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Severity Predictors of Elderly Poisoning Patients Admitted to an Emergency Medical Center
Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology ; : 94-101, 2019.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-916474
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE@#This study examined the clinical characteristics of severe elderly poisoning patients to determine the factors that can prevent them.@*METHODS@#Data were collected from patients over 65 years of age presenting to the emergency center with poisoning from 2013 to 2018. Their medical records were analyzed retrospectively, and patients with a poisoning severity score of three or more were defined as the severe poisoning group. The risk factors were evaluated by univariate and multivariate analysis.@*RESULTS@#This study analyzed 292 patients, of whom 37 (12.7%) belonged to the severe poisoning group. The severe poisoning group showed a significantly higher association with pesticide poisoning and intentional suicide attempts. Loneliness and somatization were the cause of the suicidal ideas. No significant differences in age, sex, drinking, ingestion time, poisonous materials other than pesticides, and neuropsychological consultation were observed between the two groups.@*CONCLUSION@#The severe elderly poisoning patients were the result of intentional poisoning for suicide. Loneliness and somatization were the most influential causes of suicidal poisoning. Therefore, psychiatric screening and frequent medical treatment for elderly people are required to prevent severe poisoning in elderly patients.
Texte intégral: Disponible Indice: WPRIM (Pacifique occidental) Type d'étude: Étude pronostique / Facteurs de risque langue: Coréen Texte intégral: Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology Année: 2019 Type: Article

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Texte intégral: Disponible Indice: WPRIM (Pacifique occidental) Type d'étude: Étude pronostique / Facteurs de risque langue: Coréen Texte intégral: Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology Année: 2019 Type: Article