title: Patients with acute poisoning seen in the department of intensive care-Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.
abstract: A review of 157 cases of acute poisoning admitted to the intensive care unit shows that poisoning was responsible for 40 15% of the cases treated at this unit between 15th January to 31st December, 1976. Inspite of limited facilities the over all mortality from acute poisoning was 9.5% while that due to organo-phosphorus insecticides alone was 7%. A considerable infrequency of organophosphorus insecticides poisoning was observed in developed countries when their data was compared with the present series.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010154:Pakistan; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds