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KMID : 1013220060040010025
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Jouranl of the Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology
2006 Volume.4 No. 1 p.25 ~ p.31
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The Survey of Intoxication in the Two Hospitals of the City of Goyang
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Kim Kyung-Hwan
Kim Ah-Jin
Park Jun-Seok
Shin Dong-Wun
Roh Jun-Young
Kim Hey-Jin
Gu Hong-Du
Cho Jin-Kyung
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Abstract
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Purpose: In the year of 2005, it enforced the basic study for establishing program of Poison Control Center by National Institute of Toxicologic Research. The object of our survey is to analyze the characteristics of intoxication from the City of Goyang by same protocol.
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of medical records of the intoxication patient in the two hospitals of the Goyang from 2004 June 1st to 2005 May 31th. The investigation protocol applied the TESS report form which was used from the Basic study for establishing program of Poison Control Center.
Results: The intoxication patients were total 269 persons, the patients of A hospital were 184 persons, B hospital were 185 persons. The most common intoxication materials were medicines, in afterwords it was an agricultural chemical. The most common place of intoxication was the home. The intentional suicidal attempts in the reason of intoxication were 51.2%. The rate of the patients who discharges from the emergency department was 50.4% and death rate was 4.3%.
Conclusion: We concluded that the continuous and systemic report and analysis should be accomplished from the Goyang area.
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KEYWORD
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Poison control centers, Poisoning, Data collection, Epidemiologic study characteristics
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