Iranian Journal of Toxicology
مجله سم شناسی و مسمومیتهای ایران
IJT
Medical Sciences
http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir
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2011
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Characteristic features of patients hospitalized with Narcotic poisoning in Yazd, Iran
Characteristic features of patients hospitalized with Narcotic poisoning in Yazd, Iran
عمومى
General
پژوهشي
Research
<span style="font-weight: bold">Background:</span> Narcotic abuse by people accounts for major problems for developing countries such as Iran. Acute narcotic poisoning is one of the major mortality causes in these patients. The present study was designed to assess the clinical signs and symptoms of patients with narcotic poisoning at hospitals of Yazd.
<br><span style="font-weight: bold">Methods:</span> In this study, 500 patients with narcotic poisoning were assessed from November 2007 to September 2010. Data were obtained from the patients’ files and the statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS version. 16.
<br><span style="font-weight: bold">Results:</span> Men presented greater signs and symptoms of narcotic poisoning. Of all patients, 39% aged between 20 and 29 and 14.2% aged between 30 and 39. The greatest narcotic usage was reported for methadone (39%) and opium (22.4%), respectively. Respiratory depression was seen in 47.4% of the patients and 15.2% of them needed intubation and mechanical ventilation. Intubation rates were higher in poisoning with heroin (31.6%) and methadone (33.3%), respectively. Among our patients, 8.4% had seizure which was mostly seen in tramadol (28.4%) and heroin (13.7%) users, respectively. Sever decreased consciousness was seen in 25.4% of the patients and poisoning with heroin (40%) and methadone (33.3%) had the highest frequencies in this regard. In this study, mortality rate was 1.4%.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Conclusion:</span> Poisoning symptoms and complications such as respiratory depression, mechanical ventilation, seizure, and CNS depression were prevalent. Proper management of such cases of poisoning can decrease the incidence of complications and mortality rate
Clinical symptoms, Iran, narcotic, opium, poisoning, Yazd
Clinical symptoms, Iran, narcotic, opium, poisoning, Yazd
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Vida
Ayatollahi
ویدا
آیت الهی
10031947532846003248
10031947532846003248
No
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Shokoufeh
Behdad
شکوفه
بهداد
10031947532846003249
10031947532846003249
No
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Hamid
Oliwiaie
حمید
اولیایی
10031947532846003250
10031947532846003250
No
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Reza
Hajiesmaili
محمدرضا
حاجی اسماعیلی
Hajiesmaeili@ssu.ac.ir
10031947532846003251
10031947532846003251
Yes
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Maryam
Dehghan
مریم
دهقان
10031947532846003252
10031947532846003252
No
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Omid
Mehrpour
امید
مهرپور
10031947532846003253
10031947532846003253
No
Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran