2012
DOI: 10.5505/1304.7361.2012.58661
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Is there any difference of suicide attempts with drug intoxication in between pregnant and non-pregnant women?

Abstract: SUMMARY Objectives Insufficient data are available comparing medical costs, hospitalization or admission rate, and drugs used for the treatment of pregnant and nonpregnant women admited to the emergency department (ED) due to suicide attempts following drug intoxication. We sought to evaluate these differences in our ED. Methods This is a prospective non-pregnant women (4.3% vs. 26.2%; p=0.019). Comparison of drug intoxication revealed a higher rate of intake of organophosphate (39.1%; vs. 34.8% p<0.001) and … Show more

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“…In a study performed by Karadaş et al, the most commonly used drugs for suicide attempt were analgesics. In another study, the most commonly used oral drugs for suicide at-tempt were; paracetamol (39.1%), multiple drug use (39.1%) and organophosphates (34.8%) [7]. In our study, most of the patients had preferred drug use and analgesics for suicide attempt, supporting the literature.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
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“…In a study performed by Karadaş et al, the most commonly used drugs for suicide attempt were analgesics. In another study, the most commonly used oral drugs for suicide at-tempt were; paracetamol (39.1%), multiple drug use (39.1%) and organophosphates (34.8%) [7]. In our study, most of the patients had preferred drug use and analgesics for suicide attempt, supporting the literature.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…Identifying the population characteristics will be the treatment and follow-up guide for emergency doctors. Uzkeser et al found that the incidence of pregnant women was 7.4% as suicide attempts with drug intoxication in the emergency service [7]. In a large-scale study performed by McClure et al there were 833 hospital discharges for an acute poisoning during pregnancy among 4,436,019 women of reproductive age [8].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among study cases, the proportion of acute poisoning during pregnancy was 4.6%. Pregnant women were with a lower risk of acute poisoning than non‐pregnant women, 95.4%, corroborating studies in the USA , and Turkey .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…This was similar to a study at the Emergency Department of Ataturk University in Erzurum‐Turkey, where a total of 309 women were registered as suicide attempts with drug intoxication. The pregnant women had a lower rate of a past history of psychiatric illness as compared to non‐pregnant women .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%