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Profile of Poisoning Cases in District and Medical College Hospitals of North Karnataka


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Morbidity and mortality due to poisoning is a world wide problem. The pattern poisoning varies from Country to country, place to place and changes over a period of time due to various reasons. The present study is a prospective study conducted in District and Al - Ameen Medical college hospitals of Bijapur ( North Karnataka ) during 2004-2005. Total 229 poisoning cases were studied from OPD to IPD, followed from admission to recovery or death in a systematic manner. All these cases were analyzed with an objective of knowing age&sex distribution of victims, commonest type of poison, the manner of poisoning, occupation, and also the rural&urban trends. Among 229 cases, male (51.15%) predominated females (42.85%) with majority (42.25%) belonging to 21-30 yrs age group. The commonest poison encountered was the Organophosphorous compounds (73.14%). Suicide (77.33%) was the commonest manner than accidental poisoning. Agricultural farmers with rural background, belonging to lower socioeconomic strata were the commonest victims (78.29%) compared to others.

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Poisoning Cases, Organophosphorous Compounds , Suicide, Accident.
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Authors

Vinay B. Shetty
Department of Forensic Medicine, J J M Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka, India
Gurudatta S. Pawar
Department of Forensic Medicine, J J M Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka, India
P. I. Inamadar
Department of Forensic Medicine, J J M Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Morbidity and mortality due to poisoning is a world wide problem. The pattern poisoning varies from Country to country, place to place and changes over a period of time due to various reasons. The present study is a prospective study conducted in District and Al - Ameen Medical college hospitals of Bijapur ( North Karnataka ) during 2004-2005. Total 229 poisoning cases were studied from OPD to IPD, followed from admission to recovery or death in a systematic manner. All these cases were analyzed with an objective of knowing age&sex distribution of victims, commonest type of poison, the manner of poisoning, occupation, and also the rural&urban trends. Among 229 cases, male (51.15%) predominated females (42.85%) with majority (42.25%) belonging to 21-30 yrs age group. The commonest poison encountered was the Organophosphorous compounds (73.14%). Suicide (77.33%) was the commonest manner than accidental poisoning. Agricultural farmers with rural background, belonging to lower socioeconomic strata were the commonest victims (78.29%) compared to others.

Keywords


Poisoning Cases, Organophosphorous Compounds , Suicide, Accident.

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