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...

BACKGROUND The rate of non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka has increased in recent years, with associated morbidity and economic cost to the country. This review examines the published literature for the characteristics and factors associated with non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka. METHODS Electronic searches were conducted in Psychinfo, Proquest, Medline and Cochrane databases from inc...

Carbon monoxide (CO) may be the cause of more than one-half of the fatal poisonings reported in many countries; fatal cases also are grossly under-reported or misdiagnosed by medical professionals. Therefore, the precise number of individuals who have suffered from CO intoxication is not known. The health effects associated with exposure to CO range from the more subtle cardiovascular and neuro...

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: 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...

Poisoning due to lead occurs mainly by ingestion of food or water contaminated with lead. However accidental soil, dust based paint may also result in poisoning. Lead is thought be quickly absorbed the bloodstream and believed have adverse effects on certain organ systems like central nervous system, cardiovascular kidneys, immune system.

In the UK, poisoning causes about 10% of acute hospital medical admissions. This usually involves self-administration of a prescribed or over-the-counter medicine or an illicit drug. Most patients have taken (usually ingested) more than one drug, and alcohol is the most commonly implicated second agent. As deliberate selfharm is a risk factor for further episodes of self-harm, about 20% of thes...

OBJECTIVE To characterize self-poisoning suicide deaths in BD compared to other suicide decedents. METHODS Extracted coroner data from all suicide deaths (n = 3319) in Toronto, Canada from 1998 to 2012. Analyses of demographics, clinical history, recent stressors, and suicide details were conducted in 5 subgroups of suicide decedents: BD self-poisoning, BD other methods, non-BD self-poisoning...

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 and Objectives: Poisoning is an important cause of childhood and adolescence hospital emergency presentations and admissions and a major health problem in this population sector. The present study was designed to describe the epidemiology and pattern of poisoning in addition to its case fatality rate. Methods: A total of 1450 pediatric cases with poisoning admitted to the Central Tea...