Chávez ADM, Capote PJL, Hernández LMA, Rocha VM, Mantecón LMI

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 486-492
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ABSTRACT

Foundations: Acute intoxications represent an important cause of pediatric morbidity. In spite of this, this subject has not been studied in the last years in the province Cienfuegos.
Objective: to characterize patients treated due to acute intoxication in the intensive care unit of the Pediatric Hospital of Cienfuegos.
Methods: A descriptive, retrospective study of patients treated due to acute intoxication from January 2006 to December 2015 in the intensive care unit of the Pediatric Hospital of Cienfuegos (N = 225) was conducted. The data were taken from the medical records.
Results: A higher number of acute intoxications were observed in children under four years of age, as well as those of an accidental type (54.6%). The female sex predominated, for which there were more numerous poisonings of voluntary origin. The 40.8% were produced by drugs, the digestive route being the most frequent as toxicant entry. The percentage of complications was low. The use of activated charcoal, cathartics and gastric lavage were the most applied methods in the events management. The largest number of patients was transferred from the ward within the first 48 hours.
Conclusion: the most susceptible groups to this type of events were children younger than four years, as well as the female sex. The accidental origin was more frequent, although with particularities regarding sex and age.

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