Drug and Chemical Poisoning Patterns in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
This study has found that, the most affected gender
was that of males (65%). The most affected age category with drug
poisoning was over 15 years old (67%), but under 5 years for chemical
poisoning (60%). The majority of drug poisoning cases are unknown drugs
(42%), which accidental poisoning was a minority compared with other
drug causes (27%). Chemical poisoning accidents were the majority causes
of the recorded cases (63%). We reported healthy recovered without
complications for most patients from drug and chemical poisoning
(85–95%). Antidotes were administered in only (5%) of
cases, and fatalities were reported (0.5% of cases). We have shown a
flagrant increase in the number of people poisoned by drugs and chemical agents
during 2015. Increases poisoning cases involved both genders and all studied age
categories, especially males over 15 years up to 25 (drugs) and
< 5 years (chemicals). Most cases were accidental (chemicals)
and reported healthy recovery for most patients. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart,
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Source: Drug Research - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Alnasser, Sulaiman Mohammed Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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