TY - JOUR ID - 6880 TI - Toxic Agents Responsible for Acute Poisonings Treated at Four Medical Settings in Iran during 2012-2013: A Report from Iran's National Drug and Poison Information Center JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology JA - APJMT LA - en SN - 2322-2611 AU - Ghane, Talat AU - Behmanesh, Yasna AU - Alizadeh Ghamsari, Anahita AU - Amini, Mina AU - Siavashian, Fatemeh AU - Yazdani-Rostam, Atieh AU - Mahdavi, Simin AU - Haghi, Nader AU - Pajoomand, Abdolkarim AU - Shadnia, Shahin AU - Hassanian-Moghaddam, Hossein AU - Rahimi, Mitra AU - Zamani, Nasim AU - Khazaei, Fardin AD - Central Division of Iran Drug and Poison Information Centers, Tehran, Iran AD - Medical Toxicology Centre, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Ghaemshahr Razi Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Ghaemshahr, Iran AD - Noor and Ali Asghar Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran AD - Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 11 EP - 14 KW - Epidemiology KW - Iran KW - Poison Control Centers KW - Poisoning DO - 10.22038/apjmt.2016.6880 N2 - Background: Acute poisoning has been reported to be the most common reason for hospitalization in Iran. This study was designed to delineate the toxic agents responsible for acute poisonings in Iran by reviewing poisoning cases treated at four major referral hospitals for treatment of poisoning across the country. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study on poisoned patients treated at four tertiary hospitals referral for poisoning in Iran, including Loghman Hakim Hospital (LHH) in Tehran, Imam Reza Hospital (IRH) in Mashhad, Noor and Ali Asghar Hospital (NAH) in Isfahan, and Ghaemshahr Razi Hospital (GRH) in Ghaemshahr, as reported to the National Drug and Poison Information Center during the years 2012 and 2013. Results: During the two-year study period, 61,187 poisoned patients (i.e. 32,107 patients in 2012 and 29,080 patients in 2013) were treated at the four hospitals. In these two years, 22,185 patients (36.3%) were treated at LHH, 22,160 patients (36.2%) at IRH, 10,897 patients (17.8%) at NAH and 5,945 patients (9.7%) at GRH. Cumulatively in all hospitals, the highest rate of admissions was due to drug poisoning (42,017, 68.7%), recreational substances overdose (7,302, 11.9%) and pesticide poisoning (5,217, 8.5%). Conclusion: Pharmaceutical products, substances of abuse and pesticides are the most common causes of poisoning-related admissions to referral Iranian poison treatment centers. Effective measures to reduce poisoning with these substances should be done. UR - https://apjmt.mums.ac.ir/article_6880.html L1 - https://apjmt.mums.ac.ir/article_6880_d9b65b192792c399842ee2493030697b.pdf ER -