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Table 5 Reasons for hospitalisation, and diagnoses at hospital

From: Outpatient treatment of acute poisoning by substances of abuse: a prospective observational cohort study

 

Reason given for hospitalisation by physician at the OAEOC

 

Diagnosis at hospital

Poisoning n (%)

Injury n (%)

Other somatic condition n (%)

Psychiatric condition n (%)

Unclarified condition n (%)

Total n (%)

Poisoning

171 (83)

2 (20)

27 (34)

25 (45)

63 (56)

236 (60)a

Injury

-

7 (70)

5 (6)

-

3 (3)

14 (4)a

Infection

6 (3)

-

13 (16)

1 (2)

5 (4)

21 (5)a

Other somatic

17 (8)

1 (10)

25 (31)

2 (4)

20 (18)

57 (15)a

Psychiatric

11 (5)

-

2 (3)

14 (25)

5 (4)

27 (7)a

Substance abuse

11 (5)

1 (10)

10 (13)

12 (21)

14 (12)

41 (10)a

Did not present

-

-

-

4 (7)

4 (4)

8 (2)a

Total

206 (100)a

10 (100)a

80 (100)a

56 (100)a

113 (100)a

391 (100)a

  1. OAEOC Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic
  2. aNumbers and percentages may add up to more than total (100) as some patients were hospitalised for several reasons and some received more than one diagnosis at the hospital