ArticleAfrican journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence2017
Poisoning cases and their management in emergency centres of government hospitals in northwest Ethiopia.
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- The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Current pesticide suicide surveillance methods used across the African continent: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Pattern, severity, and treatment outcomes in acute poisoning patients admitted to the Saint Peter Specialized Hospital Toxicology Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023: a retrospective study.Frontiers in toxicology · 2025Article
- Study of the Clinical Profiling and Assessment of Poisoning Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital.Cureus · 2024Article
- Self-inflicted ingestion of harmful chemicals in adolescents and adults: risk factors and characteristics.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Mortality of acute poisoning and its predictors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Poisoning cases and their management in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: Hospital-based prospective study.PloS one · 2024Observational
- Outcome of Poisoning and Associated Factors Among Patients Admitted at Referral Hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2023Article
- Trends and Outcomes of Acute Poisoning in Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Medical Intensive Care Units: Retrospective Study.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2022Article
- Acute Poisoning Cases Presented to the Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Hospital Emergency Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Emergency medicine international · 2021Article
- Minimum Data Set for a Poisoning Registry: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR · 2021Review
- A Three-Year Study on Acute Poisoning Cases Brought for Medico-Legal Autopsy in a North-Eastern City of India.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2021Article
- Prevalence, Predictors and Treatment Outcome of Acute Poisoning in Western Ethiopia.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2020Article
- A Retrospective Study of Acute Poisoning Cases and Their Management at Emergency Department of Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.Drug, healthcare and patient safety · 2020Article
- Poisoning Cases Reported to Poison Information Centre, Ahmedabad, India: A Three Year Observational Study.Central Asian journal of global health · 2020Article
- Mortality and morbidity associated with acute poisoning cases in north-east India: A retrospective study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
- Availability of Essential Antidotes and the Role of Community Pharmacists in the Management of Acute Poisoning: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ethiopia.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
introductionWith the widespread availability of a vast number of chemicals and drugs, acute poisoning is a common medical emergency worldwide. In spite of the success of interventions to prevent toxic ingestions, acute poisoning continues to be an important public health problem. Because of weak regulations and limited health care services in developing countries, adverse outcomes from poisoning are more prevalent than in the developed world. Due to the limited Ethiopian literature on this topic, the primary objective of this study was to evaluate and report poisoning cases, their management and outcome in northwest Ethiopia.
methodsThis is a retrospective study of all poisoning cases admitted and managed in the emergency centres of Gondar Teaching Referral Hospital and Metema and Debark district hospitals, from September 2010 to December 2014. Data was collected through retrospective chart review of patients who were admitted due to poisoning.
resultsThere were 543 registered poisoning cases listed in the registry during the study period, of which 344 cases (63.4%) had complete data and were included in the final analysis. There were 48,619 emergency centre visits during the study period, with poisoning cases accounting for 1.1%. Females (60%) were predominant among intentional as well as unintentional poisoning cases. Patients between 15 and 24 years of age accounted for 55% of the cases. Patients poisoned with organophosphate and bleaching agents accounted for 35% and 25%, respectively. Among the poisoning patients, 74% were treated with decontamination, while those exposed to organophosphate were treated with atropine 45.5% (55/121) of the time. DISCUSSION: Young females comprise a group at increased risk for suicidal poisonings. As a developing nation, pesticide and bleaching agents remain a significant cause of acute poisonings in Ethiopia. Intentional poisoning remains the most significant identified cause of poisoning overall.
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