[Trends in ethanol-poisonings in the period December 2001 - August 2004, in the material of toxicological laboratory].
In recent years the commonest kind of poisonings observed in the Department of Clinical Toxicology in Kraków has been the poisonings with ethanol. Since this substance is so popular a detailed analysis of trends of poisonings with ethanol has been undertaken. The analysis has been based on the database of toxicological laboratory, the data collected in the period December 2001 - August 2004 were analyzed. It has been shown in this paper that the number of poisoned males is decreasing at the rate of 0.029% per day. Days such as Friday, Sunday, Saturday and the New Year's Eve are days of high number of ethanol-poisoned patients. At the beginning of the studied period a nonlinear increase of average age of patients was observed. This trend reached its plateau and maximum in winter 2002 and spring 2003 and since this time a decreasing non-linear trend has been observed. The average concentration of ethanol in the blood of patients is increasing at the rate 0.00002 g/L per day. The average concentration varies between gender and age groups. The group with the highest concentration is the group of about 50-years-old males. In the middle of the studied period the average concentration of ethanol in the blood of patients of this group was about 2.71 g/L. The concentration depends also on the day of the week. Patients investigated on days from Tuesday till Saturday show a higher concentration than those treated on Sundays and Mondays.
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Zalład Toksykologii Analitycznej i Terapii Monitorowanej, Katedry Toksykologii Klinicznej i Srodowiskowej CM UJ, Krakowie. jennerb@poczta.fm
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000453:epidemiology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000639:trends; D014116:Toxicology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol