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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Acute poisoning."”.
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Etiological Characterization of Emergency Department Acute Poisoning
Poisoning is frequently associated with psychological and physiological co-morbidities that can be assessed in order to improve patients' management and reduce cost. The primary objective of this study is to conduct a review of emergency department (ED) poisonings to characterize its demographics …
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A profile of community based acute poisoning and its associated mortality at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka in 2015
ABSTRACT Background: Acute poisoning remains a common method employed for suicide worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 0.3 million people die every year worldwide due to various poisoning agents. Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study. A …
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A profile of community based acute poisoning and its associated mortality at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka in 2015
ABSTRACT Background: Acute poisoning remains a common method employed for suicide worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 0.3 million people die every year worldwide due to various poisoning agents. Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study. A …
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A descriptive study of acutely poisoned patients presenting to the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services
Background: The scale and types of acute poisoning presenting to the prehospital provider in South Africa and other low- or middle-income countries is largely unknown. Emergency medical services (EMS) are often responsible for the on-scene management and transport of these patients and have a range …
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Neurobehavioural effects of pesticide exposure among emerging farmers in the Western Cape
… weighted for task/activity, (iii) diagnosed past poisoning. Two sets of analyses were conducted: a cross-sectional analysis at baseline (N=319), and a cohort analysis (N=273), comparing change in neurobehavioural performance over the 12 month follow up period. The exposure variable for cumulative …
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An investigation into the neurological and neurobehavioural effects of long-term agrichemical exposure among deciduous fruit farm workers in the Western Cape, South Africa
… sterns from studies relating to the effects of acute intoxications (i.e. short-term high dose exposures) and little data exist on the chronic effects of long-term low-dose exposures to agrichemicals in the absence of acute poisoning. Such a finding would have substantial public health …