Citation

Karim A, Abid H, Uz Zaman M, Afridi HK, Abid MM, Iqbal A. Medical forum monthly 2018; 29(12): 44-47.

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(Copyright © 2018)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine Pattern of Acute Poisoning in KPK. Study Design: Retrospective Study Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Toxicology Laboratory at Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department Khyber Medical College, Peshawar from January 2015 to December 2016.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The detection of poisons was conducted by chemical method and gas chromatographic method. A Performa was designed to record Age, Sex, Area, Substance of Poisoning and Medico-Legal type of poisoning. This Data was collected with the permission of ethical committee of the institute and analyzed for results by version SPSS 10.

RESULTS: The incidence of acute poisoning was maximum (39.32%) 210 cases in the age group 16-30 years and minimum (9.36%) 50 cases in the age group 03-15 years as shown in table no.01. There were (53.37%) 285 cases of female patients and (46.62%) 249 cases of male as shown in table no.2. The incidence of acute poisoning in urban population was (56.17%) 300 cases and (43.82%) 234 cases belong to rural population as shown in table no.03. The incidence of homicidal poisoning (3.93%) 21 cases, suicidal poisoning (63.10%) 337 cases, accidental poisoning (16.10%) 86 cases, poisoning due to addiction (16.10%) 86 cases and therapeutic poisoning (0.74%) 4 cases were recorded as shown an table no.04. It was observed that benzodiazepine poisoning (29.58%) 158 cases, phosphine poisoning (15.91%) 85 cases, morphine poisoning (11.79%) 63 cases, heroin poisoning (8.05%) 43 cases, tricycle antidepronats (6.74%) 36 cases, ethyl alcohol poisoning (5.99%) 32 cases, organophosphate poisoning (5.61%) 30 cases, methane phetamine (4.49%) 24 cases, cannabis poisoning (2.80%) 15 cases, arsenic poisoning (1.12%) 6 cases, nitric acid poisoning (0.93%) 5 cases, carbon monoxide poisoning (4.11%) 22 cases, chloroform poisoning (1.87%) 10 cases and mushroom poisoning (0.93%) 5 cases recorded as shown in table no.5. © 2018 Medical Forum Monthly. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; homicide; suicide; child; female; male; Poisoning; alcohol; Pakistan; aged; incidence; cannabis; intoxication; alcohol intoxication; rural population; major clinical study; retrospective study; school child; carbon monoxide; carbon monoxide intoxication; middle aged; preschool child; morphine; groups by age; gas chromatography; benzodiazepine; diamorphine; urban population; arsenic poisoning; phosphine; Article; chloroform; nitric acid; young adult; organophosphate poisoning; methane; accidental poisoning; benzodiazepine poisoning; cannabis poisoning; heroin poisoning; homicidal poisoning; methane phetamine poisoning; morphine poisoning; phosphine poisoning; poisoning due to addiction; therapeutic poisoning; Toxicology laboratory and retrospective study; tricycle antidepronat