@article{ref1,
title="Hospital admissions due to acute poisoning in the New Territories, Hong Kong",
journal="Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health",
year="1994",
author="Chan, T. Y. and Critchley, J. A.",
volume="25",
number="3",
pages="579-582",
abstract="To study the pattern of acute poisoning in the New Territories East of Hong Kong, 291 adult cases admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital in 1989 were reviewed. The female-to-male ratio was 2.3 to 1 and the majority of patients (83%) were below the age of 40. The main poisons involved were hypnotics and sedatives (44.3%), household products (14.8%) and analgesics (10%). The poisoning was intentional in the majority of cases (98.6%). A specific antidote was necessary in 5.2% of cases. Four patients died after admission giving an overall mortality of 1.4%. When compared to the findings from other western countries, important variations in the pattern of acute poisoning were seen in Hong Kong. Firstly, a substantial proportion of drugs ingested were not dispensed labeled although their nature could usually be determined. Secondly, &quot;Dettol&quot;, a household antiseptic, was commonly used in self-poisoning episodes. The lack of drug identification labeling on dispensed medicines outside hospitals is of great concern to all physicians in Hong Kong.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0125-1562",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}