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Table 4 Description of Clinical presentation among all patients with different types of poisoning

From: Retrospective study of addictive drug-induced acute toxicity of cases admitted to the Poison Control Centre of Ain Shams University Hospital (2015–2016)

Type of poisoning

Skin

GIT

Neurological

Pupil

Total N

Cyanosis

GIT Upset

DCL

Seizures

Hallucination

Disequilibrium

Agitation

Constricted

Dilated

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Alcohol

0

0

8

26.7

14

46.7

0

0

0

0

1

3.3

4

13.3

0

0

3

10

30

BZs

0

0

4

4.3

71

75.5

0

0

3

3.2

6

6.4

8

8.5

17

18.1

3

3.2

94

Cannabis

2

1.1

7

3.8

143

78.1

1

0.5

0

0

7

3.8

2

1.1

13

7.1

3

1.6

183

Opiate

14

16.7

5

6

63

75

1

1.2

0

0

1

1.2

1

1.2

47

56

1

1.2

84

Tramadol

18

6.1

37

12.6

177

60.4

44

15

7

2.4

19

6.5

28

9.6

113

38.6

13

4.4

293

Tramadol and opiates

15

29.4

4

7.8

42

82.4

2

3.9

0

0

0

0

3

5.9

29

56.9

1

2

51

Tramadol and BZs

0

0

1

6.3

13

81.3

0

0

0

0

2

12.5

1

6.3

12

75

0

0

16

Tramadol and cannabis

0

0

5

41.7

7

58.3

0

0

0

0

2

16.7

0

0

3

25

0

0

12

Other combined

4

10

12

30

21

52.5

2

5

1

2.5

0

0

3

7.5

14

35

1

2.5

40

Total

53

6.6

83

10.3

551

68.6

50

6.2

11

1.4

38

4.7

50

6.2

248

30.9

25

3.1

803