Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and poisonings description.
From: Trends in antidote use in France from 2015 to 2021: a nationwide poison centers study
Patients’ characteristics | b | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 3940 | N = 3863 | N = 4279 | N = 3747 | N = 3570 | N = 2696 | N = 3194 | N = 25,289 | |
Average age (SD), in years | 36.2 (22.2) | 34.3 (22.2) | 36.5 (22.1) | 34.2 (21.9) | 33.8 (22.1) | 36.5 (27.2) | 32.7 (22.0) | 35.0 (25.1) |
Sex, no. (%) | ||||||||
Women | 2,280 (57.9) | 2,262 (58.5) | 2,525 (59.0) | 2,263 (60.4) | 2,120 (59.4) | 1,555 (57.7) | 2,058 (64.4) | 15,063 (59.6) |
Men | 1,646 (41.8) | 1,582 (41.0) | 1,738 (40.6) | 1,466 (39.1) | 1,430 (40.1) | 1,140 (42.3) | 1,132 (35.4) | 10,134 (40.1) |
Unknown | 14 (0.3) | 19 (0.5) | 16 (0.4) | 18 (0.5) | 20 (0.5) | 1 (0) | 4 (0.1) | 92 (0.3) |
Circumstances of poisonings, no. (%) | ||||||||
Unintentional | 888 (25.5) | 814 (21.1) | 883 (20.6) | 789 (21.1) | 838 (23.5) | 693 (25.7) | 578 (18.1) | 5,483 (21.7) |
Intentional | 3,006 (76.3) | 3,011 (77.9) | 3,304 (77.2) | 2,896 (77.3) | 2,690 (75.4) | 1,953 (72.4) | 2,601 (81.4) | 19,461 (77.0) |
Unknown | 46 (1.2) | 38 (1.0) | 92 (2.2) | 62 (1.6) | 42 (1.1) | 50 (1.9) | 15 (0.5) | 345 (1.3) |
Severity of poisonings, No. (%) | ||||||||
None | 589 (14.9) | 656 (16.9) | 651 (15.2) | 653 (17.4) | 634 (17.8) | 448 (16.6) | 617 (19.3) | 4,248 (16.8) |
Minor | 1,337 (33.9) | 1,399 (36.2) | 1,536 (35.9) | 1,442 (38.5) | 1,218 (34.1) | 834 (30.9) | 1,116 (34.9) | 8,882 (35.1) |
Moderate | 1,148 (29.1) | 1,025 (26.5) | 1,140 (26.6) | 967 (25.8) | 971 (27.2) | 786 (29.2) | 806 (25.2) | 6,843 (27.1) |
Severe | 767 (19.5) | 752 (19.5) | 905 (21.1) | 626 (16.7 | 676 (18.9) | 590 (21.9) | 643 (20.1) | 4,959 (19.6) |
Unknown | 99 (2.5) | 31 (0.8) | 47 (1.1) | 59 (1.6) | 71 (1.9) | 38 (1.5) | 12 (0.4) | 357 (1.4) |
Outcomes, no. (%) | ||||||||
Recovery | 3,101 (78.7) | 3,022 (78.2) | 3,194 (74.6) | 2,700 (72.1) | 2,602 (72.9) | 2,192 (81.3) | 2,694 (84.3) | 19,505 (77.1) |
Sequelae | 32 (0.8) | 40 (1.0) | 47 (1.1) | 26 (0.7) | 37 (1.0) | 36 (1.3) | 23 (0.7) | 241 (1.0) |
Death | 68 (1.7) | 48 (1.2) | 81 (1.9) | 48 (1.3) | 70 (2.0) | 62 (2.3) | 59 (1.8) | 436 (1.7) |
Unknown | 739 (18.8) | 753 (19.5) | 957 (22.4) | 973 (26.0) | 861 (24.1) | 406 (15.0) | 418 (13.2) | 5,107 (20.2) |
