Geriatric aspects of diagnosis and treatment of psychotropic agent poisonings
Ermokhina, T.V.; Luzhnikov, E.A.; Il'iashenko, K.K.
Anesteziologiia i Reanimatologiia 6: 37-39
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0201-7563 PMID: 19227292 Document Number: 618089
Clinical and laboratory parameters were comparatively assessed in persons from two age groups (15-59 and 60-89 years) on their admission to hospital and in the course of equal treatment. The elderly and senile patients showed a higher incidence of inflammatory complications and death in the toxicogenic and somatogenic phases of acute intoxication with delayed recovery of laboratory parameters.