Evaluation of clinical findings and acute compilications in patient's admitted to Urmia Taleghani Hospital with tramadol intoxication at 2012- 2013

Tramadol intoxication is one of the most common intoxications in Iran. In this cross sectional study, we want to evaluate of the clinical findings and complications of Tramadol intoxication in patients referred to Urmia Ayatollah Taleghanihospital at 2012-2013.

After an approval from the ethic committee, total patients with tramadol intoxication if had inclusion criteria, were included in the study and clinical situation, recovery, complications and etc recorded and then analyzed with SPSS 17 Software, p-value<0.05 was significant.

In this study 233 patients were included. No correlation between the sex and complicaltions of tramadol but between marriage and convulsion (p-value= 0.04) and gait impairment (p-value= 0.002) were significant. On the other hand betweenthe time of use of drug and elevation of heart rate (p-value= 0.04) had correlation and elevation of the hear rate in 12-24 hour after the use of drug was seen. Between the history of the use of tramadol and convulsion (p.value = 0.01) also had correlation too.

The most use of tramadol to happened in 20-40 years old and in men compared women. The greater percentage of patients in this study had intermittent use of the drug. Nausea and vomiting were the most common gastrointestinal complications. As most of the patients were admitted. 79.8% weredischarged. The time of referral to hospital could be an influencing factor in outcome. Further studies are recommended.