Chan T Y, Critchley J A, Chan M T, Yu C M
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T.
Hum Exp Toxicol. 1994 Jul;13(7):512-5. doi: 10.1177/096032719401300711.
From 1988 to 1991, 732 patients (91.1% Chinese) were admitted to four general medical wards at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong with acute poisoning. The patients were predominantly female (68.9%) and relatively young (86.3% below the age of 40). Further analysis of 655 patients indicates that the vast majority of patients (96%) were admitted after self-poisoning with drugs or chemicals while 4% of cases were due to accidental poisoning. The main agents used by the former group included hypnotics/sedatives (33.1%), household products (15.7%), and analgesics (13.7%). There were nine deaths (1.4%). When compared to other Western countries, two important variations in the pattern of acute poisoning were seen. A substantial proportion of drugs ingested by our patients were not precisely identified. 'Dettol', a household product, was commonly used for self-poisoning in Hong Kong. Territory-wide studies of longer duration are needed to provide the physicians in Hong Kong with much needed information on the incidence and the pattern of acute poisoning.
1988年至1991年期间，香港威尔士亲王医院的四个普通内科病房收治了732例急性中毒患者（其中91.1%为中国人）。患者以女性为主（68.9%），且相对年轻（86.3%年龄在40岁以下）。对655例患者的进一步分析表明，绝大多数患者（96%）是在自行服用药物或化学品中毒后入院的，而4%的病例是由于意外中毒。前一组使用的主要药物包括催眠药/镇静剂（33.1%）、家用产品（15.7%）和镇痛药（13.7%）。有9例死亡（1.4%）。与其他西方国家相比，急性中毒模式出现了两个重要差异。我们的患者摄入的很大一部分药物无法准确识别。家用产品“滴露”在香港常用于自我中毒。需要进行更长期的全港性研究，以便为香港的医生提供有关急性中毒发病率和模式的急需信息。
