Behavior of exogenous intoxications in hospitalized patients

Industrial development has allowed man to have at his disposal approximately twelve million chemical substances, a figure that increases every day with the thousands that are synthesized every year, these products of undeniable usefulness in most cases, and whose harmfulness we are not aware of on a regular basis. Intoxications represent a complex of syndromes grouping diverse signs and symptoms that are the result of sudden exposure to toxic amounts of a chemical substance and can lead to death, The use of some toxicants for positive purposes (hunting, extermination of pests, medicines, etc.) or for criminal purposes has been known since ancient times. It was not until around 1950 that acute poisonings began to be recognized as a problem that fundamentally affects medical emergencies and acute care.