نتایج جستجو برای: poisonings
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Poisoning is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, with several million episodes reported annually. Acute medication poisonings account for nearly one half of all poisonings reported in the United States and should be considered in persons with an acute change in mental status. The initial approach to a person who has been poisoned should be to assess the airway, breat...
OBJECTIVE To review the diagnosis and management of drug overdose and poisonings in a two-part presentation. DATA SOURCES A review of articles reported on drug overdose and poisonings. SUMMARY OF REVIEW In patients who attempt suicide it is usual for the overdose to be a therapeutic agent, although in the severely mentally disturbed patient the agent may be an unusual poison. As with any ov...
INTRODUCTION Pesticide poisoning is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to determine the risk of all-cause and cause-specific inpatient mortality and to identify prognostic factors for inpatient mortality associated with unintentional insecticide and herbicide pesticide poisonings. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of 3,986 inpatients recruited at hos...
Active surveillance of acute pesticide poisonings in a potato-growing region of highland Ecuador during 1991-1992 uncovered a rate of 171/100,000, due predominantly to occupational exposures to organophosphate and carbamate pesticides. Occupational exposure among agricultural workers was the most common reason for poisoning (32 male workers and 1 female worker, out of a total of 50 cases). Of t...
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate and analyse pregnant women who were admitted to our emergency service due to acute poisoning. MATERIAL AND METHODS All cases were retrospectively collected from our computer records and emergency record book between 01.01.2006 and 01.01.2010; the registration data on age, gravidity, gestational week, whether the poisoning was deliberate or acc...
OBJECTIVES To better understand variations in classification of deaths of undetermined intent among states in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). DESIGN Data from the NVDRS and the National Vital Statistics System were used to compare differences among states. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Percentages of deaths assigned undetermined intent, rates of deaths of undetermined intent, r...
Background: Datura stramonium is a poisonous and common flowering plant that is a member of the Solanacae family. Datura poisonings are a rare occurrence in the 21st century, making toxicological information on this plant sparse. Historical information on Datura provides useful information on the clinical symptoms and characteristics of poisonings. This review looks at the state of knowledge on...
OBJECTIVE To investigate if the widely publicized warnings in 2003 from the US Food and Drug Administration about a possible increased risk of suicidality with antidepressant use in young people were associated with changes in antidepressant use, suicide attempts, and completed suicides among young people. DESIGN Quasi-experimental study assessing changes in outcomes after the warnings, contr...
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