Clinical Study

Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Hair Dye Poisoning in a Teaching Hospital in Nellore

Table 5

Clinical features and outcomes based on type of corticosteroid.

Patients who consumed more than 50 mLMethyl prednisolone
( 𝑛 = 1 4 )
Hydrocortisone
( 𝑛 = 1 3 )
𝑃 value

Age (Yr) 2 4 . 2 1 ± 1 1 . 3 8 2 3 . 0 8 ± 5 . 8 8 0.75
Volume consumed (mL) 1 0 7 . 1 4 ± 4 5 . 3 9 9 1 . 1 5 ± 1 8 . 8 4 0.24
Time to admission (Hrs) 8 . 7 1 ± 5 . 0 4 1 2 . 0 8 ± 1 8 . 2 6 0.51
Male/female1/132/110.94
TLC in thousands (Cells/mm3) 1 8 . 0 7 ± 5 . 3 9 1 9 . 9 3 ± 5 . 3 2 0.37
CPK in thousands (U/mL) 3 2 . 6 6 ± 2 0 . 8 5 4 3 . 1 4 ± 1 5 . 4 5 0.15
SC (mg/dL) 2 . 0 1 ± 3 . 2 9 1 . 2 7 ± 1 . 0 7 0.44
SGOT (IU/dL) 2 1 5 3 . 0 7 ± 1 5 6 9 . 8 9 2 8 3 6 . 6 9 ± 1 2 5 1 . 3 5 0.22
SGPT (IU/dL)1524±1506.06 1 2 6 0 . 6 2 ± 1 1 1 1 . 0 4 0.61
ALP (IU/dL) 2 8 2 . 4 3 ± 8 5 . 1 9 2 9 2 . 2 3 ± 1 4 1 . 5 2 0.82
Ventilator12110.64
ARF120.94
Mortality110.49
ICU stay (Days) 5 . 9 2 ± 3 . 5 3 6 . 5 6 ± 5 . 1 5 0.96
Duration on ventilator support (days) 4 . 0 0 ± 3 . 3 7 3 . 9 6 ± 4 . 3 7 0.81
Normalization of LFT (Days) 8 . 9 2 ± 1 . 7 8 8 . 7 3 ± 2 . 2 8 0.81