Acute poisoning in Shenyang, China: a retrospective and descriptive study from 2012 to 2016

Zhang, Yajie; Yu, Boxin; Wang, Nana; Li, Tiegang

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021881

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“…21 Moreover, people in this age group probably face failure or frustration in love or job or exams, inability to fulfill the parents' expectations. 15,19,21 However, this result was different as compared to a study conducted in Taiwan, which reported the age of 65 years or older to have the highest rate for acute poisoning. 23 This may be related to the fact that this population has a lower literacy rate, resulting in a lack of knowledge and skills related to handling poisoning agents safely.…”

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<p>Prevalence, Predictors and Treatment Outcome of Acute Poisoning in Western Ethiopia</p>

Tefera¹,

Teferi

2020

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Background Acute poisoning is a common reason for visiting the emergency department (ED) worldwide. However, little is known about this issue in the western part of Ethiopia. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence, predictors, and treatment outcome of acute poisoning at the ED of western Ethiopia. Patients and Methods A hospital record-based retrospective study design was conducted on all patients admitted to the ED of the two hospitals between 01 January 2018 to 17 March 2019. Socio-demographic, clinical presentation, medication history, poisoning characteristics, time to hospital arrival, treatment given, and outcome of treatment were collected. All collected data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20. Backward multiple logistic regression analysis at p-value ≤0.05 tested the predictor for treatment outcome. Results The prevalence of acute poisoning was 134/7883 (1.7%) per ED admissions. The mean ±SD age of the study participants was 23.90±10.606 with female to male ratio of 1:1.06. The most vulnerable patients to poisoning were individuals in the age range of 18 to 29 years 68/134 (50.7%) for both genders. Moreover, the most common poisoning agent was organophosphate 72/134 (53.7%). Besides, intentional poisoning was the most common 103/134 (76.9%) manner of poisoning with family disharmony 37/103 (35.9%) as the common reason. The case fatality rate of acute poisoning in the two hospitals was 2/134 (1.5%). The mean ±SD length of hospital stay was 1.86 ±0.943. The independent predictors of poor treatment outcome of acute poisoning were age ≥35 years [p-value= 0.049], female gender [p-value= 0.027], and hospital stay of >48 hours [p-value= 0.035]. Conclusion The prevalence of acute poisoning in western Ethiopia is higher than the ever-reported data in Ethiopia. Thus, stakeholders should have to pay more attention to prevention and control strategies and appropriate handling of agrochemical substances to minimize their negative effects on this productive age group.

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<p>Prevalence, Predictors and Treatment Outcome of Acute Poisoning in Western Ethiopia</p>

Tefera¹,

Teferi

2020

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“…Acute poisoning is defined as adverse health effects due to acute exposure (less than 24 hours) to a toxic substance, medications, drug overdose, acute drug abuse problems, chemical exposures, occupational and environmental toxins, biological agents, and envenomings [1,2]. Severe acute intoxication is defined as an acute poisoning requiring technical support or close surveillance [1].…”

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“…Acute poisonings are adverse health effects due to acute exposure (less than 24 hours) to a toxic substance, medications, drug overdose, acute drug abuse problems, chemical exposure, occupational and environmental toxins, biological agents, and envenomations [1,2]. Intoxications are major public and preventable health issues, which are a frequent reason for the consultation of emergency rooms [3,4] and typically represent 1-3% of all emergency department (ED) visits.…”

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“…Intoxications are major public and preventable health issues, which are a frequent reason for the consultation of emergency rooms [ 3 , 4 ] and typically represent 1–3% of all emergency department (ED) visits. Severe forms needing admission to intensive care units (ICUs) account for four and up to 40% of cases [ 5 , 6 , 7 ] with a mortality rate of 3 to 6% [ 2 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”

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Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Severe Acute Adult Poisoning Cases in Martinique: Implicated Toxic Exposures and Their Outcomes

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Kallel

Oxybel

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The epidemiology of severe acute poisonings in the French overseas departments of the Americas remains poorly reported. The main objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology and characteristics of severe acutely poisoned adult patients. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2010 in severely poisoned patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) of the University Hospital of Martinique, and the general public hospitals of Lamentin and Trinité. Results: During the study period, 291 patients were admitted for severe poisoning, giving an incidence rate of 7.7 severe cases/100,000 inhabitants. The mean age was 46 ± 19 years and 166 (57%) were male. Psychiatric disorders were recorded in 143 (49.8%) patients. Simplified Acute Psychological Score (SAPS II) at admission was 39 ± 23 points and Poisoning Severity Score (PSS) was 2.7 ± 0.8 points. Death was recorded in 30 (10.3%) patients and hospital length of stay was 6 ± 7 days. The mode of intoxication was intentional self-poisoning in 87% of cases and drug overdose was recorded in 13% of cases. The toxic agent involved was a therapeutic drug in 58% and a chemical product in 52% of cases. The predominant clinical manifestations were respiratory failure (59%), hemodynamic failure (27%), neurologic failure (45%), gastrointestinal manifestations (27%), and renal failure (11%). Polypnea, shock, ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia, and gastro-intestinal disorders were the main symptoms associated with death. The main biological abnormalities associated with death in our patients were metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, hyperlactatemia, hypocalcemia, renal injury, rhabdomyolysis, increased aspartate aminotransferases, and thrombocytopenia. Extracorporal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used in three patients and specific antidotes were used in 21% of patients. Conclusions: Acute poisonings remain a major public health problem in Martinique with different epidemiological characteristics to those in mainland France, with a high incidence of poisoning by rural and household toxins.

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“…PQ ingestion occurs frequently in the agricultural countryside, either accidentally or as a suicide attempt, thereby posing a serious public health problem. PQ accounts for an estimated 20 deaths per million person-years worldwide [ 1 – 3 ]. Although many investigators have attempted to find efficacious treatments for the management of acute PQ poisoning, the clinical therapeutics are still unsatisfactory, and the mortality rate remains tremendously high (50%–90%) [ 2 , 4 , 5 ].…”

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Sequential organ failure assessment in predicting mortality after paraquat poisoning: A meta-analysis

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Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score is commonly used to determine disease severity and predict prognosis in critically ill patients. However, the prognostic value of SOFA after acute paraquat (PQ) poisoning remains unclear. This meta-analysis aimed to study the capability of SOFA to predict mortality in patients with PQ poisoning. Databases that included PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched through May 2018. Six studies involving 946 patients were included in the meta-analysis. Study-specific odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated, and then ORs with 95% CIs were pooled for the estimation of the prognostic role of SOFA in patients with PQ poisoning. Results showed that higher SOFA in patients with PQ poisoning was related to severe mortality (OR = 8.14, 95%CI 4.26–15.58, p<0.001). The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, diagnostic OR, and area under the curve were 72% (95%CI 0.65–0.79), 75% (95%CI 0.65–0.83), 2.9 (95%CI 2.0–4.1), 0.37 (95%CI 0.28–0.41), 8 (95%CI 4–14), and 0.79 (95%CI 0.76–0.83), respectively. No evidence of publication bias was detected by funnel plot analysis and formal statistical tests. Sensitivity analyses showed no important differences in the estimates of effects. The high SOFA score (8.1-fold) was associated with severe mortality in patients with PQ poisoning.

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Acute poisoning in Shenyang, China: a retrospective and descriptive study from 2012 to 2016

Cited by 65 publications

References 46 publications

<p>Prevalence, Predictors and Treatment Outcome of Acute Poisoning in Western Ethiopia</p>

<p>Prevalence, Predictors and Treatment Outcome of Acute Poisoning in Western Ethiopia</p>

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Severe Acute Adult Poisoning Cases in Martinique: Implicated Toxic Exposures and Their Outcomes

Sequential organ failure assessment in predicting mortality after paraquat poisoning: A meta-analysis

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