Open AccessOUTCOME OF THE DELIBERATE SELF POISONING IN TERTIARY CARE SETTING, IGMC SHIMLA
Author(s) -
Susheel Thakur,
Parmod Kumar Jaret,
Vivek Kaushal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i8.1352
Subject(s) - observational study , tertiary care , outcome (game theory) , medicine , environmental health , demography , medical emergency , emergency medicine , sociology , mathematics , mathematical economics
Background: Profile of deliberate self poisoning in an area depends upon a variety of factors, ranging from access to and availability of poison, socio-economic status of the individual, cultural and religious influences, etc.
Methods: The study was a cross sectional observational study which was conducted in department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla over a period of one year starting from 1st July, 2018 to 30th June, 2019.
Results: Out of 134 patients 24(17.91%) patients had fatal outcome and the paraquat poisoning was the most common cause for deadly outcome (n=11).
Conclusion: The outcomes of the study indicate that significant opportunities for reducing mortality exist by better medical management as first aid & by further restrictions on the most toxic pesticides.
Keywords: Poisoning, Organophosphates, Outcome.