended in a tertiary care hospi...