TY - JOUR AU - de Souza, Laurindo Pereira AU - Vasconcellos, Cidia AU - Romanholo, Rafael Ayres AU - Silva, Júlio César Santos PY - 2021/03/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of victims intoxicated by the herbicide Paraquat in the southern cone of the Legal Amazon-Brazil: Poisoning by the herbicide Paraquat JF - InterAmerican Journal of Medicine and Health JA - IAJMH VL - 4 IS - SE - Original Articles DO - 10.31005/iajmh.v4i.178 UR - https://iajmh.com/iajmh/article/view/178 SP - AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To analyze the epidemiological and clinical profile of victims intoxicated by the herbicide Paraquat treated in the emergency of the Hospital Complex in the south of the legal Amazon. <strong>Method:</strong> This was a quantitative, cross-sectional, and retrospective study. The epidemiological and clinical profile of the patients was analyzed using the exogenous intoxication investigation forms and medical records in the search period from 2012 to 2018. <strong>Results:</strong> The highest deaths occurred in males, 61.1%; however, the epidemiological profile revealed no statistical significance (p&gt; 0.05) for the analyzed variables. The clinical profile demonstrated a significant relationship between the respiratory and renal systems and the outcome of death. <strong>Conclusion:</strong><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Portanto, por meio da análise epidemiológica deste estudo, concluiu-se que tanto homens quanto mulheres têm a mesma chance de intoxicação, embora adultos jovens de 18 a 29 anos sejam mais propensos à intoxicação por paraquat como tentativa de autoextermínio. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Também houve uma tendência de que as vítimas com idade entre 40 a 49 anos e indivíduos do sexo masculino morressem mais. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Por fim, as manifestações clínicas que mais contribuíram para o desfecho do óbito foram relacionadas ao comprometimento da função respiratória e renal.</span></span></p> ER -