CAPABILITIES OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF “TOXIC EFFECT OF ETHANOL”

Abstract

The relevance of a subject is conditioned by the extreme importance of the medical and social issues of providing medical care services to patients with acute alcohol intoxication. This research is conducted to find ways to optimize medical care services for patients with the diagnosis “toxic effect of ethanol” (ICD-10-CM code T51.0). For this study, was analysed: course of 13172 clinical cases and the possibility of treating this pathology in the hospital emergency departments. Statistical and analytical methods were used to study data from the medical information system of The Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Medicine n. a. I. I. Dzhanelidze. As a result of the study the place of treatment of patients with diagnose “toxic effect of ethanol” was determined: for mild and moderate patient — emergency departments of multi-specialty hospitals, and for severe patient — in specialized acute poisoning treatment Center.