Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Applications to the Emergency Service with Mushroom Intoxication

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 49 - 52, 17.07.2019

Serdar Özdemir , Kamil Kokulu , Abdullah Algın , Hatice Şeyma Akça

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to
evaluate the demographical and clinical variations and treatment and
complications of the patients admitted to emergency department with mushroom
intoxication.

Materials and Methods:
This is a retrospective study. Patients admitted to the emergency room with
symptoms after eating mushrooms, included into the study. Patients with missed
data, and patients younger than 18 years were excluded. Statistical analysis
was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version
16.0.

Results: 114
patients were included in the study. %58.8 of the cases are female and %41.2 of
the cases are male. It was found out that the patients in the 65 of the cases
(%57) had applied to the hospital during the autumn months. 38 patients refused
treatment. Hemodialysis
was performed in 28 (36.8%) of 76 patients who accepted treatment.
Only one patient (0.9%) died during hospitalization.

Conclusion: Mushroom poisoning is an important health problem in our country.
Informing the public is essential in preventing poisoning.

Keywords

mushroom poisoning, mushroom intoxication, mushroom, emergency service

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