title: Statistical report from Uludag Poison Information Center--34-month experience.
abstract: Management of poisoned patient requires accurate knowledge of intoxication. Uludaŏ Poison Information Center (UPIC), founded in January 1996, provides acquired information 24 hours a day 7 days a week for physicians and consultants. We received 2270 phone calls since January 1996 till October 1998 and evaluated the cases statistically regarding "distribution of age and gender", "calling time after poison exposure", "source of poisoning", "reason for intoxication" and "source of calls" to reveal the distinguishing features of intoxication. Intoxication was mostly seen between 14-25 years of age (964 cases, 42.46%) and in females (1367 cases, 60.22%). Drugs (1400 cases, 61.67%) were the main source and suicide attempts (930 cases, 40.9%) were the main reason of poisoning. Most of the calls were from healthcare professionals (1347, 59.33%).
authors.affiliation: Uludağ Poison Information Centre, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozyurt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tokyay
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kucer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Onder
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Senay
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011039:Poison Control Centers; D011041:Poisoning; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014421:Turkey