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- Title
PESTICIDE POISONING: RECORDS OF A TOXICOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE SENTINEL SERVICE.
- Authors
Hungaro, Anai Adario; Correia, Laiane Mucio; Santos Silvino, Michele Cristina; Moura Rocha, Suellen; Ferreira Martins, Beatriz; de Oliveira, Magda Lúcia Félix
- Abstract
In surveillance of populations exposed to pesticides is important the role of the national network information centers and toxicological assistance to produce reliable data on poisonings. The aim of the study was to characterize pesticide poisoning reported to a poison control center of Parana, through retrospective analysis of Toxicological Occurrence epidemiological forms of 1240 individuals with diagnosis of acute or chronic intoxication by pesticide from 2003 to 2011. Sex and age of the victims were checked, classification of chemical pesticides, circumstance, severity and outcome of events. Data were tabulated in Excel 2007 software spreadsheet and analyzed by simple descriptive statistics. The average was 138 poisoning/year. The profile of poisonings pointed predominance of working-age male; especially the agricultural professions and the presence of child and elderly labor; high incidence of poisoning by cholinesterase inhibitors insecticides and most cases were reported by hospitals; higher percentage of poisonings deaths in the intentional condition; and high cure proportion. However, high rates of admission to intensive care and lethality indicated severity of the cases.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; AGE distribution; CHOLINESTERASE inhibitors; PESTICIDES; POISON control centers; POISONING; SEX distribution; QUANTITATIVE research; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 3, p1362
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v14i3.25119