Citation

Panzoo QR, Varshney AK, Kumar A, Tandon RN. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2020; 14(3): 447-451.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This study aims at determining the mode of suicidal, accidental and homicidal cases along with the sort of poisoning in north Indian population in relation to age, gender, profession, marital status, upshot of diverse cases of poisons and prerequisite of ventilatory support in dissimilar kind of poisonings.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study includes patients who had been earlier exposed to the to poison either by domestic or farming pesticide, snakebite, toxic plants, stings, manufacturing pollutant, drugs or varied stuffs. The status of patients undergone through poisoning regardless of age, gender, sort as well as method of poisoning, constituent of poisons were recorded in a proforma as prescribed by WHO guidelines.

RESULTS: Poisoning was more during summer season was found to be having the majority of cases which comprised 35.0% of the total recorded incidents. Household and agricultural agents comprising of the 55.2% of the total were followed by bites and stings comprising 26.2% were allied with a large amount of poisoning.

CONCLUSION: The prototype of poisoning in the current study is no exception with the patterns observed in most of the other associated studies, preponderance of fatalities comprised male and toxins used for agriculture affairs. © 2020, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; homicide; suicide; child; female; male; Poisoning; accident; aged; resuscitation; prevalence; anxiety; Deaths; intoxication; Suicidal; death; major clinical study; victim; seasonal variation; marriage; hospital admission; automutilation; pesticide; practice guideline; emergency ward; ingestion; insecticide; poison; emergency health service; fatality; health care personnel; cross-sectional study; drug; summer; Accidental; Homicidal; Victims; agricultural worker; Article; snakebite; poisonous plant; insect sting; toxin; mortality rate; layperson; pollutant