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Evaluation of Acute Toxicity of Cardiovascular Drugs in Cases Presented to the National Environmental and Clinical Toxicology and Research Centre during 2022 - Egypt

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Background: Cardiovascular drug intoxication is a common health problem where the prognosis of patients depends on several factors. Aim of the work: This study aimed to evaluate acute poisoning of cardiovascular drug cases presented to the National Environmental and Clinical Toxicology and Research (NECTR) Centre. Subjects and Patients and Methods: Demographic data and data concerning clinical presentations, investigations, lines of treatment, and outcome of the cases presented to the NECTR Centre with acute toxicity of cardiovascular drugs during the period from January 1 to December 31, 2022, were analyzed. Results: The study was conducted on 117 cases. The majority of cases were >18 years old (79.5%). Females were more commonly affected than males. Beta blocker toxicity was the most commonly reported drug intoxication, accounting for 37.1% of the cases. The manner of drug toxicity was suicidal in all cases. Sinus bradycardia was the most noted ECG change (29.1%), while the most noted ABG change was metabolic acidosis (12%). Regarding the outcome of the cases, the majority of cases improved and discharged (81.2%), and 60.7% of the cases were hospitalized for 24 to 72 hours. The Poison Severity Score (PSS) was a predictor of cardiotoxicity in digoxin cases. Both metabolic and respiratory acidosis were predictors of cardiotoxicity. Conclusion: Intentional poisoning by cardiovascular drugs poses a serious health concern, especially among adult females in Egypt.

DOI

10.21608/esctj.2024.277940.1050

Keywords

Acute toxicity, Cardiovascular, drugs, Intentional Poisoning, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Howaida

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Saeed

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Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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drhsaeedmuhammad@gmail.com

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0000-0002-8135-8981

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Mostafa Hassan

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Bahaa

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Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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sara.bahaa.mostafa@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-7200-5762

First Name

Abla

Last Name

Attia

MiddleName

Abdel Meguid

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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ablaattia1963@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-3106-8107

First Name

Amani

Last Name

Hanon

MiddleName

Fahmy

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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amani_hanon@kasralainy.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-7273-886X

First Name

Mai

Last Name

Mahrous

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mai_mahrous2@kasralainy.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0003-1472-4686

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12

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1

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48051

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2024-03-19

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2024-06-01

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72

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83

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2356-6515

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2356-6523

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1,098

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Egyptian Society of Clinical Toxicology Journal

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https://esctj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluation of Acute Toxicity of Cardiovascular Drugs in Cases Presented to the National Environmental and Clinical Toxicology and Research Centre during 2022 - Egypt

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25 Dec 2024