TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Distribution, structure of diseases and lethality in a Department of Toxicology for adults for the period 2009-2011
JO  - General medicine (Sofia)
A1  - Radenkova-Saeva, J.
SP  - 9
EP  - 13
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
N2  - A retrospective epidemiological study was carried out of the hospitalized patients in the Department of Toxicology for adults, Clinic of Toxicology - MHATEM 'N.I. Pirogov' for a 3-year period - 2009-2011. Incidence of acute exogenous poisoning, toxoallergic reactions, suicide attempts, hospital lethality were analyzed. The results of the study show the following: Acute exogenous poisoning accounted for around 60% of diseases, severe toxoallergic reactions - for about 40% of them, in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively. There is a high proportion of patients with suicide attempts. The frequency of deaths for the period under review was 1.50%. Lethality was highest in 2010. Mortality is higher in male patients. Most deaths occur in the patients aged over 40 years - three quarters of them with a fatal outcome. The most common cause of death is acute poisoning with alcohol (methanol) with drugs and corrosive poisoning.<p /> <p>Language: bg</p>
LA  - bg
SN  - 1311-1817
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -