THE PROFILE OF POISONING CALLS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2014 RECEIVED BY HACETTEPE DRUG AND POISON INFORMATION UNIT

Ayçe ÇELIKER; Gülru GÜRDEMIR

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THE PROFILE OF POISONING CALLS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2014 RECEIVED BY HACETTEPE DRUG AND POISON INFORMATION UNIT

Yazarlar:

Ayçe ÇELIKER | Gülru GÜRDEMIR

Yayıncı:

Engin TUTKUN

Dergi:

The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety 2017 Vol.Volume 2 Issue İssue 1 (1), pp.1-213

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000835399

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-4711

pISSN:

2149-4711

Özet:

 


In this report
poisoning calls received by Hacettepe Drug and Poison Information Unit were epidemiologically
evaluated. The ratio of poisoning enquiries was 23.3 % in all calls. In annual
distribution of the numbers of poisoning calls showed a peak in 2006 with 18.1
% afterwards steadily declined in the graph. 
While pharmaceutical drugs were found as the main cause of poisoning
with 58.1 %, household products and pesticides followed them. with percentages
of 10.5 and 7.6 respectively. The ratio of female to male was 1.2 /1.0. Major
mode of poisoning was accidental (68.5 %), and most of the victims were younger
than 5 years of age (65 %). Suicidal attempts were encountered mostly in 17 to
40 years of age group (71 %). While females were dominant in suicidal attempts,
accidental exposures affected both sexes equally. The majority of the callers
were physicians (65.9 %), and the locations of them were mostly state hospitals
including former social security hospitals (39.9 %). Whereas almost 30 %   of calls were received from Ankara, Istanbul
was the second city with lower percentage (16.2 %). In this period only one mortality
was recorded, in fact the case was exitus, when Hacettepe Drug and Poison
Informattion Unit was called. 

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Makale detayları

THE PROFILE OF POISONING CALLS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2014 RECEIVED BY HACETTEPE DRUG AND POISON INFORMATION UNIT

Yazarlar: Ayçe ÇELIKER | Gülru GÜRDEMIR

Yayıncı: Engin TUTKUN

Dergi: The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety 2017 Vol.Volume 2 Issue İssue 1 (1), pp.1-213

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 2/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000835399

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2149-4711

pISSN: 2149-4711

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ayçe ÇELIKER | Gülru GÜRDEMIR

Yayıncı:

Engin TUTKUN

Dergi:

The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety 2017 Vol.Volume 2 Issue İssue 1 (1), pp.1-213

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000835399

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-4711

pISSN:

2149-4711