Table 1 Description of the 2045 patients treated for acute poisoning in Oslo in 2003 at the time of admission
Ambulance | Outpatient clinic | Hospital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Median age (yrs) | 35 | 36 | 35 | |||
Sex | ||||||
- Males | 445 | (65) | 434 | (67) | 312 | (44) |
Main toxic agent | ||||||
- Ethanol | 233 | (34) | 344 | (53) | 115 | (16) |
- Prescription drugs | 69 | (10) | 92 | (14) | 412 | (58) |
- Opioids | 324 | (47) | 128 | (20) | 51 | (7) |
- Other1 | 60 | (9) | 82 | (13) | 135 | (19) |
Consciousness | ||||||
- Awake | 350 | (51) | 228 | (35) | 354 | (49) |
- Somnolent | 137 | (20) | 344 | (53) | 196 | (28) |
- Comatose | 199 | (29) | 74 | (12) | 163 | (23) |
Total | 686 | (100) | 646 | (100) | 7132 | (100) |