title: Outpatient management of acute and chronic poisoning.
abstract: Approximately 70 per cent of all poisonings reported to poison control centers will be referred after home or hospital management to the primary care physician. When a patient presents to the physician's office following a poisoning, the care provider must know when hospitalization is needed, what equipment should be available, and where information about the toxin can be obtained.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005194:Family Practice; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors