Open AccessAcute Poisoning among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Thapa,
Bishwa Raj Dawadi,
Anup Raj Upreti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.4997
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , medical emergency , psychosocial , tertiary care , cross sectional study , confidence interval , family medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry , pathology
Acute poisoning is a major global public health problem contributing to one of the leading causes for a visit to an emergency department. This study aims to analyse the demographic and psychosocial characteristics of patients with acute poisoning presented to the emergency department.