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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.4.1863

A Study on the Patients Who Attempted Suicide with Drug Intoxication  

Han, Jung-Su (Chonnam National University Hospital)
Yun, Seong-Woo (Chonnam National University Hospital)
Choi, Sung-Soo (Chonnam National University Hospital)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.4, 2013 , pp. 1863-1870 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is when the cases will be found, used as a basic data for clinical severity prediction, and research on suicide prevention. By classifying the group of survival and death about the patients who visit the Emergency Medical Center by attempt suicide by drug addiction, identifying the condition when visiting and results of the treatment after visiting. From June 2009 to May 2011, last two years data that among the drug abusers who visited the Emergency Medical Center in C-University Hospital in Gwang-Ju, only suicidal patients, except with unintentional accidents were collected. The findings, among the drug addiction patients who high age, lower level of education and living alone were the mortality rate was higher. And if who drunk the agricultural chemicals, the convalescence was not good. If the causes of suicide were economic problems and depression, the mortality rate was higher. And when visit hospital, if the consciousness was stupor and semi-coma/coma, the convalescence was not good. As grasp the risk for suicide patients of drug addiction, help on the Prediction of clinical severity, also stamp the appropriate drug education with psychological support is more important on them.
Keywords
Agricultural Chemicals; Drug Intoxication; Suicide;
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