background: acute methanol poisoning is one of the most important chemical poisoning due to drinking of illegal and handmade alcoholic beverages in iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate clinical and biochemical parameters as prognostic factor in acute methanol poisoning. methods: a retrospective study was performed on acute methanol poisoning cases admitted to the loghman hakim hospital p...

Background: Acute poisoning is considered a major health problem worldwide and is a frequent cause of hospital admission. It is estimated that poisons are responsible for more than 1 million illnesses worldwide annually. Objective: To evaluate retrospectively the pattern of acute poisoning in teaching hospital, northwest Ethiopia. Materials and methods: This was an observational, retrospective ...

In this study, we developed a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based serum metabolomic analysis method to evaluate the effects of pirfenidone in rats with acute paraquat poisoning. The rats were divided into four groups, acute paraquat poisoning group, low pirfenidone group, high pirfenidone group, and control group. The acute paraquat poisoning group rats were given 20 mg/kg of par...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to describe the national magnitude and characteristics of acute pesticide poisoning among workers and customers in retail establishments. METHODS Analyses included retail employees 15-64 years of age and customers with acute pesticide poisoning identified from the Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks-Pesticides (SENSOR-Pesticides) and Ca...

We designed a population-based retrospective cohort study to investigate the association between the event of benzodiazepine (BZD) poisoning and the risk of acute pancreatitis.In the present study, 12,893 patients with BZD poisoning during 2000 to 2011 were enrolled and matched with 4 comparison patients according to mean age and sex. We determined the cumulative incidences and adjusted hazard ...

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 Monitoring of acute poisoning is important for health authorities. There have been local studies and national studies in limited areas such as drug poisoning, but morbidity and mortality associated with acute poisoning has not been presented collectively at a national level. The aim of the study is to establish morbidity and mortality associated with acute poisoning in Norway. MATE...

The authors analyzed over 200 cases of acute poisoning with sarin, soman and VX chemical, determined risk of the poisoning in various conditions. The clinical manifestations of acute poisoning and the long-term effects are presented.