An Emergency Service Diagnosis in Childhood with an Increasing Trend Within Time: Alcohol Poisoning.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and demographic features of patients presentign to the pediatric emergency department with alcohol intoxication. Material and Methods: The hospital records of 43 pediatric patients (0-18 years old) who presented with alcohol intoxicati...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 1254 - 1260 |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Oct2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104385404&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104385404 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13000292 1VOP jtl: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences issn: 13000292 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2012 vid: 32 iid: 5 pid: 67298 pub: Turkiye Klinikleri artinfo: ui: 104385404 104385404 2011758896 10.5336/medsci.2011-25942 104385404 ppf: 1254 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: An Emergency Service Diagnosis in Childhood with an Increasing Trend Within Time: Alcohol Poisoning. aug: au: GÜZEL, Ahmet PAKSU, Muhammet Sükrü MURAT, Naci YÜCE, Murat SAHIN, Serkan KARAKUS, Akan PAKSU, Sule affil: Çocuk Sagligi ve Hastaliklari AD, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Samsun sug: subj: Emergency Service Ethanol Adverse Effects Poisoning Diagnosis Adolescence Child Child, Preschool Descriptive Statistics Female Human Male Record Review Retrospective Design Adolescent: 13-18 years Child: 6-12 years Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Female Male ab: Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and demographic features of patients presentign to the pediatric emergency department with alcohol intoxication. Material and Methods: The hospital records of 43 pediatric patients (0-18 years old) who presented with alcohol intoxication between January 2006 and March 2011 were examined retrospectively. Results: During the study period, 43 pediatric patients were admitted to our emergency unit; thirty-two patients (74.4%) were male, 11 (25.6%) were female. The mean age of the patients was 13.7±5.3 years (1 to 17 years). The reason of alcohol intoxication was excessive intake in 33 patients (76.7%), accidental intake in 7 patients (16.3%) and suicide attempt in 3 patients (7.0%). The median blood alcohol level was 127 (1-314) mg/dl. Poisoning severity score (PSS) was mild in 23 (53.5%) patients, moderate in 2 (4.7%) patients and severe in 3 (7.0%) patients. Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) was </= 8 in three (7.0%) cases. The most common symptoms and signs were nausea (48.8%), vomiting (46.5%), consciousness (7.0%) and hypothermia respectively. Three patients (7.0%) had a history for trauma. One patient had clinical findings of sexual abuse. Alcohol and illicit drug use was detected in two patients (4.7%). The mean follow-up period of the subjects was 16.1±7.1 hours. Intravenous fluid therapy was adminisered in forty-two (97.6%) patients and intravenous sodium bicarbonate in 1 (2.3%) patient. Conclusion: Admissions to pediatric emergency services because of alcohol poisoning are increasing. Trauma, drug use, and psychiatric disorders may accompany this clinical picture. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: Turkish refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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