STUDY OBJECTIVE To analyze changes in gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) case reporting, we review GHB or congener drug cases reported to the California Poison Control System, comparing these to other data sets. METHODS We identified cases from the California Poison Control System computerized database using standardized codes and key terms for GHB and congener drugs ("gamma butyrolactone," "1,4-but...

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...

  Background: Poisoning incidents, in both children and adolescents, are known to occur in New Zealand but little is known about the agents implicated.   Methods: All the calls received over the ten years between 2000 and 2009, by the National Poison Centre in New Zealand, were retrospectively reviewed. Calls related to cases involving those less than 19 years were included. The data were analy...

Acute Methemoglobinemia—A Common Occupational Hazard in an Industrial City in Western India: Aruna DEWAN, et al. Poison Information Centre, Nat ional Inst i tute of Occupational Health (NIOH)—Cases of acute methemoglobinemia reported to the Poison Information Centre at NIOH over a period of six years from 1993 to 1999 were analyzed. Of 1067 acute poisonings, there were 30 cases of acute methemo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the need of drug and poison information centres in public and private hospitals of Karachi. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at 3 public and 3 private tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, from July 2013 to April 2014, using a self-administered, multi-item questionnaire. Non-probability convenient sampling was used to select the participants. SPSS 18 was us...

Ovo izvje{}e Centra za kontrolu otrovanja Instituta za medicinska istra`ivanja i medicinu rada nastavak je izvje{}a objavljenih u prethodnim brojevima ovog ~asopisa (Varnai VM et al. Arh Hig Rada Toksikol 2006;57(2):245-249, Macan J et al. Arh Hig Rada Toksikol 2006;57(3):359-363, Varnai VM et al. Arh Hig Rada Toksikol 2006;57(4):477-482; Varnai VM et al. Arh Hig Rada Toksikol 2007;58(1):73-78)...

INTRODUCTION Anticoagulant rodenticides have been used for over 50 years to control rodent populations. Since their first introduction, resistance developed in rodents, and second-generation products, more active but also more toxic, have been marketed. These compounds are currently being reviewed under European Regulations. METHODS The purpose of this work is to describe anticoagulant poison...

Davide Lonati,1 Carlo Alessandro Locatelli,1 Lucia Fenicia,2 Fabrizio Anniballi,2 Paolo Landri,3 Andrea Giampreti,1 Valeria Margherita Petrolini,1 Sarah Vecchio,1 Luigi Manzo1 1Pavia Poison Center and National Toxicology Information Centre Toxicology Unit, IRCCS Maugeri Foundation and University of Pavia; 2Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, National Reference Centre for Bot...