study of patients with acute poisoning admitted to Alexandria main university hospital during the year 1977

During the year 1977, 1830 patients with acute poisoning were admitted to Alexandria Main University Hospital, constituting 12% of the total medical admissons. These cases were analysed as regards age, sex, days of admission, duration of stay in hospital and type of poisoning. The females outnumbered males. More than half the cases were in the age group 15 to 25 years. Saturday showed most of the admissions. More cases were admitted during July and August. Moharem Bey is the district referring most of the cases. The highest load of admission was during the night shift. The type of poisoning was known in 67.3%. Three quarters of the patients stayed in the hospital less than one day