Citation

Di Palma ACAT, Sales TLS, Alves GCS, Fook SML, Otoni A, Sanches C, Chequer FMD. Revista de Ciencias Farmaceuticas Basica e Aplicada 2020; 41: 1-11.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020)

DOI

10.4322/2179-443X.0680

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Intoxications represent a serious public health problem. According to the World Health Organization, 193,000 deaths per year are caused by unintended intoxications worldwide. This study aims to know the profile of intoxications at the 24-hour Emergency Service Unit in Divinópolis, in the state of Minas Gerais. This is a descriptive study in which the study population chosen were all patients treated for intoxications in the period from 2017 to 2018, registered in the health service; 421 cases of intoxications were recorded. The female gender was the most prevalent, and the age group with the most cases was 21 to 30 years. The main circumstance found was attempted suicide (83.1%), and the main causative agent was drugs (76.5%), with benzodiazepines being the main class responsible for intoxications. The most used treatment was gastric lavage and activated charcoal. This study demonstrates that knowledge about the city's intoxication profile is important for the development of treatment and patient management methods to better suit the demands of the municipality. © Di Palma et al.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; suicide; sexual abuse; child; female; male; aged; Suicide, Attempted; bipolar disorder; hemodialysis; suicide attempt; hospitalization; risk assessment; environmental exposure; Benzodiazepines; intoxication; Gastric Lavage; major clinical study; antidepressant agent; retrospective study; health service; middle aged; stomach lavage; emergency ward; activated carbon; emergency health service; benzodiazepine derivative; seizure; benzodiazepine; atropine; flumazenil; occupational exposure; heart arrhythmia; stomach perforation; aspiration pneumonia; kerosene; aldicarb; Article; Toxic Substances