Epidemiology and critical care management of patients admitted after intentional self-poisoning

Intentional self-poisoning is one of the most common presentations to acute medical units across the UK [1]. To our knowledge no studies have been published on incidence of admissions to critical care in England after overdose. Our aim was to investigate the epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of patients admitted to critical care after intentional self-poisoning to establish patterns in our community.