[Evaluation of a systematic analysis scheme used in clinical toxicology. Evaluation of 4 years' experience in a national health laboratory].

Abstract

The author describes briefly a systematic analytical approach in emergency toxicology during the past 4 years. In all cases, a systematic toxicological investigation was performed and the results are listed. In 30% of the cases, the nature of the poison suspected by the clinician could not be confirmed by toxicological analysis and in an other 30% of the cases, the toxicologist had no clinical information at all.