Madrigal-Anaya JC, Rodríguez-Torres YP, Canul-Caamal MA, Cureño-Díaz MA, Bedolla-López M, Jardines-Ramírez JM, Juárez-Martínez A, Montes-Ventura DM, Arrieta-Castro J, Arango-Castillo I, Zárate-Sánchez LG

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: this is the first statistical report prepared for publication by the toxicological information and assistance center of the Juárez de México Hospital in 2023, describing demographic and epidemiological characteristics of patients treated in 2023. Material and methods: information was obtained from the database from January 1 to December 31, 2023. A descriptive analysis was performed. Presenting tables and graphs using IBM Statistics SPSS 26 and Microsoft Excel 2023. Results: 1,008 visits were recorded: divided into interconsultations (47%), outpatient consultations (22%), hospitalizations (18%) and telephone consultations (13%). Most of the interconsultations were for poisonous animals, mainly for scorpions. 123 of the 181 hospitalizations were voluntary, most of them due to suicidal intent, and drug ingestion (49.7%), with a gender ratio of 1:1, the age of 21-30 years was the most prevalent. The oral route (69.6%) and the home (81.7%) are the main route and site of exposure. 62% of the telephone consultations were requested by patients or family members, due to bites or stings from poisonous animals (29.9%). The main cause of death was the ingestion of zinc phosphide. Conclusion: this information is considered important, as it shows a public health problem that is rarely reported by other health institutions, both public and private. This problem would lead to preventive and treatment actions for better care of these patients.