Saeed, Nourhan, Ghanem, Maha, Alhoshy, Hanaa, Atef, Maram. (1402). A Five-Year Study on the Profile of Acute Poisoning Cases Admitted to Poison Center, Alexandria, Egypt. , 12(2), 42-48. doi: 10.22038/apjmt.2023.22776
Nourhan M Saeed; Maha Abdelhamied Ghanem; Hanaa A Alhoshy; Maram Atef. "A Five-Year Study on the Profile of Acute Poisoning Cases Admitted to Poison Center, Alexandria, Egypt". , 12, 2, 1402, 42-48. doi: 10.22038/apjmt.2023.22776
Saeed, Nourhan, Ghanem, Maha, Alhoshy, Hanaa, Atef, Maram. (1402). 'A Five-Year Study on the Profile of Acute Poisoning Cases Admitted to Poison Center, Alexandria, Egypt', , 12(2), pp. 42-48. doi: 10.22038/apjmt.2023.22776
Saeed, Nourhan, Ghanem, Maha, Alhoshy, Hanaa, Atef, Maram. A Five-Year Study on the Profile of Acute Poisoning Cases Admitted to Poison Center, Alexandria, Egypt. , 1402; 12(2): 42-48. doi: 10.22038/apjmt.2023.22776

A Five-Year Study on the Profile of Acute Poisoning Cases Admitted to Poison Center, Alexandria, Egypt

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
دوره 12، شماره 2، پاییز 2023، صفحه 42-48    اصل مقاله (940.67 K)
نوع مقاله: Original Article
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22038/apjmt.2023.22776
نویسندگان
Nourhan M Saeed1؛ Maha Abdelhamied Ghanem1؛ Hanaa A Alhoshy2؛ Maram Atef* 1
1Department of forensic medicine and clinical toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
2Department of medical education, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
چکیده
Background: Poisoning remains one of the health problems that causes significant patient mortality and morbidity worldwide regardless of a country's development or culture. It can occur secondary to exposure to natural ingredient or chemical substance.
Methods: This study was conducted to evaluate Alexandria Poison Center (APC) data for trends and modes of poisoning exposure over a 5-year period and to evaluate the characteristics of human exposure based on the cases received by APC. The data was collected retrospectively from 1st of January   2017 to 31st of December 2021 and all patients admitted through this time (36853 cases) were included.
Results: The study revealed that poisoning occurs significantly more in females than males and the highest incidence of poisoning occurred in adult category. Pesticides were accountable for the highest number of poisoning cases; also, pesticides were responsible for more than 70% of deaths. So, Pesticides were selected as a model to be analyzed in detail. On the side of the study, the effect of COVID-19 was studied and revealed no significant changes in profile of acute poisoning cases, however, suicidal tendency remarkably increased in 2020 and 2021 in comparison to other studied years.
 
 
کلیدواژه‌ها
Acute Poisoning؛ Pesticides؛ Poisoning؛ Alexandria
مراجع
آمار
تعداد مشاهده مقاله: 827
تعداد دریافت فایل اصل مقاله: 1,039
دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد
آمار
تعداد نشریات29
تعداد شماره‌ها2,320
تعداد مقالات24,811
تعداد مشاهده مقاله82,287,519
تعداد دریافت فایل اصل مقاله45,500,492