Citation

Caballero Vallés PJ, Dorado Pombo S, Brusínt Olivares B, Jerez Basurco B, Medina Sampedro M. Rev. Clin. Esp. 1999; 199(7): 424-430.

Vernacular Title

Vigilancia epidemiologica de la intoxicacion aguda 1997 (estudio de 1.140 casos

Affiliation

Centro de Salud Angela Uriarte, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10481557

Abstract

Following a line of work we studied 1,140 acute poisoning (AP) attended at the Internal Medicine Emergency Department at 12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, in 1997. The incidence increased up to 157/100,000 inhabitants. Mean age was 36 years (SD: 15 y), median, 32 years. Self-inflicted AP: 1,052 cases (92%); the suicide attempt was the most common type (509, 48%). Among males, the alcoholic intoxication (332, 59%) predominated. Among accidental AP (88 cases), 90% occurred at home. Poisons: drugs. Drugs were used for 78% of suicide attempts. The relative incidence of benzodiazepines increased (47%) and that of antidepressive drugs decreased (11%). A remarkable increase in the "other drugs" group was noted, as well as the association of drugs and non-drugs (10%). Alcohol use increased significantly (249 cases more than in 1994), as well as drugs although to a lesser extent, breaking the trend observed in the last few years. Cocaine is now the most common (among women heroin is still the leading cause); 5 AP were caused by synthesis drugs (extasis, MDMA) and an increase was observed with "other drugs". Antecedents: suicide attempts: depression (30%) and previous attempts (19%); ethylism: alcoholism (40%); AP with other drugs: drug abuse (52%). Admitted to ICU: 1.4%. The mortality rate decreased to 0.08%.

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