Citation

John Kirubakaran J, Jena SK, Basaveswara Rao MV, Dhanaraju MD. Indian J. Public Health Dev. 2019; 10(8): 575-580.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, R. K. Sharma)

DOI

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.01947.8

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The study aims to assess the patterns, severity and clinical outcome of poisoning incidents among the peoples admitted in a tertiary care hospital, Rajahmundry, India.

METHOD: A retrospective assessment was conducted over a period of one year in a tertiary care teaching hospital; data was collected from the medico-legal case register of the hospital. The data needed for the study was collected using an appropriate data collection form.

RESULTS: The study involved 187 patients with a mean age of 27.95±10.38 years. The commonly used poisoning agent was pesticides (n=111). The intentional poisoning incident was (n=183) higher than accidental (n=4) poisoning. Male (n=103) populations were more prone to commit suicide compared to the female (n=84) population. The literates (n=155) are predominantly higher among the population. The poisoning ratio was higher in the rural (n=131) population compare to urban (n=27) and semi urban (n=29) population.

CONCLUSIONS: A majority of patients whose severity of illness was predicted to be mild to moderate recovered from the poisoning. In contrast, patients whose illness was predicted to be severe were either discharged with severe morbidity or deceased. © 2019, Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; age; pyrethroid; child; female; male; aged; suicide attempt; disease severity; morbidity; major clinical study; rural area; urban area; retrospective study; socioeconomics; drug intoxication; middle aged; herbicide; pesticide; Parasuicide; benzodiazepine; domestic chemical; multiple drug abuse; Glasgow coma scale; organophosphate insecticide; medicine; carbamic acid; thyroxine; Article; plant toxin; outcome assessment; accidental injury; Clinical outcome; fungicide; Pattern; tertiary care center; Deliberate poisoning