Presentations Related to Acute Paracetamol Intoxication in an Urban Emergency Department in Switzerland

Aim. To investigate the characteristics of Emergency Department (ED) presentations due to acute paracetamol intoxication. Methods. Retrospective observational study of patients presenting to the ED of Bern University Hospital between May 1, 2012, and October 31, 2018, due to a paracetamol overdose (...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emergency medicine international 2019, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Liakoni, Evangelia, Haschke, Manuel, Krummrey, Gert, Lehmann, Beat, Klukowska-Rötzler, Jolanta, Piotrowska, Natalia, Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.
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Zusammenfassung:Aim. To investigate the characteristics of Emergency Department (ED) presentations due to acute paracetamol intoxication. Methods. Retrospective observational study of patients presenting to the ED of Bern University Hospital between May 1, 2012, and October 31, 2018, due to a paracetamol overdose (defined as intake of >4 g/24 h). Cases were identified using the full-text search of the electronic patient database and were grouped into intentional (suicidal/parasuicidal) and unintentional intoxications (e.g., patient unaware of maximal daily dose). Results. During the study period, 181 cases were included and 143 (79%) of those were intentional. Compared to the patients in the unintentional group, patients in the intentional group were more often female (85% vs 45%, p
ISSN:2090-2840
2090-2859
DOI:10.1155/2019/3130843