ArticleEmergency medicine international2021
Acute Poisoning Cases Presented to the Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Hospital Emergency Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Quality improvement strategies in the management of poisoning: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and determinant of poor treatment outcome of poisoning in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Caregivers' knowledge with burned children and related factors towards burn first aid: A systematic review.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Epidemiology, Clinical Profile, and Outcome of Acute Domestic Poisoning in Children in Four Health Facilities in the North West Region of Cameroon.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2026Article
- Treatment outcomes and determinants of in-hospital mortality among acute poisoning patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A multicenter retrospective study.Journal of public health research · 2026Article
- Current pesticide suicide surveillance methods used across the African continent: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Data completeness and quality of emergency triage in Ethiopian public tertiary hospitals: A multicenter study.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2025Article
- 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
- Prevalence of unfavorable outcome in acute poisoning and associated factors at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards burn first aid and its associated factors among caregivers attending burn units in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcute poisoning is a common reason for visits to the emergency room and hospitalization across the world, as well as a possible cause of morbidity and death. This study aimed to assess acute poisonings at Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma (AaBET) Hospital.
resultsData were collected from 98 acute poisoning cases, and 52% were males and 48% were females. 85 (86.7%) were less than 45 years. 52 (55.1%) were unemployed, and 33 (33.7%) were farmers. 96 (98%) cases were due to intentional poisoning, and 96 (98%) had oral ingestion. Organophosphates poisoning (27.5%) was the commonest cause, followed by 26.5% of unknown poisons and 16.3% prescribed drugs. Sixty-six percent of the patients presented to the hospital after 2 hours of ingestion. The case fatalities were 10.2% of which 40% of the cases were due to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic (2, 4-D) poisoning, followed by aluminum phosphide (20%).
conclusionThis study showed farmers and the unemployed were more affected. The most common mode of poisoning was intentional poisoning, oral ingestion being the primary route. The common poisons used by the victims were organophosphates. 2, 4-D poisoning was the major cause of death.
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