Özet:

Introduction: Drug poisoning in the age group is the top of the health problems that can be prevented worldwide. In this study, we aimed at evaluating the epidemiological characteristics of our patients who appeal to our hospital’s emergency clinic with the cause of drug poisoning, the facilitating factors of poisoning and the post-poisoning monitoring. Methods: Between January 2010 and August 2011, the University of Health Sciences, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kertal Education and Research Hospital, Children's Emergency Clinic, from 894 cases that were applied for drug poisoning, 314 cases we received approval were taken to study. The facts were considered backward. Results: 314 of the 894 cases requested due to drug entoxication were evaluated. The average age of three hundred and fourteen matures was 4.6 ± 4.0 years, 138 girls (43.9 percent), 176 men (56.1 percent). The average age was 5.7±4.8 in girls and 3.8±3.1 in men. In the pre-school period (0-5 years old) and in the 5-10 years old, boys were in the forefront, while in the 10-14 years old, girls were in the forefront. The group of drugs that most often cause poisoning the central nervous system is effective drugs, while the second place was the analgesic antipiretic drugs. During my adolescence, medications were in the forefront, especially for self-sufficiency. The result: as in the whole world, the phenomena of drug intoxication in our country are the main causes of urgent application that can be prevented. Childhood poisoning is the most common cause of accidents, and it is a little more common in pre-school and school age men, and it is most common in the 0-5-year-old group. In adolescents, girls are more affected. In adolescence, it is about drug intake, and therefore, intoxications in this period should be evaluated psychiatrically.

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