Acute poisoning in Nigerians: a review of cases managed over a five-year period (1968-1972) at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
A review was carried out on patients with acute drug poisoning managed over a five-year period, between 1968 and 1972 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Of the 139 cases, 23 were admitted for in-patient management while the rest were managed in the Emergency Department of the hospital as out-patients. The pattern of poisoning, clinical presentation and management were discussed, as well as suggestions for a more efficient management of similar cases, in the future.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D011039:Poison Control Centers; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors