Characteristics of acute adult poisonings in a university hospital emergency department in central Turkey: A three-year analysis

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-133

  Avsarogullari, Levent ^a   Senol, Vesile ^b   Akdur, Okhan ^c   Akin, Aynur ^a   Durukan, Polat ^a   Özkan, Seda ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Drug; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DATA EXTRACTION; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GAS POISONING; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856494128     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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