Acute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significance
Introduction: Acute poisonings are becoming an increasingly important issue for health services all over the world. The most common are acute alcohol intoxications. Excessive alcohol use is considered to be a high risk factor for injuries, trauma and violence and it is one of the major causes of dea...
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| author | Marić Nikolina Knezović Goran Nosek Igor Radić Katarina Drvendžija Zorka Mijatović Vesna Pajtić Vesna Samojlik Isidora |
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| description | Introduction: Acute poisonings are becoming an increasingly important issue for health services all over the world. The most common are acute alcohol intoxications. Excessive alcohol use is considered to be a high risk factor for injuries, trauma and violence and it is one of the major causes of death across the world. Aim: The aim of this research is to examine characteristics and the significance of acute alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Center of the Clinical Center of Vojvodina (ED CCV) in a three year period. This research is a retrospective study. Material and Methods: Data was collected from medical records of patients treated under the diagnosis of acute intoxication at the EC CCV from 2013 to 2015. Results: During the observed time period, 3729 patients were treated under the diagnosis of acute intoxication. Intoxications were caused by alcohol in 65.90%. In the largest number of patients (56.41%), alcohol was the only identified substance. Among those who have combined alcohol with other drugs, psychotropic drugs were the most common (76.82%). Most of the patients were male (68.81%) with the average age of 40.00 (±15) years. The average blood alcohol content was 1,87‰ (±1,33). Most of the patients had a blood alcohol content between 1,5-3,00‰, and they accounted for 39,84% of all patients treated. Blood alcohol level between 0,5-1,5‰ was detected in 12.72% of patients. Conclusion: Admissions due to alcohol intoxications are common and increasing in number. This development is problematic not only for Emergency Department units, but for the society as a whole. Special attention should be directed towards prevention and education, in order to decrease the number of acute intoxications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-366b997cddcb490ab95c1c00553f88dc2022-12-22T01:45:53ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Medical FacultyMedicinski Podmladak0369-15272466-55252016-01-01674364010.5937/mp67-128430369-15271604036MAcute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significanceMarić Nikolina0Knezović Goran1Nosek Igor2Radić Katarina3Drvendžija Zorka4Mijatović Vesna5Pajtić Vesna6Samojlik Isidora7University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical PharmacologyUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine + Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Emergency CenterUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical PharmacologyIntroduction: Acute poisonings are becoming an increasingly important issue for health services all over the world. The most common are acute alcohol intoxications. Excessive alcohol use is considered to be a high risk factor for injuries, trauma and violence and it is one of the major causes of death across the world. Aim: The aim of this research is to examine characteristics and the significance of acute alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Center of the Clinical Center of Vojvodina (ED CCV) in a three year period. This research is a retrospective study. Material and Methods: Data was collected from medical records of patients treated under the diagnosis of acute intoxication at the EC CCV from 2013 to 2015. Results: During the observed time period, 3729 patients were treated under the diagnosis of acute intoxication. Intoxications were caused by alcohol in 65.90%. In the largest number of patients (56.41%), alcohol was the only identified substance. Among those who have combined alcohol with other drugs, psychotropic drugs were the most common (76.82%). Most of the patients were male (68.81%) with the average age of 40.00 (±15) years. The average blood alcohol content was 1,87‰ (±1,33). Most of the patients had a blood alcohol content between 1,5-3,00‰, and they accounted for 39,84% of all patients treated. Blood alcohol level between 0,5-1,5‰ was detected in 12.72% of patients. Conclusion: Admissions due to alcohol intoxications are common and increasing in number. This development is problematic not only for Emergency Department units, but for the society as a whole. Special attention should be directed towards prevention and education, in order to decrease the number of acute intoxications.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0369-1527/2016/0369-15271604036M.pdfAlcoholAcute intoxicationsEmergency DepartmentPsychotropic drugs |
| spellingShingle | Marić Nikolina Knezović Goran Nosek Igor Radić Katarina Drvendžija Zorka Mijatović Vesna Pajtić Vesna Samojlik Isidora Acute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significance Medicinski Podmladak Alcohol Acute intoxications Emergency Department Psychotropic drugs |
| title | Acute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significance |
| title_full | Acute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significance |
| title_fullStr | Acute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significance |
| title_short | Acute ethyl-alcohol intoxications treated at the Emergency Department of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina from 2013 - 2015: Characteristics and significance |
| title_sort | acute ethyl alcohol intoxications treated at the emergency department of the clinical centre of vojvodina from 2013 2015 characteristics and significance |
| topic | Alcohol Acute intoxications Emergency Department Psychotropic drugs |
| url | http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0369-1527/2016/0369-15271604036M.pdf |
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