Clinical Profile of Poisoning Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital –A Retrospective Study
| Autor: | Badiadka Kk, Pramod Kl, Kishor Kumar B, Hashim A |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Critically ill Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Retrospective cohort study Tertiary care hospital Toxicology Tertiary care Pathology and Forensic Medicine Zinc phosphide chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry medicine General pattern Proper treatment Intensive care medicine business Law |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. |
| ISSN: | 0973-9130 0973-9122 |
| DOI: | 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.15627 |
| Popis: | The present study was carried out to determine the clinical profile of patients presenting with the history of poisoning admitted to the casualty in a tertiary care hospital.The commonest agents involved in the poisoning were due to pesticides followed by therapeutic drugs, of these majority of cases, involved anti inflammatory, analgesic, anti-histamines followed by Sedatives/ hypnotics; accounted for almost half.Among the pesticides, maximum poisoning was due to organophosphates followed by zinc phosphide. It is important to know the nature of poisoning in order to take appropriate preventive measures. Therefore, the knowledge of the general pattern of poisoning in a particular region will be a useful tool in planning and management/proper treatment of critically ill poisoning cases. |
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