Citation

Raizada A, Kalra OP, Khaira A, Yadav A. Trop. Doct. 2012; 42(2): 70-73.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, C57/Y3, Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095, India alpanaraizada@yahoo.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1258/td.2011.110398

PMID

22431821

Abstract

A retrospective analysis of 584 cases of acute poisoning admitted with a medical emergency to the Department of Medicine, GTB Hospital, Delhi, over a three-year period. The patients were analysed with respect to the age, sex, mode of poisoning, type of poison consumed and mortality. Of these, 42.63% were aged 20-30 years. Poisoning was used as a suicidal agent by 63.8% of the patients. The nature of the poison could not be ascertained in 15.92% of patients. Sedatives were involved in 13.36%. Aluminium phosphide poisoning was found in 11.82%. The overall mortality was estimated to be 13.18% with 53.2% being caused by the consumption of aluminium phosphide. There has been a change in the nature of poisons consumed and the number of cases of aluminium phosphide poisoning is declining. However, aluminium phosphide poisoning still remains a major threat as it carries a high mortality rate.

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