A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in Cairo
Aim:There is a necessity to identify the specific therapeutic drugs most frequently responsible for the acute medicinal poisoning to take up appropriate preventive efforts and management.Materials and Methods:This study included all cases of medicinal poisoning exposures (7282 cases) presented to th...
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| author | Eman Abdel Monem Abdel Rasheed Nashwa Elmahdy Ezzeldin Shalaby Huda S. Karoube Sayed M. Badawy |
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| description | Aim:There is a necessity to identify the specific therapeutic drugs most frequently responsible for the acute medicinal poisoning to take up appropriate preventive efforts and management.Materials and Methods:This study included all cases of medicinal poisoning exposures (7282 cases) presented to the emergency Department of The National Poisoning Center, Cairo University, during the period January 2016 to December 2016. The data were statistically analyzed to assess a correlation between gender, age, and most frequently seen agents.Results:Therapeutic drugs (68%) were the most common cause of poisoning. It was found that 53% of medicinal poisoning patients were adults. Accidental drug agents poisoning in children younger than 4 years represented 20% of the medicinal poisoning cases. Of the patients with medicinal poisoning 74% were female and 26% were male. Detailed information on categories of drugs causing medicinal poisonings was presented. Paracetamol (9.6%), nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs (9.6%) and sedatives/hypnotics (10.7%) were the most common drugs causing medicinal poisoning.Conclusion:Female gender and young age are the risk factors of medicinal poisoning. The majority of poisonings is intentional poisoning in female adults. An important concern should be raised towards availability of prescription medications within the reach of children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e55e80048f11469b957d5ea5bd34fa092023-02-15T16:13:10ZengGalenos YayineviEurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine2149-58072149-60482020-03-01191101510.4274/eajem.galenos.2019.6493513049054A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in CairoEman Abdel Monem Abdel Rasheed0Nashwa Elmahdy1Ezzeldin Shalaby2Huda S. Karoube3Sayed M. Badawy4 National Center for Clinical and Environmental Toxicology, NECTR, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt National Center for Clinical and Environmental Toxicology, NECTR, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt National Center for Clinical and Environmental Toxicology, NECTR, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt National Center for Clinical and Environmental Toxicology, NECTR, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Aim:There is a necessity to identify the specific therapeutic drugs most frequently responsible for the acute medicinal poisoning to take up appropriate preventive efforts and management.Materials and Methods:This study included all cases of medicinal poisoning exposures (7282 cases) presented to the emergency Department of The National Poisoning Center, Cairo University, during the period January 2016 to December 2016. The data were statistically analyzed to assess a correlation between gender, age, and most frequently seen agents.Results:Therapeutic drugs (68%) were the most common cause of poisoning. It was found that 53% of medicinal poisoning patients were adults. Accidental drug agents poisoning in children younger than 4 years represented 20% of the medicinal poisoning cases. Of the patients with medicinal poisoning 74% were female and 26% were male. Detailed information on categories of drugs causing medicinal poisonings was presented. Paracetamol (9.6%), nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs (9.6%) and sedatives/hypnotics (10.7%) were the most common drugs causing medicinal poisoning.Conclusion:Female gender and young age are the risk factors of medicinal poisoning. The majority of poisonings is intentional poisoning in female adults. An important concern should be raised towards availability of prescription medications within the reach of children. http://akademikaciltip.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-study-of-pharmaceutical-drugs-poisoning-cases-ad/36733 acute medicinal poisoningepidemiologypoisoning center |
| spellingShingle | Eman Abdel Monem Abdel Rasheed Nashwa Elmahdy Ezzeldin Shalaby Huda S. Karoube Sayed M. Badawy A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in Cairo Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine acute medicinal poisoning epidemiology poisoning center |
| title | A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in Cairo |
| title_full | A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in Cairo |
| title_fullStr | A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in Cairo |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in Cairo |
| title_short | A Study of Pharmaceutical Drugs Poisoning Cases Admitted to the National Poisoning Center, Kasralainy Teaching Hospital in Cairo |
| title_sort | study of pharmaceutical drugs poisoning cases admitted to the national poisoning center kasralainy teaching hospital in cairo |
| topic | acute medicinal poisoning epidemiology poisoning center |
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