Citation

Gurbanov A, Kandemir H, Gurbanova L, Gün E, Botan E, Balaban B, Kahveci F, Özen H, Uçmak H, Özdemir, Havan M, Tekin D, Kendirli T. J. Clin. Psychopharmacol. 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JCP.0000000000001668

PMID

36795032

Abstract

PURPOSE/BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare the frequency, clinical findings, treatment practices, and outcomes of toxicity to old-generation (OG) and new-generation (NG) antidepressants in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) by year-to-year.

METHODS/PROCEDURES: The study included patients hospitalized for antidepressant poisoning during the 11-year period of January 2010 through December 2020. Antidepressants were classified as OG and NG. The groups were compared in terms of patient demographic characteristics, type of poisoning (accidental/suicidal), clinical findings, supportive and extracorporeal treatments received, and outcomes.

FINDINGS/RESULTS: The study included 58 patients (NG, n = 30; OG, n = 28). The median age of the patients was 178 months (range, 13.6-215 months) and 47 patients (81%) were female. Patients admitted for only antidepressant poisoning constituted 13.3% of all poisoning cases (58/436). Of these, 22 cases (37.9%) were accidental and 36 (62.3%) were suicidal. The most common cause of poisoning was amitriptyline (24/28) in the OG group and sertraline (13/30) in the NG group. Neurological symptoms were significantly more common in the OG group (76.2% vs 23.8%), while gastrointestinal involvement was more common in the NG group (82% vs 18%; P = 0.001 and P = 0.026, respectively). Old-generation antidepressant poisoning was associated with more frequent intubation (4 vs 0 patients, P = 0.048) and longer length of PICU stay (median, 1 day [range, 1-8] vs 1 day [range, 1-4], P = 0.019). Rates of therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous lipid emulsion therapy did not differ (P = 0.483 and P = 0.229, respectively). IMPLICATIONS/CONCLUSIONS: In poisoned patients, proper evaluation and management of patients requiring PICU admission are vital for favorable patient outcomes.

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