Five year (2013-2017) trends in poisoning among patients of the Buea Regional Hospital, South-West Region (Cameroon)

Daniel Brice NKontcheu Kenko, Marlyn-Uriel Ngwe-Bell, N. N. Tchamadeu
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Millions of people suffer from poisoning worldwide and some die because of complications. The aim of this study was to assess five-year trends in poisoning among patients referred to the Buea Regional Hospital. Data was collected from records in the Emergency Unit, in records from 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2017, using a form designed for the purpose. A total of 335 cases of poisoning were recorded. Twenty-nine (29) types of poisoning agents were recorded; the highest percentage was dog bite (23.28%), followed by food poisoning (18.81%). There was a temporal dynamic in poisoning as the year 2015 had the highest number of cases with percentage of 25.38% while the year 2014 had the lowest number of cases with a percentage of 13.44%. Moreover, the gender was not associated with poisoning as the percentage in males (50.15%) was not significantly (P > 0.05) different from the percentage in females (49.85%). Besides that, the gender did not determine poisoning circumstances (P > 0.05) even though more female were concerned with suicide attempts. Accidental poisoning was significantly (P < 0.001) more common (86.27%) than suicide attempts (13.73%). Based on the marital status, single patients were significantly (P < 0.001) more affected (65.97%) as compared to married ones (34.03%). Additionally, the frequency varied significantly (P > 0.001) in terms of patient's occupation with unemployed being the most affected group (63.28%) as compared to workers (36.72%). Based on ages, the age group (16-30 years) was the most affected (40.90%). Fortunately, the percentage of healed cases (97.91%) was significantly (P < 0.001) higher than the percentages of cases reported dead (2.09%); nevertheless, chronic signs such as immune suppression, cancer, mutation and reduction of reproductive capacities may appear many years later. Inevitably, more studies on poisoning should be made; this will raise the necessity to sensitize populations on poisoning and the need to create poison management centres.
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喀麦隆西南地区布埃亚地区医院患者中毒的五年(2013-2017年)趋势
全世界有数百万人中毒,有些人死于并发症。这项研究的目的是评估转诊到布埃亚地区医院的病人的五年中毒趋势。数据从2013年1月1日至2017年12月31日的急诊部门记录中收集,使用为此目的设计的表格。共记录中毒335例。记录了29种中毒剂;其中狗咬伤占比最高(23.28%),其次是食物中毒(18.81%)。中毒病例数以2015年最多,占25.38%,2014年最少,占13.44%,呈时间动态变化。男性中毒比例(50.15%)与女性中毒比例(49.85%)差异无统计学意义(P < 0.05)。此外,性别并不能决定中毒情况(P > 0.05),尽管更多的女性关注自杀企图。意外中毒发生率(86.27%)明显高于自杀未遂发生率(13.73%)(P < 0.001)。从婚姻状况来看,单身患者的患病率为65.97%,明显高于已婚患者(34.03%)(P < 0.001)。此外,在患者的职业方面,频率差异显著(P < 0.001),失业人群(63.28%)比工人(36.72%)受影响最大。按年龄分,16 ~ 30岁年龄组发病率最高(40.90%)。治愈率(97.91%)显著(P < 0.001)高于报告死亡率(2.09%);然而,免疫抑制、癌症、突变和生殖能力下降等慢性症状可能在许多年后出现。不可避免地,应该对中毒进行更多的研究;这将提高人们对中毒问题的认识和建立中毒管理中心的必要性。
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