Presentations of patients of poisoning and predictors of poisoning-related fatality: Findings from a hospital-based prospective study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lee, Hsin Ling ^a,b   Lin, Hung Jung ^c,d   Yeh, Steve Ting Yuan ^d   Chi, Chih Hsien ^b   Guo, How Ran ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTICIDIN S; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DETERGENT; DIGITOXIN; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MORPHINE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; RODENTICIDE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARAQUAT POISONING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; VITAL SIGN; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TURKEY;

EID: 40849085300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-7     Document Type: Article

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