Myers J B, Smith A J, Elliott R L, MacAskill P
Med J Aust. 1981 Oct 17;2(8):402-5.
This is a review of 963 cases of self-poisoning with drugs (8.5% of all medical emergencies) treated in the three major Newcastle hospitals over a 3 1/2-year period. The number of patients admitted rose from 243 (July 1976 to June 1977) to 326 (January to December, 1979)-an overall increase of 34%. The most common drugs used were benzodiazepines (34.9% of cases); barbiturates (11.2%); tricyclic depressants (9.2%); paracetamol (8.1%) and phenothiazines (6.2%). In four of 134 cases involving barbiturates, phenobarbitone had been used as part of an anticonvulsant regimen. Six patients died in hospital and 31 who committed suicide with drugs were not admitted to the hospital, but were investigated by the Regional Forensic Pathologist.
这是一篇对963例药物自毒案件的综述，这些案件（占所有医疗急症的8.5%）是在三年半的时间里于纽卡斯尔的三家主要医院接受治疗的。入院患者数量从243例（1976年7月至1977年6月）增至326例（1979年1月至12月），总体增长了34%。最常使用的药物为苯二氮䓬类（占病例的34.9%）；巴比妥类（11.2%）；三环类抗抑郁药（9.2%）；对乙酰氨基酚（8.1%）和吩噻嗪类（6.2%）。在134例涉及巴比妥类药物的案件中，有4例将苯巴比妥用作抗惊厥治疗方案的一部分。6名患者在医院死亡，31名服药自杀者未入院，但由地区法医病理学家进行了调查。
