OBJECTIVES To report the frequency and clinical outcomes of Amanita phalloides poisoning in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, and the treatments used (including silibinin). DESIGN, SETTING AND PATIENTS Retrospective case series of patients admitted to public hospitals in Canberra and Sydney for suspected A. phalloides poisoning between 1999 and 2012 (identified from hospit...

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...

Background: Intentional and unintentional poisoning is a frequently occurred injury in childhood throughout the world, which is a common reason for referrals to hospital and affecting children health profoundly. There are different patterns of poisoning due to substantial differences in socioeconomic and cultures in different countries regions, which may influence the principle of prevention an...

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, the...

Poisoning is a global problem. Most recent estimate of World Health Organization (WHO) suggests 180 thousands deaths in 2010 due to various poisoning agents (1). Poisoning is relatively less common in children and is mostly accidental than adults. Poisoning account for 16% of bed occupancy in children hospitals and 3.9% in pediatric intensive care unit in India (2-4). Poisoning is predominantly...

Background: Poisoning cases is a significant contributor to mortality and morbidity all over the world. Acute poisoning cases form one of the commonest causes of emergency hospital admissions. Material and methods: It is a retrospective study of 106 poisoning cases admitted in M.A.P.I.M.S., which is a tertiary health care centre Results: The incidence of poisoning poison was insecticide/ rodent...

Scombroid poisoning, also called histamine fish poisoning, is an allergy-like form of food poisoning that continues to be a major problem in seafood safety. The exact role of histamine in scombroid poisoning is not straightforward. Deviations from the expected dose-response have led to the advancement of various possible mechanisms of toxicity, none of them proven. Histamine action levels are u...

Objective: Acute poisoning is considered as an important health problem leading to admission of children. Also, the epidemiologic surveillance specific for each country is necessary. Therefore, we conducted this study to obtain the epidemiological information on poisoning in Nemazee Hospital, a referral center in South of Iran. Methods: In this cross sectional study, we determined age, sex, pre...

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OBJECTIVE Despite the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation over the past 30 years, agriculture is one of the largest economic sectors in China and the unregulated use of pesticides result in extensive pesticide poisoning. The objective of this study was to analyse pesticide poisoning cases registration received by Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China. DESIG...