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Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice toward Children with Accidental Poisoning in Zagazig Poison Control Centers [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022
Background: Accidental poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional injuries among children in low-income and middle-income countries. Aim: This study aimed to assess nurses’ knowledge and practice toward children with accidental poisoning in the Poison
Fawzia Nabeel Mohammad Abd-Elmegeed, Rasha Abdelateef Abdelaziz ramadan, Nesreen Mosbah Elsayed Mohamed, Khaled Fahad Al Hosis, Samah El Awady Bassam   +4 more
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Association of p-phenylenediamine exposure with alterations of pulmonary function, pruritus and health-related quality of life in hair dye factory workers: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports, 2023
P-Phenylenediamine (PPD) is a common component of hair dye, which can cause skin contact allergy and asthma with impaired pulmonary function. However, the adverse effects of occupational exposure to different dose PPD was rarely mentioned.
Ming Zhang, Meibian Zhang, Qiang Zeng, Dafeng Lin, Naixing Zhang   +4 more
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Protecting Your Family from Unintentional Poisoning

EDIS, 2012
“In 2004, more than 2.4 million exposures to human toxins were reported to poison control centers in the United States. Almost all of them occurred in homes, and 85% percent of poison exposures were unintentional. More than half of them involved children
Donna Davis
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Unintentional pediatric exposures to household cleaning products: a cross-sectional analysis of the National Poison Data System (2000–2015)

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2023
Background Household cleaning products are the second most common cause of unintentional poisoning in children 
Anthony Pacini, Ben Tsutaoka, Leslie Lai, Timur S. Durrani   +3 more
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“Heavy Metal”: Management of lead toxicity following a gunshot injury with retained lead fragments, a case report

Toxicology Reports, 2023
There is limited literature on managing chronic lead exposure from non-removable sources such as lead fragments. In this case report, we present the complexities and clinical considerations involved in treating an elderly patient who sustained a ...
Ilaria Costantini, Massimo Carollo, Lorenzo Losso, Elia Morando, Matilde Bacchion, Giovanni Mantelli, Mauro Pizzuto, Letizia Spagnuolo, Maria Vittoria Ventura, Giorgio Ricci   +9 more
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Estimating influenza vaccine effectiveness using routine surveillance data among children aged 6–59 months for five consecutive influenza seasons

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objectives: We aimed to estimate the pooled vaccine effectiveness (VE) in children over five winters through data linkage of two existing surveillance systems.
Wei-Ju Su, Ta-Chien Chan, Pei-Hung Chuang, Yu-Lun Liu, Ping-Ing Lee, Ming-Tsan Liu, Jen-Hsiang Chuang   +6 more
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Annual Report of Recorded Phone Calls to Iran's Drug and Poison Information Centers (2014-2015) [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2015
Background: The annual statistics of Drug and Poison Information Centers (DPICs) have critical role in public health planning. The objective of this study was to provide annual epidemiologic profile of drug inquiry and poisoning-related phone calls to ...
Talat Ghane, Yasna Behmanesh, Fardin Khazaei   +2 more
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Acute Toxicity of Abused Drugs in Minia Poison Control Center [PDF]

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, 2022
Background: Drug abuse is one of the most serious threats in several countries; acute toxicity of these drugs was more common in all poison control centers. Objectives: This study aimed to recognize the incidence of acute toxicity of abused drugs Methods:
Mohammed Sarhan, Eman Mahmoud
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Laurel but Hardy: unintended poisoning, a case report of oleander misidentification as bay laurel

Toxicology Reports, 2023
Introduction: Nerium oleander is a toxic plant containing cardiac glycosides throughout all its parts, thereby posing severe health risks upon ingestion.
Giovanni Mantelli, Massimo Carollo, Lorenzo Losso, Ilaria Costantini, Elia Morando, Matilde Bacchion, Mauro Pizzuto, Letizia Spagnuolo, Giorgio Ricci   +8 more
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Impact of a poison control center on the length of hospital stay of poisoned patients: retrospective cohort

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2011
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Poison control centers play an essential role in caring for poisoned patients, albeit without secure funding for their activities.
Taís Freire Galvão, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Carolina Dalene Silva, Adriana Melo Barotto, Izabela Lucchese Gavioli, Fábio Bucaretchi, Álvaro Nagib Atallah   +6 more
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