[Benzodiazepine poisonings among elderly patients of Acute Poisoning Department of the Marciniak Memorial Hospital in Wroclaw in the years 2000-2001]

Barbara Monika Porebska; Michał Przewłocki; Krystyna Kochman

[Benzodiazepine poisonings among elderly patients of Acute Poisoning Department of the Marciniak Memorial Hospital in Wroclaw in the years 2000-2001]

Przegl Lek. 2002;59(4-5):339-42.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

Barbara Monika Porebska¹, Michał Przewłocki, Krystyna Kochman

Affiliation

¹ Oddział Ostrych Zatruć Dolnoslaski Szpital Specjalistyczny im. T. Marciniaka Centrum Medycyny Ratunkowej 50-420 Wrocław, ul. Traugutta 114.

PMID: 12184002

Abstract

Acute benzodiazepines poisonings in the group of 27 elderly patients is discussed. Majority of patients suffer from depression and cognitive impairment. Compared this special group of patients with younger the prognosis is worse what is expressed in greater number of deaths.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Benzodiazepines / adverse effects
Benzodiazepines / poisoning*
Catchment Area, Health
Cognition Disorders / chemically induced
Cognition Disorders / diagnosis
Depressive Disorder, Major / drug therapy
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Poison Control Centers*
Poisoning / mortality
Poisoning / rehabilitation
Poland / epidemiology
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

Benzodiazepines