Last editorial of the Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology addressed the important role of poison control centers in the improvement of public health (1). In Vietnam, poison control center (PCC) of Bach Mai Hospital has been the only national one for civilians. The establishment and activities of this center can be considered as one of the pioneers in the East Asia. History and setting (2...

BACKGROUND Exposure to silica gel, a common desiccant, is considered common and non-toxic although data are limited. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the characteristics of silica gel ingestion, and to attempt to estimate the associated health care costs. METHODS We conducted a one year retrospective review of charts of a national poison information center to characterize ingestions of silica gel and...

background: initiating a national poisoning information centre (pic) in estonia took about 12 years of challenging work on research, training and attracting governmental support and funding. in this study we described the establishment process and the profile of phone calls in the first year which the pic started to be available full time (24h/day 7days/week).  methods: this was a descriptive r...

Edited by David C Lee, MD, Research Director, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, New York University; John T VanDeVoort, PharmD, DABAT, Manager, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Department, Regions Hospital; John Benitez, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Departments of Emergency and Environmental Medicine, Uni...

BACKGROUND In this paper the structure of poisonings is described, based on the material collected from tele-toxicology consults by the Pomeranian Center of Toxicology in Gdańsk and harvested from its Electronic Poison Information Management System. In addition, we analyzed conclusions drawn from a 27-month operation of the system. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data were harvested from the Electronic ...

The American Association of Poison Control Centers (PCCs) has a nationwide toll-free number for contacting regional poison centers. To be automatically connected to a local poison center, call 800/222-1222. EMS providers should follow local protocols to determine how to contact PCCs, either directly or through on-line medical control. Most experts agree that PCCs are a reliable and current sour...

Limitations of retrospective analyses R.S. Hoffman Poison centers provide poison prevention and safety information, professional education, and assistance with the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning. These invaluable efforts are linked to medically and legally mandated record keeping, which entails continuous and archived collection of data over time. Surrounded by gigabytes of information re...

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...

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...