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Treatment outcome and associated factors among patients admitted with acute poisoning in a tertiary hospital in Eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.
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- Prevalence and determinant of poor treatment outcome of poisoning in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Mortality and its determinants among patients attending in emergency departments.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Building medical toxicology capacity in Africa: a review and strategic perspective on the need for fellowship training programs.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Prospective cohort study on the characteristics of acute poisoning patients at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Emergency Department Visits due to Medication Overdose in a Finnish University Hospital.Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology · 2025Article
- Predictive models assessing the impact of intensive care unit admission on the outcomes of acutely poisoned patients.Toxicology research · 2025Article
- Mortality of acute poisoning and its predictors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Determinants of Poison-related Mortality in Tertiary Care Hospital, South India.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Emergency department overcrowding and its associated factors at HARME medical emergency center in Eastern Ethiopia.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- A four-way patient search method for the retrospective identification of poisoning patients.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Determinants of neural tube defects among newborns in public referral hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- The Burden and Contributing Factors of Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Among Acute Heart Failure Patients Admitted to Tertiary Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2023Article
- Pattern and outcome of acute organophosphate poisoning at health facilities of Harari Region, Eastern Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- Outcome of Rodenticide Poisoning and Its Associated Factors Among Adult Patients Admitted with Rodenticide Poisoning at the Emergency Unit of Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Debre Tabor, North Central Ethiopia.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2023Article
- 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
- Patterns, Clinical Outcome, and Factors Associated with Poisoning Outcomes among Poisoned Patients in Northwest Ethiopia.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
introductionAcute poisoning causes morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is scarce of information on acute poisoning in the study area.
objectiveTo assess treatment outcome and the associated factors among patients admitted with acute poisoning at Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted. All acutely poisoned patients who had been admitted at the emergency department of Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020 who fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study were included. Data were collected by review of medical records. Poor treatment outcome of acute poisoning was defined as the acutely poisoned patient was died, or survived with disability. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with the outcome of acute poisoning.
resultA total of 175 patient's medical records were reviewed. Of these, 150 patient's medical records had complete information and were included in the final analysis. The majority of participants 89 (59.3%) were in the age group of 19-37 years. More than half of the participants 86 (57.3%) were females. Organophosphate was the most poisoning agent encountered in 62 cases. Acetaminophen was the predominant drug poisoning agent encountered in 10 participants. Among 30 patients managed with antidote, 18 patients were treated with atropine for organophosphate poisoning. Of all the poisoning cases admitted during the study period, 16.7% died. Participants who were poisoned by themselves were 2.4 times more likely to have poor treatment outcomes than those who were poisoned accidentally: 2.44 (95% confidence interval: 1.10-5.42). The odd of having poor treatment outcome in participants who were poisoned by drugs was 2.13 more likely: 2.13 (95% confidence interval: 1.21-3.32).
conclusionOrganophosphate was the predominant cause of acute poisoning encountered in 62 cases. The modes of poisoning and drug poisoning were significant risk factors associated with poor treatment outcomes of acute poisoning.
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