Objective. To characterize the clinical and demographic profile of patients hospitalized due to drug intoxication at an intensive care unit (ICU) of a teaching hospital between 2004 and 2010. Methodology. In this descriptive study, information was collected from the hospitalized patients, as informed by a Toxicology Care Center (CAT) in Paraná (Brazil). The clinical files were checked and information was collected about age, gender, toxic agents and intoxication circumstances, comorbidities and clinical outcomes. Results: Sixty-two patients were included in the study, with a mean age of 58 years and 77% male. Alcohol was the substance related to most hospitalizations (77%), followed by psychoactive drugs (14%) and marihuana and crack (5% e...
A importÃncia dos praguicidas como agente causal de intoxicaÃÃes e Ãbitos à evidenciado pelo nÃmero ...
Objective: Poisonings are among the major causes of emergency visits and intensive care hospitalizat...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi definir o perfil de intoxicação alcoólica aguda e estimar o risco de i...
Among the hospitalized patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a prevalence of 51.9% patients had...
Objetive: to describe causes of hospitalization and comorbidities of patients diagnosed with substan...
Background: To ascertain the epidemiology of the severe acute intoxications in an intensive care uni...
Abusive consumption of alcohol leads to several negative consequences to health and quality of life,...
Introduction: The Hospital Universitario del Valle (HUV) at the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU...
Na prática clínica, é comum a associção de vários fármacos para o tratamento de patologias crônicas....
This study assessed potential drugs interactions in intensive care patients at a university hospital...
Objective: to characterize the profile of users intoxicated by drugs of abuse reported to a center...
El consumo de sustancias psicoactivas (SPA) es un problema de salud pública, debido a que genera un ...
This study assessed potential drugs interactions in intensive care patients at a university hospital...
Objective: We evaluated the patients who were hospitalized for acute intoxications. We report the et...
Background: Drug overdose continues to be the most common cause of acute poisoning worldwide. There ...
A importÃncia dos praguicidas como agente causal de intoxicaÃÃes e Ãbitos à evidenciado pelo nÃmero ...
Objective: Poisonings are among the major causes of emergency visits and intensive care hospitalizat...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi definir o perfil de intoxicação alcoólica aguda e estimar o risco de i...
Among the hospitalized patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a prevalence of 51.9% patients had...
Objetive: to describe causes of hospitalization and comorbidities of patients diagnosed with substan...
Background: To ascertain the epidemiology of the severe acute intoxications in an intensive care uni...
Abusive consumption of alcohol leads to several negative consequences to health and quality of life,...
Introduction: The Hospital Universitario del Valle (HUV) at the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU...
Na prática clínica, é comum a associção de vários fármacos para o tratamento de patologias crônicas....
This study assessed potential drugs interactions in intensive care patients at a university hospital...
Objective: to characterize the profile of users intoxicated by drugs of abuse reported to a center...
El consumo de sustancias psicoactivas (SPA) es un problema de salud pública, debido a que genera un ...
This study assessed potential drugs interactions in intensive care patients at a university hospital...
Objective: We evaluated the patients who were hospitalized for acute intoxications. We report the et...
Background: Drug overdose continues to be the most common cause of acute poisoning worldwide. There ...
A importÃncia dos praguicidas como agente causal de intoxicaÃÃes e Ãbitos à evidenciado pelo nÃmero ...
Objective: Poisonings are among the major causes of emergency visits and intensive care hospitalizat...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi definir o perfil de intoxicação alcoólica aguda e estimar o risco de i...