Poisoning cases and their management in emergency centres of government hospitals in northwest Ethiopia

Introduction: With the widespread availability of a vast number of chemicals and drugs, acute poisoning is a common medical emergency worldwide. In spite of the success of interventions to prevent toxic ingestions, acute poisoning continues to be an important public health problem. Because of weak r...

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Main Authors: Getnet Mequanint Adinew, Asegedech Tsegaw Woredekal, Elizabeth L. DeVos, Eshetie Melese Birru, Mohammed Birhan Abdulwahib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X17300617