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KMID : 1013220100080020051
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Jouranl of the Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology
2010 Volume.8 No. 2 p.51 ~ p.60
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2008 Database of Korean Toxic Exposures: A Preliminary Study
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So Byung-Hak
Lee Mi-Jin
Kim Hyun
Moon Jeong-Mi
Park Kyung-Hye
Sung Ae-Jin
Yeom Seok-Ran
Oh Seong-Beom
Yoo Ji-Young
Lee Kyung-Woo
Lee Kyung-Won
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate toxic exposures in emergency centers with using a toxic exposure surveillance system-based report form as a preliminary study.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of toxic exposure patients who visited emergency centers from January to December 2008.
Results: 3,157 patients from 11 emergency centers were enrolled. Males were involved in 47.9% of the total cases of exposure and in 60.1% of the cases of fatal exposure. Suicidal intent was the most common (61.0%) reason and most (87.4%) fatal exposures were suicidal. Pesticides were involved in 30.7% of the cases and sedative/hypnotics/antipsychotics were involved in 20.5%. The substances most frequently involved in fatalities were pesticides, and a 48.4% fatality rate was recorded for paraquat exposure.
Conclusion: The toxic exposure data showed the preliminary poisoning events in emergency centers. It is recommended that toxicology professionals should develop a toxic surveillance system and serial reporting should be performed.
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KEYWORD
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Poisoning, Epidemiology, Database
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