Abstract
Cases of acute substance intoxication presenting to the Emergency Department of the Ottawa General Hospital from 1986 to 1988 were retrospectively analyzed. Of the 1001 cases, 55% were female patients; the mean age was 34 years; 51% were admitted to hospital; 65% ingested more than one drug substance; and ethanol was involved in 27% of cases. There were 10 deaths.
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