Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en Honduras
Background: Pediatric poisonings associated with medications represent an important burden for public health sys-tems. Objective: To characterize pediatric patients with drug in-toxication, Pediatric Emergency Department, Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, 2019-2021. Methods:...
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| description | Background: Pediatric poisonings associated with medications represent an important burden for public health sys-tems. Objective: To characterize pediatric patients with drug in-toxication, Pediatric Emergency Department, Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, 2019-2021. Methods: Descriptive observational study. Clinical records of pediatric patients attended for drug intoxication were reviewed. The results are presented as tables and figures of frequencies and percentages of the variables studied. Personal information was handled confidentially. Results: Seventy-six cases were identified. The hospital proportion of pediatric patients treated for drug poisoning during the study period was 0.08% (76/94,568). Mean age 12.6 years (SD+/-5.0). Female sex 77.6% (59/76), ori-gin Francisco Morazán 84.2% (64/76); and from a marginal urban environment 55.3% (42/76). The level of schooling was incomplete secondary school 67.1% (51/76). In addition to the diagnosis of drug intoxication, the diagnoses of suicide attempt and depressive disor-der were identified 76.3% (58/76), each one. The intoxication was acute 97.4% (74/76), intentional 76.3% (58/76). The drug source was patient's medication 44.7% (34/76). The place where the event occurred was at the patient's home/domicile 96.1% (73/76), clon-azepam was used in 30.3% (23), a drug belonging to the benzo-diazepine group.There were no deaths. Discussion: The pediatric patient attended at the Teaching Hospital for drug intoxication was characterized as a female adolescent, with access to benzodiaze-pine-type drugs at home, related to depression and suicide attempt.It is recommended that studies be carried out to identify risk factors. It is necessary to create public policies that contribute to implement a comprehensive approach to children, adolescents and the family. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2899f283c1b9450a999647ebdfe59ecb2023-12-28T03:26:23ZspaColegio Médico de HondurasRevista Médica Hondureña0375-11121995-70682023-12-0191, No. 210010510.5377/rmh.v91i2.16526Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en HondurasDaniela Bezaí Morales Santos0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2248-997XScheybi Teresa Miralda Méndez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3880-9599Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Posgrado de Pediatría; Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Secretaría de Salud, Hospital Escuela, Emergencia de Pediatría; Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Background: Pediatric poisonings associated with medications represent an important burden for public health sys-tems. Objective: To characterize pediatric patients with drug in-toxication, Pediatric Emergency Department, Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, 2019-2021. Methods: Descriptive observational study. Clinical records of pediatric patients attended for drug intoxication were reviewed. The results are presented as tables and figures of frequencies and percentages of the variables studied. Personal information was handled confidentially. Results: Seventy-six cases were identified. The hospital proportion of pediatric patients treated for drug poisoning during the study period was 0.08% (76/94,568). Mean age 12.6 years (SD+/-5.0). Female sex 77.6% (59/76), ori-gin Francisco Morazán 84.2% (64/76); and from a marginal urban environment 55.3% (42/76). The level of schooling was incomplete secondary school 67.1% (51/76). In addition to the diagnosis of drug intoxication, the diagnoses of suicide attempt and depressive disor-der were identified 76.3% (58/76), each one. The intoxication was acute 97.4% (74/76), intentional 76.3% (58/76). The drug source was patient's medication 44.7% (34/76). The place where the event occurred was at the patient's home/domicile 96.1% (73/76), clon-azepam was used in 30.3% (23), a drug belonging to the benzo-diazepine group.There were no deaths. Discussion: The pediatric patient attended at the Teaching Hospital for drug intoxication was characterized as a female adolescent, with access to benzodiaze-pine-type drugs at home, related to depression and suicide attempt.It is recommended that studies be carried out to identify risk factors. It is necessary to create public policies that contribute to implement a comprehensive approach to children, adolescents and the family.https://www.camjol.info/index.php/RMH/article/view/16526drug overdosepediatricspoisoningtoxicity |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Bezaí Morales Santos Scheybi Teresa Miralda Méndez Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en Honduras Revista Médica Hondureña drug overdose pediatrics poisoning toxicity |
| title | Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en Honduras |
| title_full | Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en Honduras |
| title_fullStr | Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en Honduras |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en Honduras |
| title_short | Intoxicación por medicamentos en pacientes pediátricos atendidos en un Hospital terciario en Honduras |
| title_sort | intoxicacion por medicamentos en pacientes pediatricos atendidos en un hospital terciario en honduras |
| topic | drug overdose pediatrics poisoning toxicity |
| url | https://www.camjol.info/index.php/RMH/article/view/16526 |
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