Epidemiología de las Intoxicaciones: Análisis de las llamadas efectuadas durante el año 2007 al Centro de Información Toxicológica (CITUC) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Document title: Epidemiología de las Intoxicaciones: Análisis de las llamadas efectuadas durante el año 2007 al Centro de Información Toxicológica (CITUC) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Journal: Cuadernos médico sociales (Santiago)
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000327152
ISSN: 0716-1336
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Institutions: 1Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Centro de Información Toxicológica, Santiago de Chile. Chile
2Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Santiago de Chile. Chile
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Season: Mar
Volumen: 44
Number: 1
Pages: 49-60
Country: Chile
Language: Español
Document type: Estadística o encuesta
Approach: Descriptivo
Spanish abstract como la introducción del envase resistente a niños y la educación de la población constituyen dos piezas fundamentales en la prevención de las intoxicaciones pediátricas
English abstract Objective: To describe the epidemiological features of the intoxication cases reported to CITUC and the variations produced between 2004 and 2007. Method: A retrospective and descriptive study of the calls registered at the Center during 2007. The following data were analyzed: number and place of the calls; circunstances of exposure; type and number of agents involved; routes of exposure; time since exposure; sex and age of the subjects, and treatment and advice offered. Findings: 30.171 calls were received, 45% from the home and 52,5% from Health Care Service; 67,2% were accidents and 29,2% were intentional exposures. The agents were: medicines (57,1%); cleaning products (16,5%) pesticides (5,8%); other chemical and industrial products (4,7%). The exposure route was oral in 76,6% of cases; 48% of calls occurred within one hour of exposure. Children under six were the main group involved. Conclusion: The evidence substantiates a need for prevention campaigns, sponsored by the Health Ministry, about the correct storage of medicines and the appropiate management of poisoning at home
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Salud pública,
Toxicología,
Intoxicación,
Epidemiología,
Prevención,
Medicamentos
Keyword: Medicine,
Public health,
Toxicology,
Intoxication,
Epidemiology,
Prevention,
Drugs
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