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Early Clinical Outcome of Acute Poisoning Cases Treated in Intensive Care Unit
- Source :
- Medical Archives
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Introduction: A variety of factors have influenced the significant incidence of morbidity and mortality of acute poisoning and the timely recognition and properly management of critically ill poisoned patients is a key component. The aim of this study is to reveal the reasons for ICU admission of acutely poisoned patients, the main factors influencing the course and outcome of patients in relation with clinical approaches applied, available resources and infrastructure of treatment. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study based on most reachable variables extracted from patients’ medical records and ED registers of patients admitted at the medical ICU of “Mother Teresa” University Hospital in Tirana over two (2012-2013) years. Demography, time of exposure, etiology and circumstances of poisonings, assessment and treatment, reasons for ICU admission, course and outcome were duly obtained. Results: The number of ICU treated patients was 118, consisting in 47.4% (56) males and 52.5% (62) females which represented 10.2% of poisoned patients admitted during this two-year-period in ED and 9.2% of other etiology ICU admitted patients. Mean was 42.6 years for males, and 38 years for females. About 55.9% were urban residents and 44% rural ones. The elapsed time from toxic exposure to treatment initiation had varied between 2-6 hours, 44% arrived in the hospital
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
aetiology
Poison control
Suicide, Attempted
intensive care unit
law.invention
Young Adult
Organophosphate Poisoning
law
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
Young adult
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Original Paper
severity of poisoning
business.industry
Medical record
Incidence (epidemiology)
Poisoning
acute poisoning
Retrospective cohort study
General Medicine
Length of Stay
Middle Aged
Intensive care unit
Respiration, Artificial
mortality
Intensive Care Units
Treatment Outcome
Etiology
Female
business
Agrochemicals
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0350199X
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....130c98d5f6966f05bd35380ef275dab4