TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Toxicological approach of the patient with suicide attempt
JO  - Medicina Interna de Mexico
A1  - Moranchel-García, L.
SP  - 686
EP  - 693
VL  - 37
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To present a descriptive analysis carried out at the Toxicological Center of the Angeles Lomas Hospital, Mexico. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: A descriptive study of patients treated at the Toxicological Center of the Angeles Lomas Hospital, Mexico, from 2012 to 2019. Patients with intoxication secondary to a suicide attempt were identified. A database was analyzed to validate that they met the established inclusion criteria and the information was collected in a database designed for this purpose. <br><br>RESULTS: Two-hundred twenty-nine patients with suicide attempt were treated, which represented 20% of the total of intoxicated patients treated in the study period. The xenobiotics involved in each intake were distributed as follows: cyclic antidepressants: 10, benzodiazepines: 101, serotonin reuptake inhibitors: 2, antipsychotics: 16, paracetamol: 13, metals: 3, drugs of abuse: 51, phosphides: 1, antibiotics/antivirals: 58, opioids: 9, plants and herbal preparations: 6, others (anticoagulants, hypoglycemic agents, anticonvulsants): 159, gas (butane): 1. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The approach to the suicidal patient involves a multidisciplinary team, which must be made up of toxicologists, emergency physicians, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, as well as other specialists who are required depending on the xenobiotic involved and the patient's clinical situation (internists, intensivists, gastroenterologists, neurologists, cardiologists and surgeons). © 2021 Comunicaciones Cientificas Mexicanas S.A. de C.V.. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0186-4866
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.24245/mim.v37i5.4255
ID  - ref1
ER  -