Trends of Poisoning Cases in Males Analyzed in Poison Detection Centre of a Tertiary Care Hospital-A 5 year Retrospective Study Ali Kashif1, Pujar Somashekhar S.2,*, Honnungar Ravindra S.3, Jirli Prasanna S.4, Koulapur Vishal V.2, Junaidi Khaja Azizuddin4, Pushpa M.G.5 1Postgraduate, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J.N. Medical College, Belagavi 2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J.N. Medical College, Belagavi 3Professor and HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J.N. Medical College, Belagavi 4Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J.N. Medical College, Belagavi 5Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, BIMS, Belagavi *Corresponding Author: Dr. Somashekhar S, Pujar, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, KAHER'S, J.N. Medical College, Belagavi-590010
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract Introduction Poisoning is a common problem worldwide which affects people of all age groups and occupation irrespective of gender thereby causing morbidity and mortality. Since poisoning cases are increasing day by day at an alarming state hence it is putting burden over the health service resources. Among the unnatural deaths, death owing to poisoning stand next only to road traffic accident deaths. Objectives To analyze the trends of Poisoning cases in males tested in Poison Detection Centre of a tertiary care hospital over a period of 5 years. Materials and Method A retrospective record based study of all poisoning samples of males sent for analyzing to Poison Detection Centre (PDC) of KLE hospital, Belagavi from January 2012 to December 2016. The data regarding pattern of poisoning, age, occupation and basic demographics were collected from hospital records. Results The study included total 534 male cases of which 451 were positive for various poisonous compounds and 83 were negative for standards tested. The commonest age group was 19–29 years. Organophosphorus was commonest compound and least was Amitraz. The maximum number of cases reported were among illiterate and were from rural background involved in agricultural activities. The maximum deaths were seen with Organophosphorus compound. Top Keywords Poisoning, Pattern, Poison Detection Centre, Males. Top |