Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study
BackgroundEpidemiological studies about acute poisoning are useful for developing clinical toxicology, especially those carried out in hospital emergency departments. We aimed to evaluate acute intoxication clinical and sociodemographic profile in South Aragon Hospital, Spain.MethodsWe carried out a...
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| author | Juan José Aguilón-Leiva Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano Eduardo Mir-Ramos Antonio Manuel Torres-Pérez Alberto Lafuente-Jiménez María Martínez-Soriano Iván Santolalla-Arnedo Michal Czapla Michal Czapla Jacek Smereka Raúl Juárez-Vela Pedro José Satústegui-Dordá |
| author_facet | Juan José Aguilón-Leiva Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano Eduardo Mir-Ramos Antonio Manuel Torres-Pérez Alberto Lafuente-Jiménez María Martínez-Soriano Iván Santolalla-Arnedo Michal Czapla Michal Czapla Jacek Smereka Raúl Juárez-Vela Pedro José Satústegui-Dordá |
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| description | BackgroundEpidemiological studies about acute poisoning are useful for developing clinical toxicology, especially those carried out in hospital emergency departments. We aimed to evaluate acute intoxication clinical and sociodemographic profile in South Aragon Hospital, Spain.MethodsWe carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study. We included 442 patients treated for acute poisoning in the emergency department during the 3 years 2015–2018. In the inferential analysis, the Chi-square test was used to compare proportions, and the Mann-Whitney U-test was used to compare ranges. A confidence level of 95 per cent was considered in all tests.ResultsThe mean age was 44.1 years. 57.2% were men. Drugs of abuse were present in 243 patients (55%), drugs in 172 (38.9%), chemicals in 57 (12.9%) and three patients (0.7%) were poisoned by mushrooms. Nine different drugs of abuse, 73 drugs, 15 chemical compounds and 2 varieties of mushrooms were registered. Of the intoxicated patients, 92.3% had symptoms, 84.2% received treatment and 78.7% were discharged from the emergency department.ConclusionsWe obtain a clear clinical and sociodemographic profile of intoxicated patients who come to the emergency department; the five toxins that cause most acute poisoning are: alcohol, benzodiazepines, antiarrhythmics, cannabis and carbon monoxide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3d06df64fc546129eea40c4c19a6f022022-12-22T04:07:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-10-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.990262990262Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional studyJuan José Aguilón-Leiva0Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido1Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano2Eduardo Mir-Ramos3Antonio Manuel Torres-Pérez4Alberto Lafuente-Jiménez5María Martínez-Soriano6Iván Santolalla-Arnedo7Michal Czapla8Michal Czapla9Jacek Smereka10Raúl Juárez-Vela11Pedro José Satústegui-Dordá12Aragón Health Service, Hospital of Alcañiz, Alcañiz, SpainGroup in Research in Care (GRUPAC), Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, Logrono, SpainResearch Group of the Transfercult, Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainHealth Emergencies 061 ARAGÓN, Aragon Health Service, Zaragoza, SpainAragón Health Service, Hospital of Alcañiz, Alcañiz, SpainRioja Health Service, Logrono, SpainAragón Health Service, Hospital of Alcañiz, Alcañiz, SpainGroup in Research in Care (GRUPAC), Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, Logrono, SpainGroup in Research in Care (GRUPAC), Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, Logrono, SpainDepartment of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, PolandGroup in Research in Care (GRUPAC), Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, Logrono, SpainResearch Group Water and Environmental Health (B43_20R), Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainBackgroundEpidemiological studies about acute poisoning are useful for developing clinical toxicology, especially those carried out in hospital emergency departments. We aimed to evaluate acute intoxication clinical and sociodemographic profile in South Aragon Hospital, Spain.MethodsWe carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study. We included 442 patients treated for acute poisoning in the emergency department during the 3 years 2015–2018. In the inferential analysis, the Chi-square test was used to compare proportions, and the Mann-Whitney U-test was used to compare ranges. A confidence level of 95 per cent was considered in all tests.ResultsThe mean age was 44.1 years. 57.2% were men. Drugs of abuse were present in 243 patients (55%), drugs in 172 (38.9%), chemicals in 57 (12.9%) and three patients (0.7%) were poisoned by mushrooms. Nine different drugs of abuse, 73 drugs, 15 chemical compounds and 2 varieties of mushrooms were registered. Of the intoxicated patients, 92.3% had symptoms, 84.2% received treatment and 78.7% were discharged from the emergency department.ConclusionsWe obtain a clear clinical and sociodemographic profile of intoxicated patients who come to the emergency department; the five toxins that cause most acute poisoning are: alcohol, benzodiazepines, antiarrhythmics, cannabis and carbon monoxide.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.990262/fullpoisoningdrugssubstance-related disordersemergency department (ED)intoxications |
| spellingShingle | Juan José Aguilón-Leiva Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano Eduardo Mir-Ramos Antonio Manuel Torres-Pérez Alberto Lafuente-Jiménez María Martínez-Soriano Iván Santolalla-Arnedo Michal Czapla Michal Czapla Jacek Smereka Raúl Juárez-Vela Pedro José Satústegui-Dordá Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study Frontiers in Public Health poisoning drugs substance-related disorders emergency department (ED) intoxications |
| title | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department a retrospective cross sectional study |
| topic | poisoning drugs substance-related disorders emergency department (ED) intoxications |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.990262/full |
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