@article{ref1,
title="Acute intoxication: Differences in men and women",
journal="Emergencias",
year="2010",
author="Clemente Rodríguez, C. and Aguirre Tejedo, A.A. and Echarte Pazos, J.L. and Puente Palacios, I. and Iglesias Lepine, M.L. and Supervía Caparrós, A.",
volume="22",
number="6",
pages="435-440",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To analyze intoxications treated in our emergency department according to the patient's gender. <br><br>METHODS: Retrospective study of intoxications treated in 2003 and 2004. We recorded patient characteristics, place where the toxic exposure occurred, treatment, and destination on discharge; data for men and women were compared. <br><br>RESULTS: Our department recorded treating 1531 cases of intoxication. Mean patient age was 34 years; 56.6% were men. Suicide was the motive for more women than men (35.6% vs 18.8%), and women suffered more accidental intoxications than men (11.7% vs 4.2%). However, fewer recreational intoxications were treated in women (52.6% vs 77.0%) (P<.001 for all comparisons). Toxic exposure occurred in a public place more often in men (68.1%) than women (46.8%), who were more frequently exposed at home (50.8% vs 28.9% for men) (P<.001). Men more often had a history of prior intoxication (51.6% vs 39.2%, P<.001). Drug-related intoxications were more common in women overall (31.6% vs 12.6%), but men had more drug abuse exposures (23.8% vs 11.3%) (P<.001, both comparisons). Regarding street drug abuse, more polydrug intoxications were also recorded for men (43.9% vs 31.3%, P=.003). Psychiatric evaluations were performed in 27.7% of the men and 40.2% of the women (P<.001). Treatment differed only for the percentage of gastrointestinal tract decontaminations performed (16.8% of women vs 7.3% of men, P<001). Destination on discharge did not differ. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In women, intoxications occurred at home from drugs and products found in the home and women more often used exposure to a toxic substance to attempt suicide. Recreational use of illicit toxic substances was more common in men, who also used public places more often.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1137-6821",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}