Epidemiology and Causes of Poisoning in Patients Referred to Loqman Hospital, Tehran, Iran during Summer 2010

Epidemiology and Causes of Poisoning in Patients Referred to Loqman Hospital, Tehran, Iran during Summer 2010

Background: Poisoning is a serious health problem in the world. In the intentional type, the person may attempt suicide by self-poisoning or may be poisoned by others in a criminal act. The present study was designed to investigate the causes and the frequency of poisoning cases referring to Loqman...

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Main Authors: Seyed Mahdi Mortazavi, Yahya Haaji, Ahmad Khonche, Hamidreza Jamilian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arak University of Medical Sciences 2012-08-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Toxicology
Subjects:
the person may attempt suicide by self-poisoning or may be poisoned by others in a criminal act. The present study was designed to investigate the causes and the frequency of poisoning cases referring to Loqman Hospital
Tehran
Iran
during summer 2010. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study
age
gender
educational level
daily sleep duration
history of physical illness
and type of substance used for poisoning were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Of the 200 poisoned patients
51% were male and 49% female. 60% of the patients were single. The patients’mean of age was 26.82 years. Minimum age was 14 years and maximum age was 77 years. Most of the patients were graduated from high school and 95.5% of them were living in large cities. Their parents were alive in most cases (92.2%) and 70.5% of them were the first to third child of their family. The person in charge of them was their parents in most cases. The mean daily sleep duration was 7 hours and 72% of the subjects did not have any physical illnesss. Also
42% of the patients had history of cigarette smoking. Overall
57% of the patients were poisoned by antidepressant drugs
31% by narcotic compounds
Antidepressant Drugs
Opioid Compounds
Poisoning
Online Access:http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=131&slc_lang=en&sid=1&ftxt=1

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