Epidemiology and Treatment of Severe Poisoning in the Intensive Care Unit: Lessons from a One-Year Prospective Observational Study

Fakhredin Taghaddosinejad¹, Ardeshir Sheikhazadi^1,2, Asadollah Yaghmaei^1,3, Omid Mehrpour^4,5* and Lukas Schwake⁶

¹Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Avenue, Tehran 1417613151, Iran

²Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran

³Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran

⁴Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical sciences (BUMS), Ghaffari Avenue, Birjand, 97175-379, Iran

⁵Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research center, Birjand University of Medical sciences (BUMS), Birjand, Iran

⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Hospital, INF 410, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, D-69120, Germany

^*Corresponding Author: Omid Mehrpour, Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical sciences (BUMS), Ghaffari Avenue, Birjand, Iran, Tel: +98-561-4440488, Fax: +98-561-4440488 Email: ,

Keywords: Poisoning; Intensive care unit; Complications; Epidemiology; Outcome

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