Background: Childhood poisoning is a significant public health problem and is very important cause of mortality and morbidity in children. The offending substances used vary from place to place. The pattern of poisoning has been changing with new hazards constantly appearing due to the introduction of new drugs and chemicals. Childhood poisoning is usually accidental making poisoning a preventable problem. Objectives: To determine the socio-demographic and clinical profile and outcome of childhood poisoning in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was done over a period of 2-year in a tertiarycare hospital. We studied children <15 years of age who were admitted to our hospital with a history of poisoning. Children with history of food poisoning, snake bite, scorpion sting, and insect bites were excluded from the study. The demographic profile of patients, various substances of poisoning, mode of poisoning, and outcome of admitted children with poisoning were studied. Results: Among 200 children admitted with the history of poisoning, 126 (63%) were boys and 74 (37%) were girls. The majority of the poisoning were accidental in nature and found to be common in the age group of 1-5 years, children from rural areas, and areof lower socio-economic status. Kerosene poisoning was the most common (35%) agent followed by organophosphorus poisoning (11%). 4 children died due to various complications of poisoning. Conclusion: Common household products were found to be the main source of poisoning in younger age groups from rural background, and the majority was accidental in nature. Educational programs toward creating awareness among public are necessary to reduce the incidence of poisoning in children.

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Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the pattern and rational use of antibiotics in post-operative caesarean section (CS) inpatients in tertiary care teaching hospital, BIMS Belagavi.Methods: This cross sectional prospective observational study was conducted from December 2019 to February 2020, prior permission from institutional ethics committee was taken. Detailed data of post-operative caesarean section (CS) inpatients including age, diagnosis, line of management, complications and any adverse effects if occurred during the study was collected and entered in a specially designed proforma and MS word excel and analyzed by descriptive statistics like percentage.Results: Total 100 post-operative caesarean section inpatients were involved in the study. Most common indication for C-section was cephalopelvic disproportion. Average no of antibiotics per prescription was 3.32. Most commonly prescribed antibiotic was cefotaxime (27.71%) followed by gentamycin (25.90%) and metronidazole (24.59%). Majority (90%) of patients who admitted for ≤3 days (66%) had received combination antibiotic i.e., cefotaxime, metronidazole and gentamycin. IV fluids (21.21%) and analgesics (13.13%) were most frequently prescribed concomitant drugs. Majority (97.8%) of patients received parenteral preparation. 306 antibiotics (92.17%) used were from national model list of essential medicines (NLEM) and 332 antibiotics (100%). used were by generic name. Polypharmacy was 7.92.Conclusions: Cefotaxime was the most frequently prescribed antibiotic. Most of the antibiotics prescribed was rationally from NLEM and were by generic name.