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Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna
On-line version ISSN 2312-3893
Abstract
RIOS GONZALEZ, Carlos Miguel; TOSCANO PONCE, Andrés Gustavo; DE BENEDICTIS-SERRANO, Ginno Alessandro and GUERRA-TELLO, María José. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of poisonings in the Hospital General Docente Ambato of Ecuador, 2013 to 2014. Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2018, vol.5, n.1, pp.42-48. Epub Mar 01, 2018. ISSN 2312-3893. https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2018.05(01)42-048.
Objectives:
To determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of poisonings in the Hospital General Docente Ambato of Ecuador from September 2013 to August 2014.
Materials and methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive, observational study was conducted on intoxication cases registered at the Hospital General Docente Ambato. An electronic spreadsheet with the variables of interest was created for data collection. The data are expressed in proportions, measures of central tendency and dispersion.
Results:
During the studied period 58 cases were registered, there were 31.03% of the cases in the age range of 19 to 30 years, corresponding to organophosphorus in 25.86%, alcohol 22.41% and medicines 18.96%.
Conclusion:
It was identified that the highest percentage of poisonings were caused by organophosphates. Patients are treated promptly and autolytic attempts are the main cause of poisoned patients coming to the Emergency Service of the Hospital Ambato of Ecuador.
Keywords : metabolic syndrome; peripheral vascular insufficiency; ankle-brachial index.
