Outpatient management of acute and chronic poisoning.
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.
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