Causative Substance and Time of Mortality Presented to Emergency Department Following Acute Poisoning: 2014-2018 National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the cause acute fatal poisoning and time death by analyzing National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS) South Korea. Methods: NEDIS data from 2014 2018 excluding non-medical visits were used for study. patients with extracted using diagnostic codes. toxic substances classified into pharmaceuticals, pesticides, gases, artificial poisonous substances, natural substances. Patients according death, place region. In each case, most causative identified. Results: There 380,531 including poisoning-related diagnoses, which 4,148 (1.1%) died, WHO age-standardized mortality rate 4.8 per 100,000. Analysis 2,702 whose primary diagnosis poisoning, common pesticides (62%), followed therapeutic drugs, gas, Herbicides at 64.5%. proportion time, hyperacute (<6 h) 27.9%, (6-24 32.6%, subacute (1-7 d) 29.7%, delayed period (>7 9.8%. Conclusion: This suggests that 60% deaths occurred within 24 hours. 71% 6-24 hours, but gas mostly 6 According geographic region, varied or pharmaceuticals.