Does Money Spent on Measuring Blood Levels of Acetaminophen Reduce the Cost of Treatment of Acetaminophen Poisoning?

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dc.authoridCAKIR, Isil/0000-0001-5728-4671
dc.authoridGurbuz, Sukru/0000-0003-2616-0304
dc.authoridVURAL, Abdussamed/0000-0003-4506-916X
dc.authorwosidBol, Oğuzhan/GPK-8648-2022
dc.authorwosidCAKIR, Isil/F-9958-2018
dc.authorwosidGurbuz, Sukru/ABI-3276-2020
dc.authorwosidVURAL, Abdussamed/AAJ-3081-2021
dc.contributor.authorCebicci, Huseyin
dc.contributor.authorKilci, Ali Ihsan
dc.contributor.authorBol, Oguzhan
dc.contributor.authorGurbuz, Sukru
dc.contributor.authorVural, Abdussamed
dc.contributor.authorKaraca, Bahadir
dc.contributor.authorCakir, Isil
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:41:26Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:41:26Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: Acetaminophen has been used as a safe analgesic and antipyretic. Acute ingestion of 10 g or more than 200 mg/kg as a single ingestion is accepted as toxic for adults. To show that money spent on measuring blood levels of acetaminophen reduces the cost of treatment of acetaminophen poisoning. Materials and Methods: The files of patients who were admitted to Kayseri Training and Research Hospital with pre-diagnosis of acetaminophen intoxication were examined over 6 months. One of the costs is based on the patients' own estimation of the toxic level of acetaminophen and the other is according to the measure of the toxic blood level of acetaminophen. The cost of the two groups was compared. Results: A total of 558 patients were diagnosed to have drug overdose during 6 months. Of these patients, 55 patients were evaluated as having acetaminophen overdose. According to the claims of 19 patients, acetaminophen level was calculated as toxic. However, only five patients' blood acetaminophen level was measured as toxic. Conclusion: Measuring blood acetaminophen level would be more accurate and advantageous in terms of both treatment planning and the cost of therapy in developing countries as in developed countries that have advanced healthcare system.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/etd.2015.140017
dc.identifier.endpage127en_US
dc.identifier.issn2149-2247
dc.identifier.issn2149-2549
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84954039341en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage125en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5152/etd.2015.140017
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/97110
dc.identifier.volume37en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000372328800001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAvesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofErciyes Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectAcetaminophen intoxicationen_US
dc.subjectN-Acetylcysteine therapyen_US
dc.subjectcost efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectemergency departmenten_US
dc.titleDoes Money Spent on Measuring Blood Levels of Acetaminophen Reduce the Cost of Treatment of Acetaminophen Poisoning?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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