Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley

Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley

A retrospective study of poisoning cases admitted in ICU [Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care GMC Srinagar] from Jan 2006 to May 2014 was conducted to evaluate the socio demographic variables and type of poison consumed in these cases. Organophosphorous poisoning cases were predominant,...

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Main Author: Farhana Bashir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Makhdoomi Printers 2014-01-01
Series:Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
Subjects:
Organophosphorous Poisoning
Online Access:http://gjmedph.com/uploads/O2-Vo3No6.pdf
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spelling doaj-5cba1371097d4e1c9a8d266a87df239f2020-11-25T01:56:33ZengMakhdoomi PrintersGlobal Journal of Medicine and Public Health 2277-96042277-96042014-01-0136Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir ValleyFarhana BashirA retrospective study of poisoning cases admitted in ICU [Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care GMC Srinagar] from Jan 2006 to May 2014 was conducted to evaluate the socio demographic variables and type of poison consumed in these cases. Organophosphorous poisoning cases were predominant, amounting to 394 cases. Maximum cases (281) were in the age group of 18 to 35 years. Female predominance was seen in the study population. It was observed that unmarried people (294) had high incidence of poisoning as compared to married people (150). Most of the cases admitted in ICU were from south zone (204) which had a population of 2,328,950 as compared to central (129) and north (111) zones of Kashmir that had a population of 1,250,173 and 2,573,169 respectively.http://gjmedph.com/uploads/O2-Vo3No6.pdfOrganophosphorous Poisoning
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Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley
Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
Organophosphorous Poisoning
author_facet Farhana Bashir
author_sort Farhana Bashir
title Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley
title_short Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley
title_full Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley
title_fullStr Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley
title_full_unstemmed Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley
title_sort socio demographic profile of the poisoning cases in kashmir valley
publisher Makhdoomi Printers
series Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
issn 2277-9604
2277-9604
publishDate 2014-01-01
description A retrospective study of poisoning cases admitted in ICU [Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care GMC Srinagar] from Jan 2006 to May 2014 was conducted to evaluate the socio demographic variables and type of poison consumed in these cases. Organophosphorous poisoning cases were predominant, amounting to 394 cases. Maximum cases (281) were in the age group of 18 to 35 years. Female predominance was seen in the study population. It was observed that unmarried people (294) had high incidence of poisoning as compared to married people (150). Most of the cases admitted in ICU were from south zone (204) which had a population of 2,328,950 as compared to central (129) and north (111) zones of Kashmir that had a population of 1,250,173 and 2,573,169 respectively.
topic Organophosphorous Poisoning
url http://gjmedph.com/uploads/O2-Vo3No6.pdf
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