@article{ref1,
title="Hospitalizations due to external causes involving contact with animals in a general hospital in the interior of Bahia State, Brazil, 2009-2011",
journal="Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil",
year="2016",
author="Carmo, Érica Assunção and Nery, Adriana Alves and Jesus, Cleber Souza de and Casotti, Cezar Augusto",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="105-114",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: to describe the characteristics of hospitalizations due to external causes involving contact with animals in a general hospital in the interior of Bahia State (BA), Brazil, from 2009 to 2011. <br><br>METHODS:: this was a descriptive study using data on hospital admissions in Jequié-BA. <br><br>RESULTS:: there were 246 admissions owing to accidents involving contact with animals, especially venomous ones (83.3% snake venom, and 6.5% scorpion venom); most involved male victims (66.7%), the 20-59 year age group (50.4%), and people resident in rural areas (91.2%); most hospitalizations occurred during the night shift (39.0%) and on weekdays (69.1%); most cases had 1 to 3 day inpatient stays (50.8%), and 97.6% were subsequently discharged. <br><br>CONCLUSION:: snakebites and scorpion stings were the most frequent accidents and predominantly affected young men living in the rural area.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="1679-4974",
doi="10.5123/S1679-49742016000100011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000100011"
}