a treatise on the modern methods in the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning, written in German by Professor Leschke of the Berlin University. Both in India and Europe cases of poisoning, suicidal and homicidal, are on the increase. The ever-increasing use of poisons in industry, the increasing number of suicides and homicides with poisons due to world-wide social, political and economic upheav...

BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is an important reason for emergency department (ED) visits during winter months, but because there are no specific symptoms it can be difficult to diagnose. We aimed to determine the frequency of CO poisoning in patients presenting to the ED with headaches during winter months and evaluate the ability of non-invasive carboxyhaemoglobin measurement (SpC...

BACKGROUND Although fatal opioid poisonings tripled from 1999 to 2008, data describing nonfatal poisonings are rare. Public health authorities are in need of tools to track opioid poisonings in near real time. METHODS We determined the utility of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for identifying clinically significant opioid poisonings in a state-wide emergency department (ED) surveillance system. We ...

Background: Organophosphorus (OP) poisoning is a common mode of suicidal in our country and associated with significant mortality morbidity. Serum amylase has shown promising role the assessment severity OP poisoning. We conducted this study to see association serum level acute severity.Methods: This cross-sectional was among 150 patients admitted inpatient department medicine tertiary hospital...

Alprazolam is most commonly used benzodiazepine in overdose for deliberate self-poisoning. Glutaraldehyde cold sterilization of medical, surgical and dental equipment. Poisoning due to accidental exposure as well self-poisoning common with glutaraldehyde. Self-inflicted or hesitational cuts are associated suicide attempted suicidal gestures their examination an important task forensic expert.

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...

BACKGROUND The health care system in Oman is characterized by its rapid development and free medical services for all its nationals although traditional medicine still plays a major role in daily life. Epidemiological data on poisoning are scanty. OBJECTIVE To determine the annual rate of poisoning-related Accident & Emergency Department visits at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman and...

Background: Poisoning is a medical emergency, and considered as common cause of morbidity mortality worldwide. In this study, the extended Cox model was used to determine factors affecting length hospitalization in those with drug poisoning. Methods: The sample size included 2408 patients opioids poisoning referring Emergency Department Imam Reza Hospital Mashhad, Iran from March 21, 2018 20, 2...

BACKGROUND Fall injuries are stressful and painful and they have a range of serious consequences for older people. While there is some clinical evidence of unintentional poisoning by medication following a severe fall injuries, population-based studies on that association are lacking. This is investigated in the current study, in which attention is also paid to different clinical conditions of ...