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OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to review the patients admitted to pediatric emergency service with a history of accidental and suicidal drug intake within the first nine months of the pandemic period and the same period a year ago. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study is done retrospectively on patients with a history of accidental and suicidal drug intakes between March-December 2019 and March-December 2020. RESULTS: The study included 360 patients. Of 250 (69.4%) patients admitted in 2019, 163 (65.2%) of them were accidental drug intakes, while 87 (34.8%) were suicidal drug intakes. In 2020, of the 110 (30.6%) patients admitted, 73 (66.4%) of them were accidental drug intakes, while 37 (33.6%) were suicidal drug intakes. The ratio of accidental drug intakes to total patient admissions in 2019 and 2020 was 0.23% and 0.33%, respectively (z=-0.44; p=0.65). The ratio of suicidal drug intakes to total patient admissions in 2019 and 2020 was 0.12% and 0.16%, respectively (z=-0.1956; p=0.84), and an increase in the ratio of suicidal drug intakes was observed during the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: With the pandemic, increased cases of neglect because of accidental drug intake and the increase in suicidal drug intake are worrisome. Protecting and improving the mental health of the society, especially of parents and adolescents, is very important in preventing suicide and child neglect and abuse from reaching dangerous levels in pandemics.
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COVID-19 , Suicide , Adolescent , Humans , Child , Suicidal Ideation , Pandemics , COVID-19/epidemiology , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Composition of the water-distilled oil of the aerial parts of Centaurea aladagensis, endemic in Turkey, was analysed by GC-MS. Hexadecanoic acid (39.3%), caryophyllene oxide (6.6%) and hexahydrofarnesyl acetone (4.3%) were found as main constituents in the oil. The oil was tested against 7 human pathogenic microorganisms.
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Anti-Infective Agents/pharmacology , Centaurea , Phytotherapy , Plant Oils/pharmacology , Staphylococcus epidermidis/drug effects , Anti-Infective Agents/administration & dosage , Anti-Infective Agents/chemistry , Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use , Chromatography, Gas , Humans , Mass Spectrometry , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Plant Components, Aerial , Plant Oils/administration & dosage , Plant Oils/chemistry , Plant Oils/therapeutic useABSTRACT
Essential oils from Ferulago asparagifolia Boiss., F. galbanifera (Miller) W. Koch, F. humilis Boiss. (Endemic), F. trachycarpa Boiss. growing in Turkey were evaluated against 15 microorganisms for their antifungal and antibacterial activity using an agar tube dilution and microdilution broth susceptibility assay, respectively. The essential oil compositions were investigated by GC/MS. Inhibitory effects against Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Candida albicans, Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium moniliforme were remarkable. Results are discussed in comparison with the chemical composition of the essential oils.
