The changing pattern of self‐poisoning in Hong Kong over nine years

Lau, FL; Liu, Rico; Yip, Sai Hang

doi:10.1111/j.1442-2026.1996.tb00593.x

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“…3,4,12,32 The highest incidence was recorded in young adults (21-30 years of age), situation also reported by investigators from Iran and developing countries. 3,5,8,17,33,34 A slight predominance in women was observed, the male-to-female ratio 1:1.9. Comparable findings have also been reported in several studies conducted in Iran, Taiwan, Turkey and Hong Kong 3,5,6,12,15,16,18,33 but differs from epidemiological studies from the western part of Iran and India, where the poisonings are more frequent in men, possibly due to the religious characteristics in these regions, reasons actually mentioned by the authors.…”

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Epidemiology of acute drug poisoning in a tertiary center from Iasi County, Romania

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The aim of this retrospective epidemiological study was to investigate the demographical, etiological and clinical characteristics of acute drug poisonings in Iasi County, Romania. All patients were referred and admitted in the Toxicology Clinic of “Sf. Ioan” Emergency Clinic Hospital Iasi, Romania. Between 2003 and 2009, 811 cases of acute drug poisonings were recorded, counting for 28.43% from the total number of poisonings. The majority of these poisonings resulted in mild (51.94%) and medium (28.35%) clinical forms, while 19.71% were coma situations. In all, 63.51% of patients originated from urban areas, 39.94% were unemployed and the patients were predominantly women (66.46%). A high percentage (97.27%) were suicide attempts, using only one type of drug (65.88%) and the 21–30 years group (29.8%) records the highest incidence, for both women and men. The most frequently involved drugs were benzodiazepines 13.69%, anticonvulsive drugs 8.63%, barbiturates 8.51% and cardiovascular drugs 5.92%. Drugs combinations were recorded in 32.92% of cases and 1.2% were combinations between drugs and other substances. Mortality was the outcome in 0.3% of the total registered number of acute drug poisonings. This study underlines that in order to provide a proper management of these situations, a Regional Poison Information Center is absolutely necessary.

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Epidemiology of acute drug poisoning in a tertiary center from Iasi County, Romania

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“…Notably, 18.8% of our patients were treated with decontamination which was less than the reported figure of 40% in an epidemiologic study of A E D p a t i e n t s i n 2 0 0 1 . 4 T h i s r e d u c t i o n i n decontamination is compatible with the situation in the United States as reflected by the decrease in activated charcoal administration from 7.1% in 1997 to 4.6% in 2006. 3 Concerning the clinical outcome, the majority of cases (>75%) are classified as no effect or mild effect.…”

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“…The death rate is compatible with the previous figure of 1.4%. 2 More than 90% of the poisoned cases required hospital admission in 2001 4 as compared with nearly half of the AED patients (48.8%) were managed without hospitalisation in this current study. Multiple reasons might contribute to this dramatic difference including improved toxicology knowledge among emergency physicians, development of toxicology team in several AEDs, optimal use of observational facilities in AEDs and the cooperation of other clinical units such as psychiatric support.…”

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Hong Kong Poison Information Centre: Annual Report 2006

Chan¹,

Tse²,

Lau³

2008

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Objective To report the poisoning data of Hong Kong Poison Information Centre (HKPIC) in 2006. Methods From 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2006, all poisoning cases received by HKPIC were retrieved from its database (DATOX) for analysis. Results A total of 2555 poisoned cases were analysed. There were 1051 male and 1466 female patients and nearly 60% of the cases were between 20 and 49 years old. Common causes of exposure were suicidal attempts and accidents. Paracetamol, sedative-hypnotic and household products were common sources of poison exposure. The majority of the patients were managed conservatively, with 18.8% and 10.5% treated by decontamination and antidotes respectively. Most cases had uneventful recovery; less than 1% of the poison exposure resulted in death and about 5% of the exposure had major outcomes. Nearly half of the cases were managed in the accident & emergency department without hospitalisation. Conclusions This annual report provides updated epidemiological information on poisoning in Hong Kong. Subsequent annual reports would provide important information on the trend of poisoning pattern and may guide further strategies in poison control and prevention in Hong Kong.

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“…It is estimated that more than 50,000 people die every year from toxic exposure in India 7,8 . Furthermore, there are almost one million suicides each year and a significant number of these deaths are related to chemicals 1,5,9,10 . Suicide is rated as the ninth leading cause of death among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years 11,12 .…”

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Pattern of Pharmaceutical Drug Poisoning in South Indian Tertiary Care Hospitals

Nagaraju¹,

Ganapathy²

2016

Int. Res. J. Pharm.

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Objective was to study the pattern of pharmaceutical drug poisoning (PDP) in four South Indian tertiary care hospitals. Prospective, observational study included patients admitted to emergency departments of four tertiary care hospitals of South India. The data was collected from the patient case records into a well-designed data collection form, in accordance with the study protocol of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Out of 708 PDP patients we found that the male patients dominated the female patients, with highest number between the age group between 1 to 20 years and 21 to 40 years. We found that most of them had education between 7 th to 10 th std, and also the data reveled that, unmarried group were reported more than other groups. Intentional consumption was the most common reason for PDP of which non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were the most reported drug poisoning followed by antiepileptic drugs. Awareness and counseling can bring in drastic reduction in the number of suicidal attempts due to pharmaceutical drugs.

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The changing pattern of self‐poisoning in Hong Kong over nine years

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Epidemiology of acute drug poisoning in a tertiary center from Iasi County, Romania

Epidemiology of acute drug poisoning in a tertiary center from Iasi County, Romania

Hong Kong Poison Information Centre: Annual Report 2006

Pattern of Pharmaceutical Drug Poisoning in South Indian Tertiary Care Hospitals

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