Incidencia de las intoxicaciones: un caso en hospital de Ecuador

Intoxication is a public health problem and one of the main causes of admission in emergency rooms nationwide and internationally. An exploratory, descriptive, and cross-sectional research of a directed observation was conducted to determine the incidence of intoxication in patients of General Teófilo Dávila Hospital in El Oro Province, Ecuador, in 2012; patients were classified by age, sex, origin, and the most frequent toxicant in this area. The highest incidence was February (16.35%), in the sample of 104 intoxicated males predominated (66.35%), urban origin (88.46%) and the age group of 20-49 years (60.58%). The circumstances were: accidental (78.85%), intentional (16, 35 %) and employment (4.81%). The most important mechanism is the intake (84.62 %), the agent types are food / beverages (29.81 %) and substance abuse (25%).