DEMOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF POISONING IN URMIA MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS 1381-1384

Intoxication is an important problem in general health and is a branch of Medical sciences which deals with sources of pharamacokinetice, pharmacodynamics of poison and their clinical manifestations. This study was carried out to evaluate demographical characteristics of poisoned patients from 1381-1384 in Urmia University educational hospitals. Methods & Materials: This study was a cross-sectional survey. All of the 1707 poisoned patients were hospitalized in Imam Khomeini and Talegany hospitals in Urmia during four years were studied. The required data were collected in checklists. The results were analyzed with descriptive tests. The results showed that %51.4 of the poisoned patients were females and %48.6 were males, %58.5 patients were single, %41.5 were married, %52.4 were 19-64 years old, and %32.1 of them were house wives. Drugs were the major cause of poisoning %31.2 and %68 of them were self-inflicted %3.9 of them died. Suicide poisonings happened among house wives %85.6 and the age range was between 15-30 years old using drugs (%52.8). Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to be more careful for using and keeping drugs at home. There is a need for family training about intoxication and emergency care to poisoned patients.