Fayaz Hussain Khoso, Fouzia Panhwar, Mudassar Iqbal Arain, Abdullah Dayo, Muhammad Ali Ghoto.
Assessment of various types of poisoning cases seen in District Hospital, Badin, Sindh, Pakistan.
Rawal Med J Jan ;45(2):272-7.

Objective: To evaluate the different types of poisoned patients, their clinical features and the outcome. Methodology: This observational cross-sectional study was performed at the ICU of University of Sindh Hospital, Badin from January 2018 to January 2019. During the study period, 317 poisoned patients were seen. Purposive sampling technique was used. A well-designed questionnaire was utilized for the collection of data. Results: Out of 317 patients, 187(59.0%) were male and 130(41.0%) female. Most (n=205; 64.7%) were young with age with age <40 years. Mode of poisoning was intentional in 282(89.0%), poisoning place was home in 266(83.0%) patients with the oral route of poisoning in 265 (88.3%). 236 (74.4%) poisoned patients took more than one hour to reach hospital and first aid was given to only 114(35.0%) patients. Organophosphate was the most common type of poison seen in172(54.3%) patients, followed by kerosene oil in 69(21.7%), drugs in 40(12.6%), and acid in 24(7.6%) patients. Poisoning was severe in 51(16.1%), moderate in 106(33.4%), and mild in 160(50.5%). Complication was present in 109(34.4%), resulting in mortality of 65(20.5%) patients. Conclusion: Organophosphorus was the most common type of substance used for poisoning followed by kerosene oil, acid and drugs. Rate of poisoning was high in young adults of rural areas with low income.

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