Title |
Estudo descritivo dos atendimentos hospitalares por eventos toxicológicos em um município do estado de São Paulo, 2012
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, July 2017
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742017000300012 |
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Authors |
Lucas Coraça Germano, Herling Gregorio Aguilar Alonzo, Lucas Coraça Germano, Herling Gregorio Aguilar Alonzo |
Abstract |
to describe the epidemiological profile of hospital care on chemical exposure cases and accidents with venomous animals performed in a municipal hospital in São Paulo State, Brazil. case series descriptive study with data of medical records from the emergency department of the Municipal Hospital of Itapira-SP, in 2012. out of 3,184 medical cases due to toxicological events (3.3% of total), the exposures to drugs of abuse (58.1%) and accidents with venomous animals (15.8%) stood out; most individuals were male (68.6%), in the age group from 20 to 59 years (74.6%); according to the medical records, 18 cases had been reported to the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan), however 249 cases were found on Sinan online. the health care profile was characterized by the predominance of exposure to drugs of abuse and accidents with venomous animals in a young adult population; most cases was not notified to Sinan, which may lead to an insufficient acknowledgement on this problem. |
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Brazil | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Student > Bachelor | 5 | 33% |
Student > Master | 3 | 20% |
Professor | 1 | 7% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 7% |
Unspecified | 1 | 7% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 4 | 27% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 20% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 20% |
Unspecified | 1 | 7% |
Environmental Science | 1 | 7% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 7% |
Other | 2 | 13% |
Unknown | 4 | 27% |