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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2337-9622
Abstract
GERMANO, Lucas Coraça and ALONZO, Herling Gregorio Aguilar. Descriptive study of hospital care on toxicological events in a municipality of São Paulo State, Brazil, 2012. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.3, pp.545-556. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742017000300012.
OBJECTIVE:
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.
METHODS:
case series descriptive study with data of medical records from the emergency department of the Municipal Hospital of Itapira-SP, in 2012.
RESULTS:
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.
CONCLUSION:
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.
Keywords : Poisoning; Substance-Related Disorders; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Emergency; Medical Service; Descriptive Epidemiology.
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