Original Article EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 65 © Copyright 2021 by the Emergency Medicine Physicians’ Association of Turkey Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine published by Galenos Publishing House. Eurasian J Emerg Med. 2021;20(2): 65-70 Received: 25.04.2020 Accepted: 01.07.2020 Cite this article as: Hancı İH, Gürbüz N. Evaluation of “Drug Poisonings, Emergency Service” Studies Published in Pubmed 01.01.2019-01.01.2020. Eurasian J Emerg Med. 2021;20(2):65-70. Corresponding Author: Prof. Dr. İ. Hamit Hancı, Ph.D., Deparment of Forensic Medicine, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey E-mail: hancihamit@gmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3504-3751 Introduction Poisoning is an important public health problem that causes a major portion of emergency department (ED) admissions and may cause serious consequences to health (1,2). The demographic characteristics of poisoning cases differ in terms of regions and socioeconomic factors (3). Poisoning events are generally; the use of prescription or non- prescription medication initiated by the patient occurs due to iatrogenic administration of high doses of drugs, accidental exposure to chemicals, or deliberate intake of biological agents for suicide (4). Medicinal drugs are the most encountered (47-86%) agents in poisonings. Among medicinal drugs, paracetamol, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and antidepressants are mostly seen (5-7). Preventable adverse drug events (ADEs) are a common cause of ED visits, hospitalizations and death (8,9). ADEs cause or contribute to one in nine ED visits, and of deaths attributed to medical care, medications are the most common cause (10-13). Our aim in this study is to evaluate the “drug poisonings and emergency service” studies published in Pubmed between 01.01.2019 and 01.01.2020. Materials and Methods The literature review was carried out using the terms “drug poisoning” and “emergency medicine” in PubMed (http:// Abstract Aim: This study aimed to evaluate studies on drug poisoning and emergency servics published in PubMed between January 2019 and January 2020. Materials and Methods: The literature review was carried out using the terms “drug poisoning and emergency medicine” in PubMed (http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez) January 2019 and January 2020. All summaries defined in the searches were reviewed, and suitable studies were selected. Results: Eighty-five studies were identified in PubMed between January 2019 and January 2020. 28.24% (24) of these studies are retrospective, prospective, and cohort studies and meta-analyses. 56.47% (48) were original studies, of which 20.83% (20) were on narcotic poisoning (opioid, synthetic cannabinoids, cannabis, and heroin), 8.33% (4) were on overdose paracetamol poisoning, 8.33% (4) were on allergic reactions due to drug use, 6.25% (3) were on acute alcohol poisoning, and 56.25% were other original studies. Studies on treating intoxication complications were 15.29%. Conclusion: According to this annual evaluation, the most common studies on applications in emergency departments and poison centers were original articles on drug poisoning, 56.47%. Retrospective, prospective, and cohort studies and meta-analyses were 28.24%, and studies on the treatment of complications resulting from drug poisoning were 15.29%. Keywords: Drug poisonings, emergency service, clinical toxicology İ. Hamit Hancı 1 , Neslihan Gürbüz 2 1 Deparment of Forensic Medicine, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 2 Departmet of Emergency Service, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Anual Evaluation of “Drug Poisonings, Emergency Service” Studies Published in Pubmed 01.01.2019-01.01.2020 DOI: 10.4274/eajem.galenos.2020.81567