Retrospective Analysis of Pattern of Poisoning Cases Admitted in Tertiary Care Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.48165/jiafm.2024.46.1.4Keywords:
Poisoning, Drug overdose, Kamineni hospital;, Hyderabad.Abstract
Road traffic accidents, poisoning and animal bites are important part of medico legal cases coming to a health care centre. This paper presents the poisoning cases brought to Kamineni hospital L.B Nagar, Hyderabad during the span of 2 years (2020 & 2021). The cases were analysed for various epidemiological parameters. The large numbers of people involved are between 21-30 years. Most cases are of agricultural poisons, followed by drug overdose. Most of the cases are seen in the month of February and May.
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