[Description of poisoning reported in Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region in Morocco between 1981 and 2008].
In Morocco, the Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region is one of the 16 regions most affected by poisoning. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological profile of poisoning recorded in the study region. A retrospective study of poisoning cases, declared between 1981 and 2008 in the Morocco Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center, was conducted. During the study period, 8517 poisoning cases were collected. The average age of patients was 22 ± 15 years. The male/female sex ratio was 0.85. Food poisoning was the most reported in the region, with 26.6% of cases. Among the 2,779 patients for whom the outcome was known, 65 died, with lethality rate of 23.4‰. The maximum lethality rate was recorded among those poisoned by paraphenylenediamine (170.7‰).
Faculté des sciences, Université Ibn-Tofail, Kenitra, Maroc. echahbinawal@gmail.com
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Echahbi
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Soulaymani
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Hami
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Benazzouz
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Ouammi
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Mokhtari
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Achour
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Semlali
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Soulaymani-Bencheikh
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult