Common Childhood Poisonings and Their Outcome in a Tertiary Care Center in Delhi

Ghosh, Vidya; Jhamb, Urmila; Singhal, Ritika; Rajeshwari, K

doi:10.1007/s12098-012-0879-5

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“…Available reports state poisoning as accidental in children admitted with h/o poisoning [3,12,[17][18][19][20]. In our study, AP accounted for 1.7% pediatric admissions in accordance with observation of GhoshVB et al [21] Kouéta F et al [22] noted rate of hospitalization for acute AP as 1.3%.…”

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Accidental poisoning its magnitude and implications in children

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Background: Paucity of data due to underreporting of accidental poisoning (AP) poses obstacle in assessing the trend, incidence, and mortality in pediatric population. Objective: Estimating the magnitude and assessing the pattern of AP in children was the primary objective. Describing the affected age group, common agents, and assessment of clinical features were the secondary objectives. Materials & Methods: Children aged 1month-12years with history of AP were included; those with allergic reactions to plant products, food and idiosyncratic reactions to drugs were excluded. Result: 101 children accounted for 1.7% of total pediatric admission. Accidental ingestion of poisons (90.09%) and poisoning due to insect and snake bites (9.90%) were reported. Males (n=62) outnumbered females. Patients from urban area (68.2 %), children aged1-3 years (56.43%) wereaffected the most. All incidents were unintentional and occured in the home surroundings. April (n=21), March (n=20) recorded higher number followed by December (n=14). Hydrocarbon poisoning (43.56%) was most common followed by poisoning due to medicaments (18.8 %,), chemicals (12.87%), and food poisoning (9.90%). Insect bites & stings were seen in 9.90%. Supportive treatment was given to 49.5%, further gastric absorption prevented in 24.45 % and specific antidote to 7.9% patients.Three patients died due to scorpion bite, Phenytoin and kerosene ingestion. Conclusion: AP is a preventable emergency. Incidence, agents, clinical features, treatment administered and therapeutic outcome of AP in children are comparable to the available national data. Preventive measures, strict legislative actions and restriction of availability of hazardous chemicals will reduce the incidence.

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“…Accidental poisoning in pediatric age group is commonly seen in <5 yrs [3,18,[21][22] and more frequent among 1-3 years group. [3,11,19].…”

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“…This result is similar to that in other studies that showed kerosene to be the leading source of poisoning in children. [10,11] The study also showed that children <3 years of age were more commonly involved in childhood poison ing (74.3%). Studies by Abbas et al [12] showed simi lar findings, with children <3 years hav ing the highest incidence of poisoning (46.5%) in their study sample.…”

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Epidemiology of paediatric poisoning reporting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana

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“…Ghosh VB et al, showed that 80.7% of poisoning in the age group 1-5 years [6]. Sarkar AK et al, showed that out 134 cases children belong to age group of 1-3 years are main victims [7].…”

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Profile of Accidental Poisoning in Children: Studied at Urban Based Tertiary Care Centre

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Objective: To study profile of accidental poisoning in 1yr-12 yr children admitted at Paediatric ward in Calcutta national medical college & hospital, (CNMCH) Kolkata from April 2018-March 2019 and their outcome. Method: All children admitted at CNMCH children ward from 1 to 12 year with accidental poisoning excluding all bites-including snake bite, scorpion sting etc. The age group, nature, type of poison, symptom complex & response to therapy were studied. Result: 201 children of 9 month to 12 year with accidental exposure to poisoning admitted in a tertiary care centre. Common age group affected in the study is below 3 yrs (75%).Boy child commonly affected & common poisoning was kerosene oil (52.2%) followed by turpentine oil (14.9%). Among medication, poisoning (4.97%) not only due accidental ingestion but due to overdosing. Other Rare causes of poisoning was Phenyl, Rat killer, Mosquito repellent/oil, bed bug killer etc. Mortality of the patient was 0.49 % .30% cases (>14 days) suffering was prolonged. PICU management was needed in 1.99% cases. Conclusion: Most common cause of accidental poisoning was kerosene ingestion in rural children. Male children of toddler age group was involved commonly.

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Common Childhood Poisonings and Their Outcome in a Tertiary Care Center in Delhi

Cited by 25 publications

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Accidental poisoning its magnitude and implications in children

Accidental poisoning its magnitude and implications in children

Epidemiology of paediatric poisoning reporting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana

Profile of Accidental Poisoning in Children: Studied at Urban Based Tertiary Care Centre

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