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Self-poisoning in older adults: patterns of drug ingestion and clinical outcomes

Author(s) -

Michelle Doak,

Andrew Nixon,

David J. Lupton,

W. Stephen Waring

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp046

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , drug overdose , confidence interval , emergency medicine , young adult , observational study , intensive care unit , pediatrics , poison control , psychiatry

self-poisoning accounts for a substantial proportion of acute medical hospital presentations, but has been poorly characterised in older adults. This study sought to determine the agents ingested by older adults presenting to hospital after drug overdose, and to compare clinical outcomes to younger patients.

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