Organophosphates (OPs) account for a large portion of suicides globally. OP manifests as cholinergic crises, which underlie respiratory failure. There are many pathways by which respiration is inhibited secondary to organophosphate poisoning. These include central as well as peripheral mechanisms, with central mechanisms predominating. We conducted a literature review in June 2017. PubMed, Emba...

Organophosphorus (OP) compounds constitute a heterogeneous category of chemicals specifically designed for the control of pests, weeds or plant diseases. Our review article mainly focused on OP poisoning, especially with pesticides, its severity and management of toxic exposure. We developed a search strategy to find publications about OP poisoning and its management. So, we searched Science Di...

background: opium is a new source of lead and considered as a cause of lead poisoning. as anemia and lead poisoning affect growth and behavior negatively, their timely prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are essential. the aim of thi study is evaluation of the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency anemia, and lead poisoning in children with opioid toxicity. materials and methods: in this cross...

OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of severe pediatric CO poisoning cases treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) to determine key features that might aid prevention efforts. DESIGN Using data on 250 consecutive children treated with HBO2 for CO poisoning at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, we calculated descriptive statistics and used Fisher's Exact test to determine difference...

OBJECTIVE Community based models for injury prevention have become an accepted part of the overall injury control strategy. This systematic review of the scientific literature examines the evidence for their effectiveness in preventing poisoning in children 0-15 years of age. METHODS A comprehensive search of the literature was performed using the following study selection criteria: community...

 Objective: The scale of the problem of poisoning is enormous hence clinico epidemiological spectrum of all poisoning cases need to explore to generate the management tool. Methods: This prospective study was done at two medicine units (Unit 5 and 10) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital from July to December 2010 where all poisoning cases were seen. A tot...

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 : suicide is a global public health problem. deliberate self-poisoning (dsp) is one of the most common methods of suicide in many countries. this study was designed to identify the trends and characteristics of dsp in gorgan. methods: the study was carried out retrospectively in 5 azar hospital. it included 549 patients who were hospitalized in the hospital due to dsp from march 2008...

Background: A good proportion of poisoned patients treated at poisoning wards are elderly. This study was designed to evaluate the epidemiologic pattern of acute poisoning in elderly in Hamadan, western Iran. Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, poisoned patients aged 60 years and older treated at department of poisoning of Farshchian Hospital from March 2008 to March 2013 wer...