Conclusions: Although intoxication cases are full of uncertainties, according to the results of our study, poisonings after oral drug intake often progress with a good prognosis.
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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim In cases of intoxication with oral medication, especially for suicide, the patient takes very high doses of medication, and often a life threatening situation occurs This situation is an important part of emergency department ( admissions In this study, we tried to examine the treatment and prognosis of patients who were poisoned by taking oral drugs intentionally or accidentally and applied to our emergency department for 2 years Methods In our study, we retrospectively reviewed the files of 257 patients who applied to our ED with the complaint of accidentally or intentionally taking oral drugs between January 2018 and December 2020 and were diagnosed with intoxication The demographic characteristics of these patients, the medications they took, their symptoms at admission, the treatments applied, and their prognosis were evaluated Results In our study, archiving data were analysed retrospectively and 257 records were included It was determined that the most frequent admissions to the ED were between 16 00 and 00 00 and in July 12 It was observed that women (54.9%) most often attempted suicide and that they did so mainly by taking analgesic drugs (32.2%). 51.8% of the patients were asymptomatic, 30.8% were treated in the ED, and 2 (0.8%) of 27 patients who were referred to another hospital died.
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Key Findings & Data:Aim In cases of intoxication with oral medication, especially for suicide, the patient takes very high doses of medication, and often a life threatening situation occurs This situation is an important part of emergency department ( admissions In this study, we tried to examine the treatment and prognosis of patients who were poisoned by taking oral drugs intentionally or accidentally and applied to our emergency department for 2 years Methods In our study, we retrospectively reviewed the files of 257 patients who applied to our ED with the complaint of accidentally or intentionally taking oral drugs between January 2018 and December 2020 and were diagnosed with intoxication The demographic characteristics of these patients, the medications they took, their symptoms at admission, the treatments applied, and their prognosis were evaluated Results In our study, archiving data were analysed retrospectively and 257 records were included It was determined that the most frequent admissions to the ED were between 16 00 and 00 00 and in July 12 It was observed that women (54.9%) most often attempted suicide and that they did so mainly by taking analgesic drugs (32.2%). 51.8% of the patients were asymptomatic, 30.8% were treated in the ED, and 2 (0.8%) of 27 patients who were referred to another hospital died.
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Conclusion & Impact:Conclusions: Although intoxication cases are full of uncertainties, according to the results of our study, poisonings after oral drug intake often progress with a good prognosis.
🔬Design:Review & Systematic Survey
📍Scope:2018 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters
Abstract
Aim In cases of intoxication with oral medication, especially for suicide, the patient takes very high doses of medication, and often a life threatening situation occurs This situation is an important part of emergency department ( admissions In this study, we tried to examine the treatment and prognosis of patients who were poisoned by taking oral drugs intentionally or accidentally and applied to our emergency department for 2 years Methods In our study, we retrospectively reviewed the files of 257 patients who applied to our ED with the complaint of accidentally or intentionally taking oral drugs between January 2018 and December 2020 and were diagnosed with intoxication The demographic characteristics of these patients, the medications they took, their symptoms at admission, the treatments applied, and their prognosis were evaluated Results In our study, archiving data were analysed retrospectively and 257 records were included It was determined that the most frequent admissions to the ED were between 16 00 and 00 00 and in July 12 It was observed that women (54.9%) most often attempted suicide and that they did so mainly by taking analgesic drugs (32.2%). 51.8% of the patients were asymptomatic, 30.8% were treated in the ED, and 2 (0.8%) of 27 patients who were referred to another hospital died. Conclusions: Although intoxication cases are full of uncertainties, according to the results of our study, poisonings after oral drug intake often progress with a good prognosis.
Özet
Amaç Oral yolla alınan ilaçlarla zehirlenmelerde özellikle özkıyım amaçlı yapıldığı zaman, hasta çok yüksek dozda ilaç a l makta ve çoğu zaman hayati tehlike oluşmaktadır Bu durum acil servis başvurularında önemli bir yer tutmaktadır Bu çalışmamızda acil servisimize 2 yıl süreyle başvuran kasıtlı ya da kasıtsız oral yolla ilaç alıp zehirlenen hastaların tedavileri prognozu incelenmeye çalışılmıştır Materyal ve Metod Çalışmamızda Ocak 2018 Aralık 2020 tarihleri arasında kazayla ya da suicid amaçla oral yolla zehirlenme şikayeti ile Acil Servis’imize başvurup intoksikasyon tanısı almış 257 hasta dosyası geriye dönük taranmıştır Bu hastaların demografik özellikleri alınan ilaçlar semptom uygulanan tedavi ve prognoz incelenmeye çalışılmıştır Bulgular Çalışmamıza 257 dosya dahil edilmiştir Acil Servis’e en sık 16 00 00 00 saatleri arasında ve Temmuz 12 ayında başvuru olduğu tespit edilmiştir En fazla kadınların 54 9 suicid girişiminde bulunduğu ve en çok analjezik türevi ilaç 32 2 alarak suicid girişiminde bulundukları görülmüştür Hastaların 51 8 ’inin asemptomatik olduğu 30 8 ’inin Acil Servis’te tedavi aldığı başka bir hastaneye sevk olan 27 hastadan 2 ’sinin 0 8 ex olduğu öğrenildi Sonuç Her ne kadar intoksikasyon vakaları belirsizliklerle dolu olsa da, çalışmamız sonuçlarına göre oral ilaç alımı sonrası zehirlenmeler sıklıkla iyi prognozla seyretmektedir
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GÜVEN, O., KURT, B. F. (2022). Retrospective Analysis of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Poisoning After Oral Drug Ingestion. Ege Klinikleri Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 60 - Sayı: 1, 61–68. https://ajindex.com/articles/495567
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