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. 2022 Apr 13;5(3):e587.
doi: 10.1002/hsr2.587. eCollection 2022 May.

The trend of top five types of poisonings in hospitalized patients based on ICD-10 in the northeast of Iran during 2012-2018: A cross-sectional study

Alireza Banaye Yazdipour  1   2   3 , Mohammad Moshiri  4   5 , Bita Dadpour  4 , Masoumeh Sarbaz  3 , Hamid Heydarian Miri  6 , Saeedeh Hajebi Khaniki  7 , Khalil Kimiafar  3
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The trend of top five types of poisonings in hospitalized patients based on ICD-10 in the northeast of Iran during 2012-2018: A cross-sectional study

Alireza Banaye Yazdipour et al. Health Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Background and aims: Poisoning remains a major health issue in developing countries with high morbidity and mortality rates; also it is one of the most common causes of admission to hospitals. This study aimed to investigate the trend of the top five types of poisonings in hospitalized patients according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) in Imam Reza hospital, Mashhad, Iran.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study performed from March 20, 2012, until September 22, 2018. We collected data from all patients hospitalized for poisoning admitted to the poisoning center at Imam Reza hospital in northeast Iran. ICD-10 was adopted to categorize all types of poisonings (T36-T65). The results obtained were analyzed by SPSS 16.

Results: Thirty-four thousand eight hundred and ten cases were included. The mean age of the patients was 29.64 ± 14.69 years, of them, 50.7% were males. Benzodiazepine poisoning (T42.4) has the highest frequency among other subcategories and it was more common among females (60.5%). Opium poisoning (T40.0) has the highest mortality rate (5.4%) among other subcategories that is more common in males (72.0%). The mortality associated with narcotics was the highest frequency (2.7%). Suicide (83.6%) was the most common cause of poisoning. Most poisonings occurred in summer (27.4%).

Conclusion: These findings could help health care managers and policymakers develop prevention and educational programs to reduce these poisonings and limit people's easy access to drugs and substances.

Keywords: ICD‐10; Iran; drug poisoning; trends.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Trend of the five most common causes of poisoning (based on ICD‐10 codes) in patients admitted to Imam Reza hospital from 2012 to 2018 (Top: all patients, Bottom left: males, Bottom right: females)
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Figure 2
Trend in sex ratio (male/female) of five most causes of poisoning (based on ICD‐10 codes) in patients admitted in Imam Reza hospital from 2012 to 2018
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Figure 3
Mean age (years) along with 95% confidence interval of patients hospitalized for poisoning with the five most common substances based on ICD‐10 codes admitted to Imam Reza hospital from 2012 to 2018
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Figure 4
Frequency (left panel) and risk per 100,000 persons (right panel) of poisoning with five most common substances based on ICD‐10 codes of patients admitted to Imam Reza hospital from 2012 to 2018 in different age groups
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