TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Current trend of poisoning--a hospital profile
JO  - Journal of the Indian Medical Association
A1  - Gargi, J.
A1  - Rai, Hakumat
A1  - Chanana, Ashok
A1  - Rai, Gurmanjit
A1  - Sharma, Gulshan
A1  - Bagga, I. J. S.
SP  - 72
EP  - 3, 94
VL  - 104
IS  - 2
N2  - A one-year study was carried out among the poisoning cases admitted in the emergency wing of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital attached to Government Medical College, Amritsar during the period from 10-5-1997 to 9-5-1998. Out of 10,664 admitt emergencies, 3.19% were poisoning cases. Male to female ratio was nearly 3:1. Majority (45.59%) of the victims were in the age group of 21-30 years, 69.12% were married and 51.47% belonged to urban area. At the time of admission 61.47% cases were conscious, 26.17% were partially conscious and 12.36% were unconscious. Majority (76.47%) of the victims committed suicide, in 20.88% cases manner of death was accident and homicide was reported in 1.76% cases. Commones poison was aluminium phosphide (38.23%) followed by organophosphorus compounds (17.64%). The study observed increasing trend of suicide by aluminium phosphide and organophosphorus compounds, whereas other poisons for committing suicide were less commonly used.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-5847
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -