Clinical profile and outcomes of childhood poisoning

Ahmed, Farzana; Rahman, Md. Masudur; Tawfiq, Muhammad

doi:10.3329/bsmmuj.v10i4.34868

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“…Even though accidental poisoning is one of the leading causes of unintentional injury among children in LMICs, it has received little attention in Bangladesh. There is no comprehensive epidemiological study focusing household factors for accidental poisoning among children in Bangladesh 10 16–18. All the prior studies here had a small sample size and primarily focused on the prevalence of chemicals that caused accidental poisoning and on outcomes.…”

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Accidental poisoning in children: a single centre case series study in Bangladesh

Ahmed

Banna

Shojon

et al. 2022

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BackgroundAccidental poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional injuries among children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The overall aspect of this unintentional poisoning is poorly understood in Bangladesh. The objectives of this study were (1) to explore the socio-demographic factors and circumstantial context of accidental poisoning and (2) the prevalence of the type of substances causing it.MethodsA descriptive case series study was conducted from April 2019 to February 2020 at a tertiary level hospital of the capital city Dhaka in Bangladesh. Children under 10 years of age admitted to the hospital with accidental poisoning were enrolled in this study. Parents of hospitalised children were interviewed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis.ResultsA total of 223 children were recruited in this study. Children between 2 and 5 years (60%), men (61%) and children with agility (65.5%) were among the prevalent victims. The majority of cases occurred (65%) in a nuclear family setting. Most mothers (85%) of these children were non-working and most incidents took place in parents’ homes (~82%). Nearly 70% of the poisoning incidents took place in the presence of parents and over half of these occurred in the bedroom. Kerosene was the prevalent cause (33%) of accidental poisoning while insecticide/pesticide ranked second (26.5%) followed by medicines (17%) and household chemicals (12). In one-third (31.4%) of the cases, poisoning chemicals were stored in soft drink bottles while two-thirds (67.3%) of the cases were kept in containers other than original ones. Although over 80 parents somewhat knew that chemicals could be harmful to the children if ingested, most of them did not take the safety measures.ConclusionIn this present study we found that preschool-aged children were more victims of accidental poisoning mostly by ingesting kerosene and a majority of the incidents took place in the bedroom while parents were present at home. Our study findings would serve as a baseline for designing future intervention studies and policies.

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