Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiological 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.

Methods

We 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.

Results

The mean age was 44.1 years. 57.2% were men. Drugs of abuse were present in 243 patients (55%), drugs in 172 (

SUBMITTER: Aguilon-Leiva JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9628748 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature