Summary of hospitalizations related to medicational poisoning groups in a cardiological and toxicological department from 04.2013 to 12.2021

ZAJĄC, Marlena, GRUCA, Dariusz, WAIS, Marcin, ANTONIAK, Krzysztof and TCHÓRZ, Michał. Summary of hospitalizations related to medicational poisoning groups in a cardiological and toxicological department from 04.2013 to 12.2021. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;29(1):88-97. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.29.01.010 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/44823 https://zenodo.org/record/8174121 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of 17.07.2023 No. 32318. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 17.07.2023 Lp. 32318. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 27.06.2023. Revised: 20.07.2023. Accepted: 20.07.2023. Published: 25.07.2023. Summary of hospitalizations related to medicational poisoning groups in a cardiological and toxicological department from 04.2013 to 12.2021 Marlena Zając Students’ Research Group at the Department of Toxicology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6251-0175 Dariusz Gruca Students’ Research Group at the Department of Toxicology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5583-1229 Marcin Wais Students’ Research Group at the Department of Toxicology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4757-8582 Krzysztof Antoniak Students’ Research Group at the Department of Toxicology https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8065-081X Michał Tchórz Students’ Research Group at the Department of Toxicology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1308-099X Abstract Introduction and purpose: Drug poisoning is one of the more common reasons for patients being hospitalized in toxicology wards. The wide availability and ease of obtaining a wide variety of drugs and supplements are the cause of adverse reactions associated with their use. Increasing life expectancy and emerging chronic diseases also require the use of sometimes many drugs to control people's health. This can lead to poly-pragmasy, which is an undesirable condition and leads to poisoning. The purpose of our work is to demonstrate the most common causes of drug poisoning considering the criterion of division according to ICD-10. Brief description of the state of knowledge: Any preparation, drug, supplement can cause negative effects on the organism. This depends on the dose, improper use, or cross-reactions of the relevant substances. The study compiled statistics on the cause of hospitalization of drug-poisoned patients based on ICD-10. 5433 patients were included in the study. Conclusions: Our work shows that the most common causes of hospitalization due to drug poisoning are those caused by antiepileptic drugs, sedative-hypnotics and antiparkinsonism medications. The data compiled in this article agree with scientific reports from different countries compiling the most common reason for hospitalization related to drug poisoning. Keywords: poisoning, medicational poisoning, drug overdose, beta-blocker