Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 1

A Study of Socio-Demographic Profile and Outcome of Poisoning Cases Reported at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Northern India

  • Author:
  • Sukhbir Singh1,, Brijender Singh2, Latika 3, Vivek Kumar4, Ashok Chauhan5
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 216 to 219

1Senior Resident Cum Deputy Medical Superintendent, PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana

2Associate Professor & Head, Department of Hospital Administration, PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana

3Senior Resident, Department of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana

4Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana

5Medical Superintendent, PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana

*Corresponding author: Sukhbir Singh, Senior Resident Cum Deputy Medical Superintendent Room No-18, Office of Medical Superintendent (A Block), PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak (Haryana) Ph. No- +91-9467512233, E Mail ID:- drbrar1980@gmail.com

Online published on 20 February, 2014.

Abstract

To Study the Socio-Demographic profile of poisoning cases reported at PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak

To study the outcome of poisoning cases reported at PT.B.D.S. PGIMS, Rohtak

This is a retrospective record based hospital study. The case files of patients admitted with poisoning in the hospital w. e. f. 1st July 2012 to 31st December 2012 were retrieved from the Medical Record Department. The data was collected on a prescribed Performa; keeping in view various factors viz. age, sex, marital status, address, type of poison, time of ingestion and hospitalization and outcome etc. Whole of data was entered in the excel sheet and various tables were prepared.

A total 92 cases of poisoning reported in the hospital over a period of six month are included in the study. Majority of the poisoning patients were males (57%). Most of the patients (37%) were in the age group of 21–30 years followed by (20%) in the age group of 11–20 years. The lowest number of patients (1.09%) were in the age group of 61–70 years. Out of total sample size, most of them (73%) were from the rural area. Out of total patients, most of them (35%) were suffering from the celphos poisoning followed by snake bite (17%). It was revealed from the study that Celphos is the most lethal poison as most of the deaths (75%) were reported in the patients of celphos poisoning followed by the death due to unknown poisonous substances. 61% patients survived (Discharged/Relived/LAMA/Absconded etc.) and around 39% patient died due to poisoning.

Keywords

Pesticides, Organophosphorus, Poisoning, Snake Bite