Advances, challenges, and controversies in poisoning

Authors

Alison L. Jones, University of WollongongFollow
Paul I. Dargan, NHS Foundation, London

RIS ID

62706

Publication Details

Jones, A. L. & Dargan, P. I. (2002). Advances, challenges, and controversies in poisoning. Emergency Medicine Journal, 19 (3), 190-192.

Abstract

Patients presenting with self poisoning constitute a significant and increasing workload in emergency medicine departments and rates in the UK (up to 347 per 100 000 per year) are among the highest in Europe.1 2 The severity of poisoning has decreased over the past decade with the introduction of safer drugs such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors over tricyclic antidepressants, but there are still more than 2000 deaths per year in the UK from self poisoning.