Relationship between blood alcohol concentration and clinical, sociodemographic patterns in drug intoxication patients

ABSTRACT

Objective@#Although alcohol and suicide are closely related, very few studies have investigated low levels of alcohol ingestion. This study analyzes the relationship between blood alcohol levels and clinical and sociodemographic patterns of intoxicated patients. @*Methods@#This was a retrospective study. Medical records of self-poisoning patients who visited the emergency department (ED) from March 2017 to June 2020 were investigated. Patients were divided into three groups according to the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) no alcohol group (NA; BAC NA > HA. Subjects in the LA group tended to have a lower income than the NA group. The pulse rate was found to be faster in the HA group than in the NA group. Compared to the LA and NA groups, subjects in the HA group underwent more cycles of deaddiction. Admissions were lesser in the LA group compared to the NA and HA groups. @*Conclusion@#Considering that subjects in the HA group underwent more deaddiction than the other groups and had more admissions than the LA group, emergency medical personnel should be alert when an intoxicated patient is completely drunk.