EPIDEMIOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTSWITH DRUGS OF ABUSE POISONING AT POISON CONTROL CENTER BACHMAI HOSPITAL

Đặng Thị Xuân, Hà Trần Hưng

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Objective: to describeepidemiology characteristics from patients with drugspoisoning. Subjects and Methods: Anobservational study included 72 poisoned non-opium drugs patients treated at the Poison Control Center, Bach Mai Hospital from 1/2017 to 6/2019.Results:mostly accured in male with72.2%; the average age was30.57 ± 9.3 years old; unemployed people 73.6%; 65.3% below high school level; single people 65.3%; living in city 59.7% and rural 40.3%. Some common new drugs were Amphetamine (29.2%), MET (22.2%), MDMA (19.4%), THC (20.8%), Ketamine (8.3%); Mainly used oral route (79.2%), suction, inhalation was 20.8%. Due to addiction (54.2%), invited (26.4%), habit (19.4%); used at discos and crowded places (58.3%), at home (41.7%); usually used at night (72.2%); shared with others (62.5%). There were 81.9% people had used drugs before and 18.1% got poisoned at the first time use. Conclusion: Evaluating the epidemiological characteristics of drugs poisoning is necessary to identify disease patterns, essential for early diagnosis and management of patients.

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