Journal of Clinical Toxicology
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0495
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0495
+44 1478 350008
Irfan Aydin
Turkey
Research Article
Analyses of Etiologic and Sociodemografic Properties of the Intoxicated
Cases in Van City and its Environs
Author(s): Ahmet Cumhur Dulger, Sevdegul Karadas, Hayriye Gonullu, Enver Aytemiz, Irfan Aydin and Imdat DilekAhmet Cumhur Dulger, Sevdegul Karadas, Hayriye Gonullu, Enver Aytemiz, Irfan Aydin and Imdat Dilek
The purpose of this retrospective hospital-based study was to evaluate clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of acute poisoning cases. All poisonings cases admitted to the emergency department of the Yuzuncu Yil University Training Hospital, Van, Turkey, between June 1999 and May 2005, were evaluated in the study. Etiologic and sociodemografic properties of the intoxicated cases were investigated.
There were males 32.6 % and females 67.3 % in the study. 74.6 % of the cases were suicidal and 25.4 % of them accidental. The highest suicidal attempts were seen in the age group 16-25 years and were mostly occurred during spring. The vast majority of the suicide attempters were also young females. Central nervous system drugs (21.8%), carbamates (17.1%), analgesics (10.3%) and organophosphorus components (10%) were most used agents among intoxicated .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0495.1000119