Patterns of hospital transfer for self-poisoned patients in rural Sri Lanka: implications for estimating the incidence of self-poisoning in the developing world | Zendy

Michael Eddleston | Zendy; K Sudarshan | Zendy; M Senthilkumaran | Zendy; Kavita Reginald | Zendy; Lakshman Karalliedde | Zendy; Lalith Senarathna | Zendy; Dhammika De Silva | Zendy; M.H.R. Sheriff | Zendy; Nicholas A. Buckley | Zendy; David Gunnell | Zendy

Open Access

Patterns of hospital transfer for self-poisoned patients in rural Sri Lanka: implications for estimating the incidence of self-poisoning in the developing world

Author(s) -

Michael Eddleston,

K Sudarshan,

M Senthilkumaran,

Kavita Reginald,

Lakshman Karalliedde,

Lalith Senarathna,

Dhammika De Silva,

M.H.R. Sheriff,

Nicholas A. Buckley,

David Gunnell

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.05.025379

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , case fatality rate , emergency medicine , referral , population , pediatrics , injury prevention , poison control , sri lanka , rural area , environmental health , family medicine , south asia , physics , ethnology , pathology , optics , history

Most data on self-poisoning in rural Asia have come from secondary hospitals. We aimed to: assess how transfers from primary to secondary hospitals affected estimates of case-fatality ratio (CFR); determine whether there was referral bias according to gender or poison; and estimate the annual incidence of all self-poisoning, and of fatal self-poisoning, in a rural developing-world setting.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research