BACKGROUND Antidepressant prescribing has been increasing in England. Studies in other countries suggest that while this may be associated with reduced suicide rates, it may also be associated with increased fatal poisoning from antidepressant drugs. We therefore conducted an ecological study to assess the association between prescription rates for antidepressants and suicide or fatal antidepre...

Accidental poisoning is not always recognized. If there is no leading history of the ingestion or exposure to poison the signs can easily be misinterpreted. In this way boric acid poisoning of infants may remain unsuspected, especially when it occurs by absorption through the skin. Boric acid has been in clinical use as an antiseptic for 80 years. Soon after its introduction for this purpose by...

Accidental poisoning is not always recognized. If there is no leading history of the ingestion or exposure to poison the signs can easily be misinterpreted. In this way boric acid poisoning of infants may remain unsuspected, especially when it occurs by absorption through the skin. Boric acid has been in clinical use as an antiseptic for 80 years. Soon after its introduction for this purpose by...

Background: Lidocaine is a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic agent. There are reports on accidental and intentional cases of poisoning following injection of lidocaine while rare are the fatal cases realized after oral ingestion of lidocaine. Suicidal poisoning with lidocaine pharmaceutical formulations is rare since no pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral use are available except gels and sp...

CONTEXT Since 2009, poisonings have been the leading cause of fatal injuries in the United States (US) and remain a continuing public health issue. Because of the varying definitions for what constitutes a poisoning case, there are inconsistencies in the annual number of cases reported among national health surveys. OBJECTIVES The main objective of this study was to describe poisonings treate...

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the most common fatal poisoning in the United States. The circumstances often involve an unsuspected increase of CO in an enclosed environment. Victims often are unaware that their activity or environment placed them at risk for CO poisoning. The possibility of open air CO poisonings was first reported in 1987. We present a case of open air CO poisoning resulti...

BACKGROUND Ninety-nine percent of fatal poisonings occur in developing countries, particularly among agricultural workers. In a particular area, it is important to known the magnitude and pattern of acute poisonings, as it is important for early diagnosis and treatment and also for preventive measures. METHODS Hospital records of all unnatural causes of deaths were reviewed at Shri Vasantrao ...

McDonagh, B. J., and Martin, J. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 425. Paraquat poisoning in children. Four children with paraquat poisoning are described, with 2 fatalities. In one fatal case delay in treatment occurred as the nature of the ingested fluid was uncertain. A method for rapid detection of paraquat in the urine is referred to. The treatment of paraquat poisoning consist...

BACKGROUND In the recent past Sri Lanka has had a high rate of attempted suicide by pesticide ingestion, among both males and females. Recent evidence suggests that these trends in self-poisoning may be changing, with increasing medicinal overdoses and changing gender ratios. In the past, attempted suicide in Sri Lanka has been described as impulsive acts, but research regarding aspects such as...

Poisoning by pesticides and other agricultural chemicals is a major public health problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. Globally, there are about 20,000 annual fatalities and more than 2 million hospitalizations due to poisoning by pesticides and agricultural chemicals.1 There were approximately 340,000 cases of agricultural and horticultural poisoning reported in the United St...