Study Of Poisoning In Adults At Poison Control Center, Loqman-E Hakeem Hospital Tehran-Iran From April 25, 2000 To April 25, 2001

摘要

To determine the cause of high prevalence of poisonings in adults referred to the poison control center of Loqman-e hakeem hospital,19511 acute poisoning cases attended at this center from April 25,2000 to April 25,2001 were studied.Nowadays we observe an increase in the number of poisonings in adults annually.(1,2).Over 20000 people suffer from acute poisoning referring to this center each year.(6).The studies with limited variables don't help us arrange more detailed researches and we don't now have so many studies about clinical variables.(6)Following a determined protocol, we consider not only epidemiology of poisonings but also clinical findings and outcome of poisoned patients. Methods This is an observational and case-series study. All poisoned patients who were referred to this center, have been entered into the study. Staff emergency physicians performed a standardized assessment to include history and clinical variables and filled out an available questionnaire. Informed consent was implied one and type of sampling was non-probability and convenient one. Psychiatric evaluation was done by a psychiatrist on admitted cases. Concerning society was Tehran and our data was analyzed via spss software. Results 1)Of total 19511 patients, 8284 cases (42.45%) were admitted into ward and 11227 cases (57.55%) were discharged after 3 to 6 hours observation and management.2)Of total 19511 patients, 12233 cases (62.7%) were female and 7278 cases (37.3%) were male.3)The number of patients in seasons of year in descending frequency is as follows:summer (5412 , 27.7%) , spring (5123 , 26.2%) , winter (4724 , 24.3%) ,fall (4254 , 21.8%)4) The number of cases according to age and sex has been shown in table 1.