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...

background: poisoning incidents, in both children and adolescents, are known to occur in new zealand but little is known about the agents implicated.   methods: all the calls received over the ten years between 2000 and 2009, by the national poison centre in new zealand, were retrospectively reviewed. calls related to cases involving those less than 19 years were included. the data were analyze...

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 ...

background: poison control centre of morocco (mpcc) plays a key role in promoting health. this study was aimed to demonstrate the role of the mpcc in improving public health and poisoning management. methods: this was a retrospective study of poisoning cases reported to the mpcc between 1980 and 2011. the collected data included number of poisoning cases, profession of interlocutor who called t...

ACTION A selective inhibitor of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) enzyme. Lowers blood glucose levels by increasing insulin secretion and decreasing hepatic glucose production. Enhances the glucose-stimulated insulin secretion response to GLP-1 and GIP, which are released when food in the GI tract raises blood glucose levels above 3.05 mmol/L (55mg/dL). GLP-1 and GIP are incretin (INtestinal s...