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Impact of a poison control center on the length of hospital stay of poisoned patients: retrospective cohort / Impacto de um centro de informações toxicológicas na redução do tempo de internação hospitalar de pacientes intoxicados: coorte retrospectiva
Galvão, Taís Freire; Silva, Marcus Tolentino; Silva, Carolina Dalene; Barotto, Adriana Melo; Gavioli, Izabela Lucchese; Bucaretchi, Fábio; Atallah, Álvaro Nagib.
  • Galvão, Taís Freire; Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Getúlio Vargas University Hospital. Amazonas Poison Control Center. Manaus. BR
  • Silva, Marcus Tolentino; Ministry of Health. Secretariat of Science and Technology and Strategic Inputs. Department of Science and Technology. Brasília. BR
  • Silva, Carolina Dalene; Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Getúlio Vargas University Hospital. Amazonas Poison Control Center. Manaus. BR
  • Barotto, Adriana Melo; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. University Hospital. Santa Catarina Poison Control Center. Florianópolis. BR
  • Gavioli, Izabela Lucchese; State Health Department. Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde. Poison Control Center. Porto Alegre. BR
  • Bucaretchi, Fábio; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Hospital das Clínicas. Campinas Poison Control Center. Campinas. BR
  • Atallah, Álvaro Nagib; Brazilian Cochrane Center.
São Paulo med. j ; 129(1): 23-29, Jan. 2011. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-579025
ABSTRACT
CONTEXT AND

OBJECTIVE:

Poison control centers play an essential role in caring for poisoned patients, albeit without secure funding for their activities. The aim here was to investigate differences in length of hospital stay among poisoned patients, between those who received remote assistance from a poison control center and those who did not. DESIGN AND

SETTING:

A retrospective cohort including all poisoned patients hospitalized at an emergency service in Manaus between 2005 and 2007 was set up, and the local poison control center database was checked to see whether they received such assistance.

METHODS:

Patients presenting a known toxic agent, with less than 12 hours since exposure and without severe comorbidities, were selected. Their severity of poisoning was evaluated by two independent reviewers and divergences were resolved by another reviewer.

RESULTS:

One hundred and ninety-eight patients were included. Those who received remote assistance from a poison control center stayed in hospital on average for 3.43 days less than those without poison control center assistance (95 percent confidence interval, CI -6.10 to -0.77). Severity was assessed in the cases of 90 patients there was no statistical difference in severity between the patients with and without poison control center assistance (P > 0.5).

CONCLUSION:

Patients with remote assistance from a poison control center had a shorter length of stay then patients without this aid. The poison control center may have reduced the length of stay of the poisoned patients.
RESUMO
CONTEXTO E

OBJETIVO:

Centros de informações toxicológicas prestam papel essencial na assistência a pacientes intoxicados, sem contar com financiamento seguro de suas atividades. O objetivo foi verificar a diferença no tempo de internação dos pacientes intoxicados que receberam atenção remota de um centro de informaç ões toxicológicas em comparação aos que não receberam. TIPO DE ESTUDO E LOCAL Foi organizado um estudo de coorte retrospectivo incluindo todos pacientes intoxicados hospitalizados em um pronto-socorro de Manaus de 2005 a 2007 e checado na base de dados do centro de informaç ões toxicológicas local se receberam esta assistência.

MÉTODOS:

Foram selecionados pacientes com agente tóxico conhecido, tempo de exposição inferior a 12 horas e sem comorbidades graves para avaliação da gravidade por dois revisores independentes e divergências resolvidas por outro revisor.

RESULTADOS:

Foram incluídos 198 pacientes; aqueles com auxílio remoto do centro de informaç ões toxicológicas ficaram em média 3,43 dias a menos (-6,10 a -0,77 IC 95 por cento) internados quando comparados a nenhum auxílio do centro de informaç ões toxicológicas (CIT). Noventa pacientes tiveram gravidade avaliada; não houve diferença estatística na gravidade entre os pacientes com ou sem assistência do CIT (P > 0,5).

CONCLUSÃO:

Pacientes com assistência remota do CIT tiveram tempo de internação inferior a pacientes sem este auxílio. O CIT pode ter reduzido o tempo de internação dos pacientes intoxicados.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Poison Control Centers / Poisoning / Length of Stay Type of study: Evaluation studies / Observational study Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: São Paulo med. j Journal subject: Cirurgia Geral / Ciˆncia / Ginecologia / Medicine / Medicina Interna / Obstetr¡cia / Pediatria / Sa£de Mental / Sa£de P£blica Year: 2011 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Ministry of Health/BR / State Health Department/BR / Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR / Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina/BR / Universidade Federal do Amazonas/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Poison Control Centers / Poisoning / Length of Stay Type of study: Evaluation studies / Observational study Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: São Paulo med. j Journal subject: Cirurgia Geral / Ciˆncia / Ginecologia / Medicine / Medicina Interna / Obstetr¡cia / Pediatria / Sa£de Mental / Sa£de P£blica Year: 2011 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Ministry of Health/BR / State Health Department/BR / Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR / Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina/BR / Universidade Federal do Amazonas/BR