Facteurs predictifs de gravite de l'intoxication aux pesticides. Experience du Centre Antipoison du Maroc

Abstract [- Risk Factors for acute pesticide poisoning. Poison Control Centre of Morocco experience] [Objective]: The purpose of our study is to evaluate risk factors for acute pesticide poisoning received in Poison Control Centre of Morocco. [Patients and Methods]: This is a retrospective study. We collected all cases related to pesticide poisoning received by telephone to the poison control centre of Morocco from January 1992 to December 2007. Patients were classified according to the poisoning score severity (PSS). We analyzed demographic features, circumstances, outcome, type of pesticide and compounds. To detect the possible relationship between two variables; correlations were used. [Results]: 2609 cases were collected, representing 11.3% of all of poisonings. The mean age was 19.1 $\pm $ 14.5 years; range 1 day to 84 years. The female sex is more prevalent; sex ratio was 0.93. 50.1% of cases were accidental exposures and 42.2% were suicide attempts. Oral route was involved in 81.9% of cases and inhalation in 9.27%. Patients were classified in grade 2 (PSS) or grade 3 in 45.1%. The mortality was 4.8%. Insecticides were implicated in 54.3% and included organophosphates (30%). Mineral rodenticides were the main cause of mortality. Several risk factors were detected as PSS (P