Demographic Profile of Acute Poisoning Cases Excluding Animal Bite at MBGH, Udaipur

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Poisons are the substances that can causesevere organ damage or death, if ingested, breathed, injectedinto the body or absorbed through the skin.1 The word poisonwas firstly used in 1200 A.D., which means a deadly potionor substance.2 This word was derived from Latin word‘potionem’ (a drinking of drink). Every substance may act aspoison and only the dose plays an important role. Aims andobjectives: 1) to study the demographic profile of poisoningin the patients admitted in MBGH, Udaipur. 2) To study theincidence of different types of poisoning.Material and methods: This study was hospital basedprospective study. The study was conducted from Jan, 2017to Jan, 2018; carried out in Department of Medicine RNTmedical college and MBGH hospitals Udaipur (Raj). 200patients were included who fulfilled the eligible criteria.Results: Males (54.50%) were affected more than females(45.50%).Maximum numbers of patients 34.00% were inthe age group between 21-30 years. Most of the people werefrom rural area (67.00%). Highest numbers were reportedamong agricultural worker (21.50%) followed by students(21.00%). Intentional poisoning was found among 159 cases(79.5%). Family problems (n=78, 39%) were contributingfactor for committing suicides. The leading poison wasOrganophosphorous group of compounds 33.00%. Highestmortality was seen in aluminum phosphide which constituted16 cases (51.61%).Conclusion: Acute poisoning is one of the common problemsin a clinical practice and our study suggests that Insecticidesare one of the most common agents causing this problem: