Perfil epidemiológico dos casos de acidentes por intoxicação exógena em crianças no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This is a Course Paper (TC) prepared by academic Carolina Baptista dos Santos, a partial requirement for obtaining a medical degree from the Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Campus Passo Fundo - RS, under the guidance of Professor Ph.D. Renata dos Santos Rabello and co-supervision of Professor M.Sc. Cioccari and Professor Specialist Stefania Simon Sostruznik. The volume was structured in accordance with the UFFS Academic Papers Manual, and is in accordance with the Course Paper Regulation. The research aimed to analyze the epidemiological profile of cases of exogenous poisoning in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, from 2009 to 2019, involving children from zero to 14 years of age. The first chapter, containing the Research Project was elaborated in the Course Paper I discipline and it is an ecological, observational, descriptive and quantitative study, with secondary data from DATASUS, referring to the records from the investigation forms notified to the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). The second chapter consists of the Research Report, developed in the curricular component Course Paper II, and addresses aspects related to the collection, organization, preparation and construction of the variables that make up the data analysis. The third chapter, conducted in the Course Paper III discipline, brings the scientific article, produced from the execution of the research project, through the collection, statistical analysis, interpretation and discussion of the evidence found.