Prospective study of clinical profile and outcome of children presenting with poisoning

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dc.contributor.authorR., Ramamoorthyen_US
dc.contributor.authorT., Madhubalanen_US
dc.contributor.authorS., Chidambaranathanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:47:21Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:47:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Childhood poisoning covers the entire gamut from accidental ingestion in toddlers and preschool children to intentional overdosage in adolescents. To find the clinic- epidemiological profile of poisoning regarding age, sex, type of poison, manner of poisoning, common clinical features, duration between poisoning and presentation to hospital, duration of hospital stay, to find out the different agents involved duration of ICU stay, pre-referral treatment and treatment given.Methods: All children below 12 years of age admitted during the one-year study period with a history of poisoning were included. Animal bites, snake and scorpion envenomation, chronic poisoning, drug allergy was excluded. All children were examined, investigated and treated according to hospital policy. The outcome of poisoning was recorded.Results: There were 143 cases of children with poisoning admitted. Accidental poisoning constituted 88.1% cases (n126),7.7% (n11) was suicidal and the remaining 4.2%(n6) was homicidal. In most cases, poisoning was due to hydrocarbons followed by pesticides. kerosene oil was the most common substance followed by OPC.Conclusions: The highest incidence of poisoning was observed in children below 5 years of age and from the lower middle socio-economic group. Most of the poisons were household products and the most common nature of exposure was accidental in most of the cases, recovery was complete.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pediatrics, Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationR. Ramamoorthy, T. Madhubalan, S. Chidambaranathan. Prospective study of clinical profile and outcome of children presenting with poisoning. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2020 Mar; 7(3): 466-472en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/204472
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20200489en_US
dc.subjectAccidentalen_US
dc.subjectChildhood poisoningen_US
dc.subjectHydrocarbonsen_US
dc.subjectOutcomeen_US
dc.titleProspective study of clinical profile and outcome of children presenting with poisoningen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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