Intento autolítico farmacológico. diagnóstico y tratamiento. Revisión bibliográfica

Abstract

Introduction: suicide is a rapidly growing global health problem, according to the World Health Organization, each year about 700,000 people commit suicide, being the fourth most common cause of death among young people between 17 and 29 years of age. The most frequent clinical manifestations are neurological, complications usually appear on the respiratory and digestive systems and range from bronchial aspiration to kidney and liver failure. General Objective: to describe the diagnosis and treatment of the pharmacological autolytic attempt. Methodology: a narrative, non-experimental bibliographic review was carried out, where a search strategy for joint relationship with the research topic in databases was carried out, in addition, randomized controlled clinical trials that evaluate the pharmacological autolytic attempt will be considered, diagnosis and treatment. Results: it is evident that paracetamol was the most used medication due to its easy accessibility followed by phenobarbital and diazepam in 61.5%, and antihistamines and anti-inflammatories in 11.5%. The predominant symptoms in drug poisoning were neurological. Conclusion: it is important to recognize the two-dimensional nature of the problem, psychological and toxicological aspects, to adequately manage these patients and reduce the risk of recidivism