Citation

Haq M, Farheen A, Goli SK. Med. Legal Update 2015; 15(1): 98-101.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, R.K. Sharma and Institute of Medico-Legal Publications)

DOI

10.5958/0974-1283.2015.00022.5

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Morbidity and mortality due to poisoning is a world wide problem. The pattern poisoning varies from Country to country, place to place and changes over a period of time due to various reasons. The present study is a prospective study conducted at Khaja Banda Nawaz institute of medical science of Gulbarga, (North-Karnataka) during 2011-2013. Total 229 poisoning cases were studied from OPD to IPD, followed from admission to recovery or death in a systematic manner. All these cases were analyzed with an objective of knowing age & sex distribution of victims, commonest type of poison, the manner of poisoning, occupation, and also the rural & urban trends. Among 229 cases, male (51.15%) predominated females (42.85%) with majority (42.25%) belonging to 21-30 yrs age group. The commonest poison encountered was the Organophosphorous compounds (73.14%). Suicide (77.33%) was the commonest manner than accidental poisoning. Agricultural farmers with rural background, belonging to lower socioeconomic strata were the commonest victims (78.29%) compared to others. © 2015, World Informations Syndicate. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; Accident; human; homicide; suicide; Suicide; female; infant; male; newborn; India; intoxication; occupation; death; major clinical study; rural area; urban area; victim; sex ratio; hospital admission; age distribution; social status; prospective study; organophosphorus compound; medical school; phenol; public hospital; agricultural worker; Article; accidental injury; Poisoning cases; descriptive research; Organophosphorous compounds