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    Evaluation of The Characteristics of Patients With Acute Drug Poisoning and Clinical Outcomes in A University Hospital in Region of Southeastern Anatolia
    (Düzce Üniversitesi, 2013) Yılmaz, Zülfikar; Yıldırım, Yaşar; Ebik, Berat; Yıldırım, Serdar; Oto, Ferhat; Ulucan, Fuad; Karakuş, Abdullah
    Introduction: Cases of intoxication is an important part of the patients admitted to GeneralInternal Medicine Intensive Care Unit. The aim of this study is to present the features ofpatients admitted to our General Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit with acute drugintoxication and clinical outcomes.Material and method: The data of patients with acute drug intoxication admitted to ourGeneral Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit between June 2010 and December 2012 wereanalysed retrospectively. The patients’ age, gender, etiology, comorbid conditions, bloodpressure, arterial blood gases, hematological and biochemical parameters, treatments andclinical outcomes were evaluated.Results: 81.4% of patients were female, 18.6% were male. The mean age of the patient was30.23 ± 15.44 years. Multi-drug poisoning (51.2%)was the most common cause among thedrug poisoning. 32.5% of the patients had comorbid conditions. The most common comorbidwas psychosis among the disease. Only one patient hospitalized with organophosphateintoxication was need for mechanical ventilation due to extremely secretion. Hemodialysistherapy was performed 2 times in one patient with valproic acid intoxication.Conclusion: The cases of multi-drug intoxications (51.2%) were found to be more in patientswith acute drug intoxication hospitalized into the General Internal Medicine Intensive Careunit. 16.2% of our patients hospitalized with drug intoxication had psychosis