Treatment outcome and associated factors among patients admitted with acute poisoning in a tertiary hospital in Eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

Shambel NigusseFekade DemekeMelaku Getachew Firehiwot Amare

Published in: SAGE open medicine (2022)

Organophosphate was the predominant cause of acute poisoning encountered in 62 cases. The modes of poisoning and drug poisoning were significant risk factors associated with poor treatment outcomes of acute poisoning.

Keyphrases

liver failure
respiratory failure
drug induced
aortic dissection
hepatitis b virus
south africa
risk factors
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
adverse drug