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The evaluation of poisoning cases who applied to the Adiyaman university training and research hospital pediatrics emergency department

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dc.contributor.author Konca, Çapan
dc.contributor.author Tekin, Mehmet
dc.contributor.author Usman, Mustafa Gökhan
dc.contributor.author Genç, Yeliz
dc.contributor.author Turgut, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-14T06:29:28Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-14T06:29:28Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.issn 2149-5807
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.adiyaman.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/20.500.12414/3836
dc.description.abstract Objective: To investigate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of intoxications in our region, to illuminate measures, and to contribute to the national survey. Material and Methods: Medical records of 366 cases who were diagnosed as intoxications during 2013 in the pediatric emergency department were reviewed retrospectively. Results: A total of 80,833 patients were admitted to pediatric emergency department in 2013. The ratio of poisoning cases to all pediatric emergency admissions was 0.4%; 184 (50.2%) cases were female, 182 (49.8%) cases were male, and the mean age was 5.7 +/- 1.4 years. Also, 56.8% of patients were under 5 years old. Most (95.7%) cases were accidental, while 4.3% of them were suicides. The common causes of intoxication were medications and scorpion envenomation. The most common pharmacological agents that caused intoxication were analgesics and antidepressants. The most common clinical findings were vomiting (24.3%), nausea (20.2%), abdominal pain (13.6%) and headache (11.4%). Supportive treatments were applied to 90.1% of patients, and antidotes were used in 4.9% of patients. A patient with a scorpion sting died due to cardio-pulmonary insufficiency. Conclusion: In our region, the most common poisoning agents were drugs and scorpion stings. Education of parents may decrease acute intoxication cases causing morbidity and mortality. tr
dc.language.iso en tr
dc.publisher Emergency Medicine Physicians Assoc Turkey tr
dc.subject Adiyaman tr
dc.subject Childhood tr
dc.subject Emergency department tr
dc.subject Poisoning tr
dc.title The evaluation of poisoning cases who applied to the Adiyaman university training and research hospital pediatrics emergency department tr
dc.type Article tr
dc.contributor.authorID 0000-0001-8625-9045 tr
dc.contributor.authorID 0000-0002-1157-1314 tr
dc.contributor.authorID 0000-0002-2155-8113 tr
dc.contributor.department Adiyaman Univ,/Fac Med,/Dept Pediat,/Pediat Intens Care Unit. tr
dc.contributor.department Adiyaman Univ,/Fac Med,/Dept Pediat. tr
dc.contributor.department Adiyaman Univ,/Fac Med,/Dept Family Med. tr
dc.identifier.endpage 171 tr
dc.identifier.issue 4 tr
dc.identifier.startpage 166 tr
dc.identifier.volume 13 tr
dc.source.title Eurasian Journal Of Emergency Medicine tr


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