IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy1617HealthcareSTUDY OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF POISONING CASES AT SHRI B M PATIL MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE, BIJAPUR MugadlimathAnandBagaliM.A.HibareS.R.IngaleD.I.GuptaNeerajBhuyyarChandrashekar20102012)8084This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

A retrospective analysis of all poisoning cases admitted to Shri B M Patil Medical College Hospital __ampersandsignamp; Research Centre Bijapur, Karnataka from Jan 2010 to Dec 2010 was done to study the pattern of poisoning reported. Acute poisoning is a common medical emergency and one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries due to easy availability of poisonous substances and its low cost. So it was important to know the pattern of poisoning at to Shri B M Patil Medical College Hospital __ampersandsignamp; Research Centre Bijapur. Objective of the study was to evaluate the pattern of poisoning at a tertiary care hospital in North-Karnataka (Bijapur), and to study the socio-demographic profile of the same. Data collected using a pretested proforma and the values were analyzed and presented.

Poisoning organophosphrous compounds kerosene.