Impact of a poison control center on the length of hospital stay of poisoned patients: retrospective cohort

Impact of a poison control center on the length of hospital stay of poisoned patients: retrospective cohort

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...

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Main Authors: Taís Freire Galvão, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Carolina Dalene Silva, Adriana Melo Barotto, Izabela Lucchese Gavioli, Fábio Bucaretchi, Álvaro Nagib Atallah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2011-01-01
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Poison Control Centers
Length of stay
Poisoning
Hospitalization
Health services research
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802011000100005&lng=en&tlng=en

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