Deliberate Self-Poisoning Presenting to an Emergency Medicine Network in South-East Melbourne: A Descriptive Study
Table 4
Type of poisoning.
Type
Site frequency (percent)
value
Casey
Dandenong
MMC Clayton
Benzodiazepines
406 (38.41)
401 (32.00)
496 (39.74)
Paracetamol
229 (21.67)
256 (20.43)
305 (24.44)
Antipsychotic
124 (11.73)
147 (11.73)
162 (12.98)
0.079
SSRI
101 (9.56)
97 (7.74)
80 (6.41)
0.261
NSAID
95 (8.99)
87 (6.94)
78 (6.25)
0.434
SNRI
101 (9.56)
52 (4.15)
49 (3.93)
Opioids
30 (2.84)
54 (4.31)
45 (3.61)
Anticonvulsant
18 (1.70)
24 (1.92)
30 (2.40)
0.223
TCA
14 (1.32)
34 (2.71)
19 (1.52)
Tramadol
14 (1.32)
26 (2.08)
14 (1.12)
0.069
Lithium
6 (0.57)
8 (0.64)
9 (0.72)
0.738
Miscellaneous groups (substances not included above)
249 (23.56)
369 (29.45)
298 (23.88)
Significant difference between sites (Chi square, < 0.05), number of cases may exceed the total number of patients due to ingestion of more than one poison.
