Evaluation of the characteristics of patients with acute drug poisoning and clinical outcomes in a university hospital in region of southeastern Anatolia

dc.contributor.authorKadiroğlu A.K.
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz Z.
dc.contributor.authorYildirim Y.
dc.contributor.authorEbik B.
dc.contributor.authorYildirim S.
dc.contributor.authorOto F.
dc.contributor.authorUlucan F.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T18:43:41Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T18:43:41Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Cases of intoxication is an important part of the patients admitted to General Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit. The aim of this study is to present the features of patients admitted to our General Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit with acute drug intoxication and clinical outcomes. Material and method: The data of patients with acute drug intoxication admitted to our General Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit between June 2010 and December 2012 were analysed retrospectively. The patients' age, gender, etiology, comorbid conditions, blood pressure, arterial blood gases, hematological and biochemical parameters, treatments and clinical outcomes were evaluated. Results: 81.4% of patients were female, 18.6% were male. The mean age of the patient was 30.23 ± 15.44 years. Multi-drug poisoning (51.2%)was the most common cause among the drug poisoning. 32.5% of the patients had comorbid conditions. The most common comorbid was psychosis among the disease. Only one patient hospitalized with organophosphate intoxication was need for mechanical ventilation due to extremely secretion. Hemodialysis therapy was performed 2 times in one patient with valproic acid intoxication. Conclusion: The cases of multi-drug intoxications (51.2%) were found to be more in patients with acute drug intoxication hospitalized into the General Internal Medicine Intensive Care unit. 16.2% of our patients hospitalized with drug intoxication had psychosis.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage40en_US
dc.identifier.issn1307-671X
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84894307497en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage38en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/24285
dc.identifier.volume15en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofDuzce Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAgeen_US
dc.subjectDrug İntoxicationsen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of the characteristics of patients with acute drug poisoning and clinical outcomes in a university hospital in region of southeastern Anatoliaen_US
dc.title.alternativeGüneydoğu anadolu bölgesindeki bir üniversite hastanesinde akut ilaç zehirlenmesi olan hastalari{dotless}n özellikleri ve klinik sonuçlari{dotless}ni{dotless}n değerlendirilmesien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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