Abstract:

Purpose: This study was aimed at reverse examination of the cases of poisoning that appealed to our hospital. Tools and Methods: Between 2017-2018, 187 patients followed and treated with the cause of acute poisoning in our hospital’s intensive care unit. The patient’s age, gender, causes of poisoning, the number of days in which he was sleeping, the condition of dismissal, the time of application, the distribution of the patients and the forecast according to the months were assessed. Results: In total 187 patients, 126 were women, 61 were men and the average age was 33.1±14.4 years. The most common cause of poisoning is medication. The most common drug group was antidepressants at 21.4 percent (n = 40). The second reason was food poisoning. In 84% of patients, the cause of poisoning was found to be suicidal. There was only one patient exitus. The result is that the most frequent cause of poisoning is drug poisoning and the majority of these cases are suicidal, with more than one drug intake observed at a high rate. In the clinical course of the cases of poisoning, the cause and dosage of poisoning are important.

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