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Intoxicaciones exógenas en una unidad de cuidados intensivos pediátricos
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Brizuela, Carlos Manuel González Pacheco, Delia Luisa Sánchez Escalona, Margarita Verdecia Sánchez, Inaudis Ramos |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Se realizo un estudio epidemiologico, descriptivo y transversal de 48 pacientes ingresados por intoxicaciones exogenas agudas en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Infantil Norte Docente "Juan de la Cruz Martinez Maceira" de Santiago de Cuba, desde enero del 2006 hasta diciembre del 2010, con vistas a caracterizarles segun algunas variables clinicoepidemiologicas. En la serie, predominaron las edades de 10 a 14 anos, el sexo femenino, el intento suicida como antecedente personal de mayor importancia, el estado grave de los pacientes al hospitalizar, la procedencia urbana, especialmente del municipio cabecera (Santiago de Cuba), y los medicamentos como el xenobiotico causal mas frecuente, con prevalencia de la carbamazepina. Para evaluar la informacion se utilizo el calculo porcentual y los resultados fueron expresados en porcentaje, los cuales mostraron la necesidad de continuar perfeccionando las estrategias de intervencion, con la integracion de los niveles primario y secundario de atencion sanitaria. An epidemiological descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in 48 patients admitted due to acute exogenous poisoning at the Intensive Care Unit of "Juan de la Cruz Martinez Maceira" Northern Teaching Children Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January 2006 to December 2010, with the purpose of characterizing them according to some clinical epidemiological variates. Ages between10 and 14 years, female sex, suicidal attempts as the most important past medical history predominated in the series, as well as the critical condition of patients to be hospitalized, urban origin, especially from Santiago de Cuba municipality and drugs as the most frequent causative xenobiotic with prevalence of carbamazepine. To evaluate the information the percentage calculation was used and the results were expressed as a percentage, which showed the need to continue to improve intervention strategies, with the integration of primary and secondary levels of care. |
| Starting Page | 167 |
| Ending Page | 174 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://scielo.sld.cu/pdf/san/v16n2/san03212.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
