Abstracts by keywords: Pharmacological intoxications
Poisoning or intoxication is defined as contact with a substance or noxious agent that leads to a harmful effect on a living being (O'Malley & O'Malley, 2018). According to the current classification (ICD-10), a distinction is made between, among other things, • intoxications with medicines and drugs (excluding alcohol intoxication, drunkenness and suicides due to poisoning), T36.* to T50.* and • intoxications with non-drug substances (e.g. solvents, hydrocarbons , gases, metals, cosmetics, insect bites, food, e.g. mushrooms), ICD-10 codes T51.* to T65.*• as well as mental and behavioral disorders caused by psychotropic substances (e.g. alcohol intoxication, alcohol dependence, opioid intoxication), F10.* to F19 .*• and intentional self-poisoning with drugs (X60–X64) Poisoning often occurs unintentionally, for example in children, with medication or with everyday products. In addition to the risk group of children, poisoning in cognitively impaired people is also gaining in importance (Hahn & Feistkorn, 2019). There is isolated data on the frequency of the various types of intoxication in Germany and, for example, in addition to the statistics from the poison information centers, federal hospital or death statistics can also serve as data sources (GIZ, 2020; GBEa,b,c,d). However, there are hardly any comparable analyzes of these different sources and relatively few statistical analyzes on the frequency of poisonings and correlations with socio-economic factors from Germany. In comparison to other health impairments, poisoning accidents in Germany are not comprehensively documented and evaluated, which hinders the development of preventive measures (Hahn et al. 2014).