An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95

Objective: To examine the causes and mortality of poisonings in Mazandaran province. Methods: A total of 411 poisoning cases referred to Shahid Yahyanejad hospital in Babol in period of one year (1993-1995) were included in this study. Various parameters in relation to poisonings have been investiga...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	AA Moghadam Nia, M Abdollahi
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FA
Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 1999
Materias:	epidemiology of poisoning drug intoxication suicide attempt acute poisoning Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2734ea319ad8404facc6d9787c302d50
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:2734ea319ad8404facc6d9787c302d50
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2734ea319ad8404facc6d9787c302d502021-11-10T09:24:10ZAn epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-951561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/2734ea319ad8404facc6d9787c302d501999-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-2964-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170Objective: To examine the causes and mortality of poisonings in Mazandaran province. Methods: A total of 411 poisoning cases referred to Shahid Yahyanejad hospital in Babol in period of one year (1993-1995) were included in this study. Various parameters in relation to poisonings have been investigated retrospectively in these cases. Findings: Data in these cases showed greater rate of poisoning for females (55.5%) than males (45.5%) but the rate of mortality for males was greater than that of females (65% versus 35%). Most of poisonings occurs at the age range of 16-25 years. Oral ingestion was the most common route of intoxication. Most cases of poisoning were referred to hospital between 8 and 12 a.m. Most of poisoning cases occurred intentionally followed by accidentally and occupationally. Of drugs diazepam (24.5%) was the first, followed by unknown drugs, carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, acetaminophen, aspirin and amitriptyline. Of chemicals, pesticides (More frequently organophosphates) were the first cause of poisoning. Respectively opiates, aluminum-phosphide, rodenticides, petroleum and ethanol intoxications were also commonly observed. Pesticides (Organophosphates and aluminum-phosphide) poisoning were most often lead to death, particularly in spring and summer. In total, 85.4% of cases were recovered without any sequale and 9% died. Conclusion: The majority of poisoning cases in adults occur intentionally and in children accidentally. Therefore, consideration should be given to limit and control the availability of chemicals and drugs. Further attempts to establish poison information centers in different parts of this province are highly suggested.AA Moghadam NiaM AbdollahiBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticleepidemiology of poisoningdrug intoxicationsuicide attemptacute poisoningMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 19-26 (1999)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN FA
topic	epidemiology of poisoning drug intoxication suicide attempt acute poisoning Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	epidemiology of poisoning drug intoxication suicide attempt acute poisoning Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 AA Moghadam Nia M Abdollahi An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95
description	Objective: To examine the causes and mortality of poisonings in Mazandaran province. Methods: A total of 411 poisoning cases referred to Shahid Yahyanejad hospital in Babol in period of one year (1993-1995) were included in this study. Various parameters in relation to poisonings have been investigated retrospectively in these cases. Findings: Data in these cases showed greater rate of poisoning for females (55.5%) than males (45.5%) but the rate of mortality for males was greater than that of females (65% versus 35%). Most of poisonings occurs at the age range of 16-25 years. Oral ingestion was the most common route of intoxication. Most cases of poisoning were referred to hospital between 8 and 12 a.m. Most of poisoning cases occurred intentionally followed by accidentally and occupationally. Of drugs diazepam (24.5%) was the first, followed by unknown drugs, carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, acetaminophen, aspirin and amitriptyline. Of chemicals, pesticides (More frequently organophosphates) were the first cause of poisoning. Respectively opiates, aluminum-phosphide, rodenticides, petroleum and ethanol intoxications were also commonly observed. Pesticides (Organophosphates and aluminum-phosphide) poisoning were most often lead to death, particularly in spring and summer. In total, 85.4% of cases were recovered without any sequale and 9% died. Conclusion: The majority of poisoning cases in adults occur intentionally and in children accidentally. Therefore, consideration should be given to limit and control the availability of chemicals and drugs. Further attempts to establish poison information centers in different parts of this province are highly suggested.
format	article
author	AA Moghadam Nia M Abdollahi
author_facet	AA Moghadam Nia M Abdollahi
author_sort	AA Moghadam Nia
title	An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95
title_short	An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95
title_full	An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95
title_fullStr	An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95
title_full_unstemmed	An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95
title_sort	epidemiological study of acute poisoning in babol during 1993-95
publisher	Babol University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	1999
url	https://doaj.org/article/2734ea319ad8404facc6d9787c302d50
work_keys_str_mv	AT aamoghadamnia anepidemiologicalstudyofacutepoisoninginbabolduring199395 AT mabdollahi anepidemiologicalstudyofacutepoisoninginbabolduring199395 AT aamoghadamnia epidemiologicalstudyofacutepoisoninginbabolduring199395 AT mabdollahi epidemiologicalstudyofacutepoisoninginbabolduring199395
_version_	1718440085491286016

An epidemiological study of acute poisoning in Babol during 1993-95

Ejemplares similares