Abstract

GUZMAN TERAN, Camilo; VILLA DANGOND, Hiltony  and  CALDERON RANGEL, Alfonso. Analysis epidemiology and clinical of acute poisoning of served in Montería, Colombia. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.1, pp.17-21. ISSN 0122-0667.

Introduction. Acute poisoning is a potentially serious health problem, which represents between 1-2 % of medical emergencies treated in hospitals. Objective. To analyze the epidemiological and clinical profile of acute poisoning in patients Monteria St. Jeronimo Hospital during the period between January 2008 to June 2011. Materials and Methods. Through a retrospective study that included all patients diagnosed with symptoms of poisoning in Monteria St. Jeronimo hospital in Córdoba. Results. 316 medical records were reviewed; of these 60.5% were masculine and 39.5 % female. The snakebites with 47.8% were the leading cause of acute poisoning, pesticide poisoning followed with 24.3%; the highest proportion was presented with patients aged 14-25 years. It was established that in 64.5% patients were from rural areas of the Department of Córdoba. A mortality of 4.5% was presented. Conclusions. The snakebites and pesticide poisoning were the leading causes of acute poisoning in the working population of the rural area of Cordoba.

Keywords : accidents; poisons; pesticides; public health.

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