the spectrum of accidental childhood poisoning in the caribbean intoxicaciones infantiles accidentales en el caribe

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Abstract
Objective. To assess accidental poisoning in children in the Caribbean country of Antigua and Barbuda, including the incidence, the types of substances ingested, the age of the children involved, and the clinical outcomes. The results from Antigua and Barbuda were compared with the results of other reports from the English-speaking Caribbean and from the United States of America. Design and Methods. We performed a retrospective review of the charts of all patients less than 13 years old admitted to the Children's Ward at Holberton Hospital in Antigua for accidental poisoning between March 1989 and March 1999. Those data were compared with data from earlier reports from Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and the United States of America. Results. In Antigua and Barbuda there were 255 hospital admissions for accidental poisoning among children below 13 years old over that 10-year period. Of the 255 ingestions, 115 of them (45%) were in 1-year-old children, 69 (27%) were in 2-year-old children, and 26 (10%) were in 3-year-old children. These proportions in Antigua and Barbuda are similar to the age patterns seen in the other countries with which we made comparisons. In Antigua and Barbuda there was an annual average of 26 hospital admissions for poisoning for the roughly 20 000 children below 13 years of age, for a rate of 1.3 per 1 000. In comparing the patterns of childhood poisoning in all the countries we studied, we found that, as economic levels rose, there was a shift in the substances ingested, with hydrocarbon and plant ingestions decreasing and chemical and medication ingestions increasing. Conclusions. There is an increasing variety and complexity of poisonous substances ingested as economic conditions improve. This trend would make the establishment of a poison control center for the English-speaking Caribbean a logical step.
Objetivos. Investigar las intoxicaciones accidentales de niños en Antigua y Barbuda desde el punto de vista de la incidencia, tipos de sustancias implicadas, edad de los niños y desenlaces clínicos. Los resultados obtenidos en este país se compararon con los de otros estudios realizados en diferentes países caribeños de habla inglesa y en los Estados Unidos de América (EE. UU.). Métodos. Se realizó una revisión retrospectiva de las historias clínicas de todos los pacientes de menos de 13 años de edad ingresados entre marzo de 1989 y marzo de 1999 en la planta de pediatría del Hospital Holberton de Antigua por intoxicación accidental. Los datos obtenidos se compararon con los comunicados en estudios anteriores realizados en Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica y EE. UU. Resultados. Durante este período de 10 años, hubo en Antigua y Barbuda 255 ingresos de niños de menos de 13 años por intoxicación accidental (media de 26 ingresos por año). En una población de aproximadamente 20 000 niños menores de 13 años, esto representa una proporción de 1,3 por 1 000. De estos 255 casos, 115 (45%) ocurrieron en niños de 1 año, 69 (27%) en niños de 2 años y 26 (10%) en niños de 3 años. Esta distribución por edades fue similar a la observada en los demás países. Al comparar los tipos de intoxicación en todos los países estudiados, se verificó que las sustancias implicadas cambiaban a medida que aumentaba el nivel económico: disminuían los hidrocarburos y las plantas y aumentaban los medicamentos y los productos químicos. Conclusiones. A medida que aumenta el nivel económico, también lo hace la complejidad de las sustancias implicadas. Esta tendencia debería llevar al establecimiento de un centro de control de intoxicaciones en los países caribeños de habla inglesa.
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Authors ;Thomas C. Martin;William Brinkman
Journal communications on pure and applied analysis
Year 2002
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child infant accidents poisoning tropical medicinepublic aspects of medicine

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