Clinical observation was made on 405 cases of drug intoxication visited to Wonkwang university hospital via emergency room during one year from January 1991 to December 1991.
@ES The results were summarized as follows:
@SEN 1. Annmual incidence was 1.91% (405 patients of the total 21247 patients).
2. Factors related to increased occurance were male (1.17%), age of 3rd decade (26.79%), Monday (17.78%), and August (17.28%).
3. Suicidal attempt was the most common motive of intoxication (88.89%)
4. The most common drug of intoxication was insecticides (36.54%)
5. The chief complaints on arrival to emergency room were nausea & vomiting (36.79%), mental change (15.56%), dizziness (13.33%), general weakness (4.49%), etc.
6. The ahnormal vital signs on arrival to emergency room were tachycardia (18.52%), mental change (15.56%) hypertension (9.63%), etc.
7. The observed abnormal laboratory findings on admission (27 cases) were elevated ALP (15 cases), leukocytosis (12 cases), decresed T. protein, decreased HCO3, hypocarbia etc. in order to frequency.
8. The complications of acute D-I were aspiration pneumonia (2.22%), G-I symptoms (ileus, peptic ulcer, gastritis-1.23%), parkinsonism (0.74%), etc.
9. The outcomes of the patients were recovery (63.46%), against discharge (26.42%), hopeless discharge (8.15%), death (1.98%).
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