Changing Trends of Poisoning in Bangladesh

Howlader, Mar; Hossain, MZ; Morshed, MG; Begum, Hasna Hena; Sardar, MH; Uddin, MZ; Azad, Khan Abul Kalam

doi:10.3329/jdmc.v20i1.8582

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“…Savlon is used as antiseptic purpose in our daily life and normally preserve at home. So, it is easy to use for poisoning purpose.The findings of the study related to savlon poisoning, by Hawlader et al were completely similar with our study 17 .…”

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confidence: 92%

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Sociodemographic Status and Pattern of Poisoning in a Tertiary Level Hospital

Howlader

Saha

Alam

et al. 2020

Faridpur Med Coll J

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Poisoning is responsible for a large number of hospital admissions in Bangladesh. Sociodemographic status and pattern of poisoning are changing day by day. That's why poisoning related mortality and morbidity are varying. This study was carried out in the Medicine department of Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) from January to June 2017, to observe the sociodemographic status, such as age, sex, residence, occupation, level of education of patient, mode and pattern of poisoning. Cases were selected randomly in ward and data were collected in a data sheet with consent. Sample size was 100 and age range was from 15 to 65 years. Among them female were 60(60%). Maximum number (64%) of cases was on age range from 15 to 25 years that comprises 41% female and 23% male. Subsequently second highest number (20%) was on range from 26-35 years. Most of the female (60%) were housewives and maximum (40%) of male were student. Highest number (60%) of patients studied academically below SSC. Regarding mode of poisoning suicidal attempted was highest (85%) and among them about 68% were female. Organophosphorus compound (OPC) was most common (52%) poisoning agent and most of them (67%) were female. Street poisoning was observed in 11(11%) cases and all were male. Subsequently sedative and harpic poisoning occurred in same number (10 in each) of cases. History of gul poisoning was found in 8% cases and most of them were female. Besides them paracetamol, savlon and others poisoning were documented in 4%, 2% and 3% respectively. Faridpur Med. Coll. J. Jan 2020;15(1): 8-11

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“…This is consistent with another study by Bari MS et al 16 that shows harpic poisoning was found in 7% cases. Same result also observed in two studies by Howlader et al 9,17 .…”

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Sociodemographic Status and Pattern of Poisoning in a Tertiary Level Hospital

Howlader

Saha

Alam

et al. 2020

Faridpur Med Coll J

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“…Unlike other previous studies conducted in Bangladesh by Amin et al 20 and Howlader et al 21 , the present study showed that the majority of children ingested prescribed drugs followed by corrosives and hydrocarbon compound while OPC poisoning was found only in few cases. Easy availability of any kind of medicine at the market in the urban area of our country along with illiteracy, lack of awareness and storage of drugs in an unsafe place probably some of the important risk factors of drug poisoning in Bangladesh.…”

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“…Only one fatal case was reported in this study, as BSMMU J 2017; 10: 264-266 265 Table II Causative agents for poisoning 21 Lower mortality rate in this study could be due to better management in improved logistics and facilities in the Hospital where the study was done. But it does not reflect the exact result as the population size was small.…”

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“…Easy availability of any kind of medicine at the market in the urban area of our country along with illiteracy, lack of awareness and storage of drugs in an unsafe place probably some of the important risk factors of drug poisoning in Bangladesh. Although previous studies conducted in Bangladesh 20, 21 reported OPC was the most common causative agent for poisoning probably due to easy access to pesticides in the rural area in Bangladesh. The studies in some surrounding countries showed that the prescribed drugs represent the most common causative agent of poisoning, a pattern similar to that of the developed countries.…”

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Clinical profile and outcomes of childhood poisoning

Ahmed¹,

Rahman²,

Tawfiq³

2017

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal

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<p class="Abstract">The patterns of accidental poisoning in children usually differ from country to country and from one region to another within the same country. This retrospective study was performed from January 2012 to December 2014 to determine the trends of childhood poisoning in urban area of Bangladesh. A total of 32 cases were analyzed completely; intention of poisoning was classified as accidental, suicidal and homicidal. The commonest age range for accidental poisoning was 1-5 years (64.7%). Suicidal poisoning was prevalent among mid adolescence group. The overall male to female ratio was 1:1; in case of accidental poisoning male to female ratio among preschooler was 2.66:1. All the patients were from urban background and drug overdose was the commonest cause of poisoning. Accidental poisoning was found in 53% of patients, suicidal 41% and homicidal 6% cases. The mortality was 3%. This study showed that boys at pre-school age group were at greater risk for accidental poisoning. Drug over dosage was the most common poisoning in this study. Alarmingly, accidental introduction of per rectal analgesic was the most common cause of acute poisoning during infancy in this study.</p>

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Common anticholinergic solanaceaous plants of temperate Europe - A review of intoxications from the literature (1966–2018)

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Kreft

2020

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Changing Trends of Poisoning in Bangladesh

Cited by 10 publications

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Sociodemographic Status and Pattern of Poisoning in a Tertiary Level Hospital

Sociodemographic Status and Pattern of Poisoning in a Tertiary Level Hospital

Clinical profile and outcomes of childhood poisoning

Common anticholinergic solanaceaous plants of temperate Europe - A review of intoxications from the literature (1966–2018)

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