TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Medication overdoses: changes over time
JO  - Emergencias
A1  - Puiguriguer-Ferrando, Jordi
A1  - Yates-Bailo, Christopher
A1  - Gervilla-García, Elena
A1  - Ortega-Pérez, Juan
A1  - Alfaro García-Belenguer, Elena
A1  - Jiménez-López, Rafael
SP  - 107
EP  - 110
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1137-6821
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -