title: Acute poisonings with chemical compounds among adolescent and adult inhabitants of Kraków in the year 1997.
abstract: The pattern of adolescent and adult poisonings in Kraków is presented on the basis of the data collected by the Poison Information Centre of the Department of Clinical Toxicology Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in 1997. This analysis includes 3472 people treated at the Department of Clinical Toxicology and 118 poisoned people who were not given any treatment and died at the scene of the accident. The group of hospitalised persons consisted of 2359 (67.9%) men and 1113 (32.1%) women, and the group of people who died at the scene of the accident consisted of 97 (82.2%) men and of 21 (17.8%) women. The overall coefficient of poisonings in 1997 was 46.9; for men--67.8 and 28.3 for women. Ethanol (39.7%) followed by drugs (20.2%), drugs + ethanol (6.7%), carbon monoxide (6.2%) and drugs of abuse (4.4%) were the most common cause of acute poisonings. The mortality rate of the cases treated was low (0.43%), but while including those people who were not given any treatment and died at the scene of the accident, mostly due to ethanol, carbon monoxide, and drugs poisoning the fatality index rose up to 3.7%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Polish-American Children Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sancewicz-Pach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamenczak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klag
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kłys
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003710:Demography; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015996:Survival Rate; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D000431:Ethanol