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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev ET
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2017, vol. 23, issue 1
Subject Area: Medicine
Pages: 1444-1446
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2017231.1444
Published online: 25 January 2017
J of IMAB 2017 Jan-Mar;23(1):1444-1446
ACUTE NARCOTIC DRUG INTOXICATIONS: ETIOLOGY, SEX/AGE DISTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL OUTCOME
Petko Marinov1, 4 Snezha Zlateva1, 4, Georgi Bonchev1
, Dobri Ivanov2, Kaloyan Georgiev3, Yulichka Sabeva4, Marieta Yovcheva1.
1) Clinic for Intensive Treatment of Acute Intoxications and Toxicoallergies, Naval Hospital – Varna, Military Medical Academy, Bulgaria
2) Department of Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University – Varna, Bulgaria
3) Department of Pharmaceutical Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University – Varna, Bulgaria
4) Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University – Varna, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Purpose: Poisoning with drugs is a serious medical and social problem worldwide. Retrospective analysis of acute poisoning with narcotic drugs had been performed in Varna region for 25 years (1991-2015).
Material and Methods: The number of patients received hospital treatment after poisonings with narcotic substances was 677, which represented 3.9% of all acute exogenous intoxications.
Results: Narcotic poisonings were more common in men – 546 (80.6%), than in women – 131 (19.4 %). The ratio male/ female was 4.17:1. The largest number of intoxications were in the age group up to 24 years – 1123 (66%), and only 2.65% of patients were over 45 years. Death was registered in 6 (0.9%) patients.
Key words: narcotics, drug poisoning, drug lethality, heroin, amphetamines, opiates, cocaine, ecstasy,
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Marinov P, Zlateva S, Bonchev G, Ivanov D, Georgiev K, Sabeva Y, Yovcheva M. ACUTE NARCOTIC DRUG INTOXICATIONS: ETIOLOGY, SEX/AGE DISTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL OUTCOME. J of IMAB. 2017 Jan-Mar;23(1):1444-1446. DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2017231.1444.
Correspondence to: Georgi Bonchev, PhD; Head, Laboratory of Analytical Toxicology, Military Medical Academy, Naval Hospital – Varna; 3, Hristo Smirnenski Blvd., 9010 Varna, Bulgaria; E-mail: toxilab.varna@abv.bg
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Received: 14 September 2016
Published online: 25 January 2017