Thal Franziska, Reinhold Thomas
Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie - Giftnotruf, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Deutschland.
Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Deutschland.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2021 Apr;64(4):491-500. doi: 10.1007/s00103-021-03305-0. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
Since 1963, the poison control center in Berlin has been the central helpline for the Berlin and Brandenburg population on the subject of poisoning. Furthermore, the institution performs a vital function in the field of poisoning prevention. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of the volume of consultations and their content from 1999 to 2018. Differences in the urban and rural origin of the callers as well as in the private or professional background of the inquiries are considered. The results will serve to improve prevention work.
The case data of the poison control center (1999-2018) were evaluated and analyzed using descriptive statistical methods. Correlations between the categories "origin of call" (urban or rural area), "background" (private or professional), and "noxious agent" were analyzed using the Pearson's chi-squared test.
The annual volume of consultations tended to increase. In particular, the increases are mainly related to inquiries regarding exposures of adults and seniors. The most frequent topics were poisoning with medications and products used in daily life. Inquiries about illegal drugs increased the most (average annual growth rate 6.3%). Inquiring persons with a private background can be helped directly in most cases (86.8%), so medical treatment is rarely recommended. Private persons call more frequently from urban areas, while calls from medical staff predominate in rural areas. Calls about pesticides, mushrooms, animals, and plants were more common in rural areas. Calls about food, foreign bodies, stimulants (alcoholic, caffeinated, and nicotine-containing foods/consumables), or illegal drugs, on the other hand, were received more frequently from urban areas.
自1963年以来，柏林的毒物控制中心一直是柏林和勃兰登堡地区民众中毒问题的中央求助热线。此外，该机构在中毒预防领域发挥着至关重要的作用。本文旨在描述1999年至2018年咨询量及其内容的发展情况。考虑了来电者城市和农村来源的差异以及咨询的私人或专业背景的差异。研究结果将有助于改进预防工作。
使用描述性统计方法对毒物控制中心（1999 - 2018年）的病例数据进行评估和分析。使用Pearson卡方检验分析“来电来源”（城市或农村地区）、“背景”（私人或专业）和“有害剂”类别之间的相关性。
咨询量呈逐年上升趋势。特别是，增长主要与成人和老年人暴露相关的咨询有关。最常见的主题是药物和日常生活用品中毒。关于非法药物的咨询增长最多（年均增长率6.3%）。在大多数情况下（86.8%），有私人背景的咨询者可以直接得到帮助，因此很少建议进行医学治疗。私人咨询者更多来自城市地区，而农村地区以医务人员的咨询为主。关于农药、蘑菇、动物和植物的咨询在农村地区更为常见。另一方面，关于食物、异物、兴奋剂（含酒精、咖啡因和尼古丁的食物/消费品）或非法药物的咨询更多来自城市地区。
