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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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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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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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French Scorpionism (Mainland and Oversea Territories): Narrative Review of Scorpion Species, Scorpion Venom, and Envenoming Management

Toxins, 2022
Sixty-seven scorpion species have been described in France and its territories, where they have been found to be heterogeneously distributed. Indeed, only one species can be found on Réunion Island, while 38 species exist in French Guiana.
Jules-Antoine Vaucel, Sébastien Larréché, Camille Paradis, Arnaud Courtois, Jean-Marc Pujo, Narcisse Elenga, Dabor Résière, Weniko Caré, Luc de Haro, Jean-Christophe Gallart, Romain Torrents, Corinne Schmitt, Johan Chevalier, Magali Labadie, Hatem Kallel, French PCC Research Group   +15 more
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Toxicological consultation data management system based on experience of Pomeranian Center of Toxicology

Medycyna Pracy, 2015
Background: In this paper the structure of poisonings is described, based on the material collected from tele-toxicology consults by the Pomeranian Center of Toxicology in Gdańsk and harvested from its Electronic Poison Information Management System.
Piotr Maciej Kabata, Wojciech Waldman, Jacek Sein Anand   +2 more
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Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Prevention and Control of Poisoning in Pakistan [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2019
: Introduction: Poisoning is an important public health issue globally. There are very few poison control centers in Pakistan with a very limited capacity to deal with poisoning emergencies.
Nadeemullah Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Faysal Subhani, Salima Kerai, Nukhba Zia   +4 more
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Advice for lay callers with low-risk poison exposures by a regional poison control center: the impact on health care expenditures

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Since establishing the first poison control centers (PCCs), there is a still ongoing debate regarding their relevance and financing. The present study aims to analyze whether a regional PCC can reduce the economic burden associated with ...
Franziska Thal, Thomas Reinhold
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Exotic Snakebites Reported to Pennsylvania Poison Control Centers: Lessons Learned on the Demographics, Clinical Effects, and Treatment of These Cases

Toxins, 2020
Exotic snakebites (i.e. from non-native species) are a rare occurrence, but they present a unique challenge to clinicians treating these patients.
Stephen W. Miller, Kevin C. Osterhoudt, Amanda S. Korenoski, Ketan Patel, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri   +4 more
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