A Retrospective Study of Acute Poisoning Cases and Their Management at Emergency Department of Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.

Published in: Drug, healthcare and patient safety (2020)

Among 120 acute poisoning cases, 77 (64.2%) were intentional poisoning cases. Organophosphate poisoning accounts for 45% of the total poisoning cases. The three major reasons for intentional poisoning were mental disorders (20.8%), family disharmony (19.2%) and marital disharmony (15.8%). Cimetidine (98.3%) was the most commonly used pharmacologic treatment of the poisoning cases.

Keyphrases

emergency department
liver failure
healthcare
primary care
respiratory failure
aortic dissection
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
hepatitis b virus
acute respiratory distress syndrome