Correlación en el manejo de tratamiento de pacientes adolescentes intoxicados por opioides y plaguicidas del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo y del Centro de Información y Asesoramiento Toxicológico (CIATOX) período agosto a diciembre del 2017.

Abstract

A poisoning is the set of signs and symptoms caused by a toxic, which is a chemical that is swallowed, inhaled or comes into contact with the skin, eyes or mucous membranes, such as those of the mouth or nose, the latter being the most frequent. The severity of a toxic will be given by the toxicity of this way of introduction, the dose ingested and the age of the victim. Therefore, it is important to determine the patient's vital signs such as pulse and hemodynamic status. At present, the most frequent voluntary poisonings occur in adolescents, which can result in death or serious sequelae, which have been increasing little by little in recent years We will know that the accidental ingestion of a toxin by a person can produce a type of damage that, due to appropriate actions, such as health education, the identification of potentially toxic substances and the presence of protocols to be treated by doctors experts in Toxicology, they have made the implementation of these studies help us in identifying the intoxicating agent, in accidents, whether intentional or not, or by any research project. Therefore, it will always be necessary and the methods implemented must be analytical methods applied to toxicology. Therefore, the main objective of a toxicological information sub-unit is to provide effective, up-to-date and immediate information to health professionals and the general public on the behavior to be followed in the face of the toxic accident.