Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Contribution of Toxicology Laboratory in Establishing Exact Clinical Diagnosis in Cases of Poisoning

  • Author:
  • Pushpendra Singh1,, B.H Tirpude2, P N Murkey3, Sharjeel Khan4, Ninad Nagrale4, Swapnil Patond4
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 217 to 220

1Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Veer Chandra Singh Garwahi Government Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Srinagar, Pauri Garwahal

2Professor and HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram

3Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram

4Post Graduate Student, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram

*Corresponding author: Pushpendra Singh Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Veer Chandra Singh Garwahi Government Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Srinagar, Pauri Garwahal

Online published on 27 July, 2017.

Abstract

History by the patient or his attendant is never binding on the clinician. History can be variously presented and interpreted. But it does influence his medical judgement, considering actuality from history forwarded and the clinical presentation. For the diagnosis of a case of poisoning, judgement is based on history obtained and signs and symptoms prevailed by a particular consumed poison. But, where poisoning may not be suspected ordinarily, because symptoms and signs are not present, specifically and it may even resemble natural disease. Besides it, the history is not available most of the time or if it is available is not correct. Diagnosis of poisoning based on wrong information by exclusion technique has hazardous clinical and legal implications.

Keywords

poisoning, clinical toxicology, toxicology laboratory