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کاربرد نوع شرط:
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Poisoning,Prognosis,Ardabil,Aluminum phosphide
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Introduction:
Aluminum phosphide or rice tablet is one of the most common pesticides and insecticides used in agriculture to protect crops, cereals, and rice. Recently, this substance has been increasingly used as a method for committing suicide among people in society. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical symptoms and para-clinical findings of deceased patients due to Aluminum phosphide poisoning in Ardabil province, Iran.
Materials and Methods:
This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 97 hospitalized patients who died due to Aluminum phosphide poisoning in Ardabil province, Iran, from 2009 to 2017. The data were collected using a checklist and then analyzed in SPSS software (version 19) through descriptive and analytical statistics
Results:
The mean age of all patients was 34.3±15.8 years, and the majority of the cases (77.3%) were female. The most important symptoms were nausea and vomiting in males (92%) and females (100%). Moreover, the patients had a mean recovery time of 5.89 h. Of all the deceased patients, 22 and 75 cases took two and one tablets, respectively. Furthermore, 92.7% of the patients had taken the rice tablets orally. The amount of Glasgow Coma Scale (P=0.001), systolic blood pressure (P=0.001), PH (P=0.001), heart rate (P=0.001), respiratory rate (P=0.001), bicarbonate (P=0.001) and white blood cell (P=0.009) in died patients in more than 24 hour significantly difference with died patients in less than 24 hour. The females obtained a significantly lower systolic blood pressure (P=0.01) and lower pH (p=0.045), but the higher partial pressure of oxygen (P=0.01), compared to males.
Conclusion:
The results of this study showed that the frequency of deaths due to rice pill poisoning was much higher in males than females; moreover, this value was higher in middle-aged groups, compared to other age groups.- انتشار مقاله: 07-04-1399
- نویسندگان: Esmaeil Farzaneh,Tohid Ali Akbari,Firouz Amani
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Ardabil,Hospital,nurse,Medical errors
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Introduction:
Patient safety is one of the main goals in a health system trying to reduce patient problems during hospitalization. These problems can be due to unintentional errors made by clinical staff the recognition and management of which are very important. The present study aimed to investigate the registered medical errors in Alavi hospital in Ardabil, Iran, during 2017-2018.
Materials and Methods:
In this cross-sectional study, all the wards were studied in Alavi hospital, and the data were collected by the evaluation of reported errors made by clinical staff and completion of the registered medical error forms. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics.
Results:
During the study period, 1,050 registered errors were evaluated. Most errors (n=482; 45.9%) were detected in the women’s surgery ward. According to the number of errors made by nurses in the hospital in comparison to those reported for other clinical groups, the nurses with 464 cases (44%) had the highest frequency of medical errors, and the caring errors (29%) were the most frequently committed type of errors.
Conclusion:
Based on the obtained results of the current study, it was shown that caring errors were the most frequently committed errors, and the highest frequency of medical errors occurred in the women’s surgery ward. Therefore, providing educational training, emphasizing on doing hospital process, reducing the duration of work shifts, and increasing the number of personnel in hospitals, could be effective in decreasing errors and associated consequences.- انتشار مقاله: 13-12-1398
- نویسندگان: Maryam Faraji-Fard,Firouz Amani,Somayeh Zeynizadeh Jeddi,Noushin Mobaraki,Mahzad Yousefian
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Iran,Epidemiology,Tramadol,Overdose,Drug Toxicity
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Background:Every day, people with addiction cause heavy economic and cultural damage to society. In some circumstances, opioids are used as a tool for suicide, which is often seen in youth. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical signs of toxicity associated with opium in patients referred to Ardabil city hospital.
Methods:This is a cross-sectional study that has been done on opium toxicity patients referred to Ardabil Sabalan hospital from 2014-15. Patients’ information such as individual characteristics (age, gender, living location, job and marital status), drug type, poisoning cause, poisoning season, history of physical and mental illness, and clinical symptoms were obtained from patients and then analyzed using statistical methods in SPSS.16 software.
Results: 180 hospitalized patients were entered in the study. 75 persons (42%) used Tramadol, the most commonly used drug in opium intoxication. Most patients (80.6%) were male and in the age group 20-30 years (37.8%). 155 patients (86.1%) lived in this city, and the most patients (55 cases, 35.5%) had a primary education level. 39% of cases were seen in spring, the most common season for referring intoxications. Of all patients, 160 (88.9%) consciously took the drug (by choice).
Conclusion:Results showed that poisoning by Tramadol was the most common form of opium intoxication in patients. Opium intoxication can be prevented by decreasing the arbitrary use of drugs and also increasing the awareness level of personnel about care of these patients, and raising awareness to all people in society about opium and drug toxicity.- انتشار مقاله: 03-07-1395
- نویسندگان: Esmaeil Farzaneh,Firouz Amani,Fatemeh Etemad
- مشاهده