Retrospective Assessment of Poisoning Cases in a Multi Specialty Hospital in Tamilnadu

Rajanandh, Muhasaparur Ganesan; Santhosh, S.

doi:10.3923/jpt.2014.105.109

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“…Usually it is provided by a clinical pharmacist or pharmacist practioner to healthcare professionals. Provision of such information is one of the professional responsibilities of a clinical pharmacist in healthcare system [10][11][12][13] .…”

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Assessment of Pharmacists-led Drug Information Service in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Rajanandh¹,

Seenivasan²,

Ahalya³

et al. 2017

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Assessment of Pharmacists-led Drug Information Service in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Rajanandh¹,

Seenivasan²,

Ahalya³

et al. 2017

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“…Sex wise distribution of cases according to reasons stated for poisoning Rajanandh MG et al,14 Male: 63% Female: 37% and Maharani B et al,15 Male: 61.33% Female: 38.67%.…”

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Socio-demographic characteristics of poisoning cases admitted in a tertiary care level hospital of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India

Wasnik¹,

Jawarkar

Rathod³

et al. 2022

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Poisoning is an important health hazard and one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide The incidence of poisoning cases is increasing steadily with each passing year. Burden of poisoning is high but less authentic data is available on it as hospital records, population surveys and data registered by governmental authorities. With this background, present study is conducted to determine various socio –demographic factors responsible for poisoning in patients.It was an observational study, carried out in District Civil Hospital. All patients admitted with history of poisoning or suspected poisoning in District Civil Hospital who attended in casualty, ICU and ward during study period were included in study. Written informed consent was taken from the cases or relatives. Information was collected from his/her accompanying family members if condition of the case was found to be unfavorable to respond to questions. Majority of the cases were in the age group of 15-44 years (81.52%), Majority of poisoning cases 60.23% were married. The commonest poison to which cases were exposed was an organophosphorus compound which was seen in 61.36%) cases. The most common cause for consuming poison was found to be domestic 324 (45.70%). Presentstudy showed that poisoning was commonly seen in the working age group. Males consumed/exposed to poison more as compared to females. Married males were affected more. Most commonly consumed/exposed poison was organophosphorus compounds.

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Retrospective Assessment of Poisoning Cases in a Multi Specialty Hospital in Tamilnadu

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

Assessment of Pharmacists-led Drug Information Service in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Assessment of Pharmacists-led Drug Information Service in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Socio-demographic characteristics of poisoning cases admitted in a tertiary care level hospital of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India

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