Table II.
Baseline and clinical characteristics of patients
| No. of patients | 345 |
| Age [year] | 27.5 ±8.6 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 200 (57.9) |
| Time elapsed after poisoning [hour] | 2.8 ±0.34 |
| Clinical status | |
| Aware | 164 (47.5) |
| Sleepy | 67 (19.4) |
| Stupor | 82 (23.8) |
| Coma | 32 (9.3) |
| Admission blood glucose [mg/dl] | 115.9 ±3.9 |
| Severity of poisoning | |
| No symptoms or signs | 169 (50) |
| Mild | 78 (22.6) |
| Moderate | 58 (16.8) |
| Severe | 38 (11) |
| Fatal | 2 (0.6) |
| Outcome | |
| Death | 2 (0.6) |
| Recovery | 320 (92.7) |
| Complications | 23 (6.7) |
| Respiratory failure | 13 (3.8) |
| Renal failure | 6 (1.7) |
| Liver failure | 4 (1.2) |
| Substance (toxins) | |
| Multi-drug | 161 (46.7) |
| Opiates | 49 (14.2) |
| Benzodiazepines | 41 (11.9) |
| Analgesics | 23 (6.7) |
| Antiepileptics | 19 (5.5) |
| Antidepressants | 9 (2.6) |
| Psychoactives | 8 (2.3) |
| Cardiovascular | 8 (2.3) |
| Cannabinoids | 7 (2.0) |
| Corrosives | 7 (2.0) |
| Alcohols | 6 (1.7) |
| Other | 7 (2.0) |
Data are expressed as mean ± SEM or n (%). Multi-drug poisoning included various combinations of sedative-hypnotic, antidepressant, antipsychotic, analgesic, and antiepileptic drugs