PRESENTATIONS OF PATIENTS OF POISONING AND PREDICTORS OF POISONING-RELATED FATALITY: FINDINGS FROM A HOSPITAL-BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Presentations of patients of poisoning and predictors of poisoning-related fatality: Findings from a hospital-based prospective study

Abstract Background Poisoning is a significant public health problem worldwide and is one of the most common reasons for visiting emergency departments (EDs), but factors that help to predict overall poisoning-related fatality have rarely been elucidated.Using 1512 subjects from a hospital-based study, we sought to describe the demographic and clin

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Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)

The Quedius mutilatus group, a very poorly known presumably monophyletic complex of wingless, possibly hypogean species confined to the Tien-Shan Mountains, glitter foam vellen action is characterized as such for the first time.Newly available material clarified the identity of Q.mutilatus Eppelsheim, 1888 and Q.kalabi Smetana, 1995, each hitherto

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