Table 5 Distribution of admitted cases of poisoning in relation to state at discharge
Categories of poisoning | Family request | Died | Under follow up | Escaped | Improved | Admitted to ICU | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Rodenticides | 1661 | 73.1 | 285 | 12.5 | 41 | 1.8 | 66 | 2.9 | 212 | 9.3 | 7 | 0.3 |
Pharmaceutical drugs | 1187 | 70.5 | 6 | 0.4 | 99 | 5.9 | 64 | 3.8 | 327 | 19.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
CNS abused drugs | 1255 | 71.5 | 11 | 0.6 | 89 | 5.1 | 84 | 4.8 | 316 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Chemicals | 630 | 62.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 167 | 16.7 | 40 | 4.0 | 160 | 16.0 | 3 | 0.3 |
Insecticides | 579 | 68.7 | 5 | 0.6 | 38 | 4.5 | 37 | 4.4 | 10 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Animal envenomation | 38 | 66.7 | 1 | 1.8 | 8 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 184 | 21.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
Botulism | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 5.3 | 6 | 31.6 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Unknown | 200 | 70.7 | 4 | 1.4 | 29 | 10.2 | 15 | 5.3 | 33 | 11.7 | 2 | 0.7 |
Total | 5561 | 70.3 | 314 | 4.0 | 477 | 6.0 | 307 | 3.9 | 1242 | 15.7 | 12 | 0.2 |