ACUTE EXOGENOUS INTOXICATIONS REPORTED IN A TOXICOLOGICAL CARE CENTER

• Autor(a) principal: Toscano, Marina Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Landim, Jersica Tamara Amorim, Rocha, Artur Bastos, Sousa-Muñoz, Rilva Lopes de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/5450
• topic: Poison Control Centers; Poisoning; Epidemiologic studies; Poison Control Centers; Poisoning; Epidemiologic studies; Centros de Controle de Intoxicações; Envenenamento; Estudos Epidemiológicos; Centros de Controle de Intoxicações; Envenenamento; Estudos Epidemiológicos

Clinical and socio-demographic profile of acute intoxication cases reported at the Toxicological Care Center of Paraíba (Ceatox-PB), Brazil, in 2012, is described by a transversal and retrospective study based on the documental analysis of secondary data retrieved from Ceatox-PB. In 2012, 208 cases of exogenous intoxications were treated at Ceatox-PB. Patients ranged between 1 and 77 years (17,3±18), with prevalent age bracket lower than 18 years (58,2%); 52,8% were female. Main intoxication was accidental (47,6%), and in groups aged 20 - 40 years related to suicide attempts and individual accidents. Attempts at suicide were more frequent in females (60,8%). Cases occurred at home (80%) and medicines taken orally (83,2%) were the most frequent cause (24,6%). Epidemiological pattern of exogenous intoxications at Ceatox-PB in 2012 was similar to that in other studies where young people and females constituted the highest risk group, with main agent as accidentally-taken medicines.