Acute Intoxications Admitted to Intensive Care Unit: Retrospective Evaluation

Autor: Ayhan Kaydu, Ferit Akil, Esref Arac, Ozgur Yilmaz, Erhan Gökcek, Yakup Aksoy, Cem Kıvılcım Kaçar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Van Tıp Dergisi, Vol 24, Iss 4, Pp 232-237 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2587-0351
DOI: 10.5505/vtd.2017.44366
Popis: INTRODUCTION: Acute intoxication is a important public health problem that occur suicidal or unintentionally drug overdose.We aimed to retrospectively review the demographic and clinical data of the patients who were followed up in intensive care unit due to acute intoxication. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the files of all 152 patients who admitted to intensive care unit between January 2014- January 2016 due to acute intoxication. RESULTS: The 118 of 152 patients were female, 34 were male. The mean length of stay in the intensive care unit was 1,85+-1,05 days. The 118 of 152 /%77.6) patients were under 30 years old. The rate of intoxications were statistically lower in male than females under 30 years old. (p
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