Acid-base disturbances in acute poisoning and their association with survival.

Purpose: The purpose was to investigate the association between acid-base disturbances and mortality in acute poisoning.

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional exploratory study on all acutely poisoned patients older than 12 years who had been admitted to the main tertiary toxicology hospital in Tehran between March and August 2010.

Results: Of a total of 1167 patients (median age=25 years, 50.