@article{ref1,
title="Medication overdoses: changes over time",
journal="Emergencias",
year="2019",
author="Puiguriguer-Ferrando, Jordi and Yates-Bailo, Christopher and Gervilla-García, Elena and Ortega-Pérez, Juan and Alfaro García-Belenguer, Elena and Jiménez-López, Rafael",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="107-110",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To review changes occurring over time in cases of medication overdose attended by an emergency department. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective review of epidemiologic and care variables related to drug poisonings in a university teaching hospital in 2007 and 2017. We used multivariate analysis to compare the 2 years. RESULTS: A total of 750 cases were included; 438 (58.4%) were from 2007. Fewer cases were seen in 2017 even though the total numbers of emergencies and poisonings had risen (P<.001). Fewer cases were suicides or suicide attempts in 2017 (P<.001), and digestive tract decontamination and antidotes were used less often (P<.001 and P=.007, respectively). Admissions (P=.004) and voluntary self-discharges or patient losses were also down in 2017 (P=.03). However, multidrug poisonings increased (P=.001), especially in the context of recreational drug use by men. Benzodiazepine overdoses accounted for most of such cases (65.1%). CONCLUSION: Medication overdoses seem to be decreasing, although the proportion of men overdosing is rising. Suicide attempts, the abuse of specific medications, and admissions also seem to be decreasing.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1137-6821",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}