Hospital costs of managing deliberate self-poisoning in Turkey

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Serinken, Mustafa ^a,c   Karcioglu, Ozgur ^b   Sengul, Cem ^a   Turkcuer, Ibrahim ^a   Keysan, Mustafa K ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Deliberate self poisoning; Hospital costs; Intoxication; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIALYSIS; DRUG COST; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TURKEY;

EID: 41449088361     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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