Table 3.

Acute Poisoning Management Practice and Its Outcome

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Time of arrival to the hospital since the poisoning	≤1 hour	28	20.9
	>1 to ≤5 hours	91	67.9
	>5 hours	15	11.2
	Mean ± SD	3.235±2.76
Non-pharmacologic treatment	Gastric lavage	18	13.4
	Not given	114	85.1
	Oxygen therapy	4	3.0
Time arrival and gastric lavage (N= 18)	≤1 hour	4	22.2
	>1 to ≤5 hours	9	50.0
	>5 hours	5	27.8
Pharmacologic treatment*	Antacid	54	40.3
	Cimetidine/ranitidine	45	33.6
	Atropine	23	17.2
	Analgesics	12	9.0
	40% dextrose	9	6.7
	Maintenance fluid	8	6.0
	Omeprazole/pantoprazole	7	5.2
	Metoclopramide or plasil	6	4.5
	Antibiotics	8	6.0
	Diazepam or haloperidol or phenobarbitone	5	3.7
	Other	4	3.0
Length of hospital stay (days)	1	56	41.8
	2	52	38.8
	3	18	13.4
	4	5	3.7
	≥5	3	2.2
	Mean ±SD	1.86± 0.943
Treatment outcome	Cure without disability	117	87.3
	Cure with disability	15	11.2
	Death	2	1.5

Notes: Other, antidote, tetracycline eye ointment, zoxan eye drop; *There is a multiple response.