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Table 1

From: Admission to an adult intensive care unit for poisoning: a review of 230 cases

Causes of poisoning

Number

Recovered

Died

Agent death rate (%)

Total death rate (%)

Drugs

123

114

9

7.3

4

Organophosphate

46

44

2

4.4

0.87

Carbon monoxide

30

28

2

6.66

0.87

Methyl alcohol

14

8

6

42.8

2.6

Botulism

8

6

2

25

0.87

Mushrooms

6

5

1

16.6

0.34

Sulphur

2

2

-

-

-

Lithium

1

1

-

-

-

Total

230

208

22

-

9.55