A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON THE PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH PARAPHENYLENE DIAMINE POISONING: OUR EXPERIENCE AT MAYO HOSPITAL LAHORE

Objective: Research objective was to conduct a study of clinical, demographic features and findings of poisoning due to Paraphenylene Diamine (PPD) which local people know as Kala Patthar. Methodology: Our research included the patients of PPD poisoning which the Intensive Care Unit of Mayo Hospital Lahore admitted from June-2015 to May-2018. In this research, we recorded clinical and demographic features as well as results of patients. Results: Our research included the sample of total 16 patients who ingested PPD poision. Most of those patients were females of young age 21 to 30 years and belonged to the class of low status. Most of the time, their intention behind poision ingestion was suicide. We found out through clinical reports that the earliest symptoms appeared were throat pain, cervicofacial oedema, stridor, dysphonia and dysphagia. Hepatitis, rhabdomyolysis and ARF were found to be dominating the clinical findings when some time was passed after the poison ingestion. The therapeutic elective tracheostomy. In our research, we observed a high rate of mortality i.e. 37.5%. Conclusion: After analyzing the findings of our research, we associated PPD poisoning with high mortality and morbidity.