Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi

Yazarlar: Nuray ALTAY, Ahmet ATLAS

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Intensive care units,Toxic actions,Antidepressants

Özet: Background: Emergency reports show that acute intoxication involves 7-10 % of all patients applying the emergency department and a group of these patients were followed in intensive care units. The aim of this study is to examine 264 patients who were diagnosed and followed as intoxications between 2010-2011 years in our intensive care unit.Methods: In this study 264 patients who were diagnosed and followed as drug intoxication between 2010-2011 years in Şanlıurfa Balıklıgöl Hospital intensive care unit were investigated.Results: One hundred and ninety-two of patients were female 72,7% , and seventy-two were male 27,3% ; female : male ratio was 2,6:1. The most common intoxication reason was drugs. Frequently used drugs were antidepressants 88 patient, 36,36% . Eight of them were intubated for respiratory depression. Two hundred sixty of them were discharged from hospital 98,4% , 1 of them were transported to another unit 0,37% and 3 of them were died 1,13% .Conclusions: As a result, we decided that antidepressant drug use is the most frequent reason of intoxication in intensive care units

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