TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Characteristics of emergency poisoning cases in elderly versus younger patients
JO  - Emergencias
A1  - Supervía Caparrós, August
A1  - Pallàs Villaronga, Oriol
A1  - Clemente Rodríguez, Carlos
A1  - Aranda Cárdenas, María Dolores
A1  - Pi-Figueras Valls, María
A1  - Cirera Lorenzo, Isabel
SP  - 335
EP  - 338
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To compare cases of poisoning according to age to detect differences in frequency of visits to the emergency department, patient characteristics, case management, and immediate outcome in terms of related mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Descriptive study of a retrospective series of patients who visited a university hospital emergency department for treatment of poisoning between 2009 and 2014. We collected patient characteristics and data related to the event, case management, and poisoning-related death. Patients were grouped according to age (cut-off 65 y). <br><br>RESULTS: Of a total of 3847 poisoning episodes, 341 (8.9%) were in patients aged 65 years or older. The percentage of women among these older patients (61.3%) was greater than among younger patients (36.3%; P<.001). Poisoning was accidental in older patients more often than younger ones (64.4% vs 9.5%, respectively; P<.001), occurred more often in the home (82.1% vs 37%, P<.001), and more often required active treatment (73.3% vs 57.4%; P<.001) and admission to hospital (21.4% vs 7.3%, P<.001). The related mortality rate was also higher in the older patients (2.1% vs 0.1% in younger patients, P<.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Pulse CO-oximetry contributed to the prehospital emergency care of these patients by influencing the decision to transfer the patient to a hospital.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 1137-6821
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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