Poisoning in children.
This study is a retrospective analysis of 670 cases of poisoning (including phenothiazine toxicity) admitted to this hospital in the past six years, accounting for 0.9% of all pediatric admissions. Nearly half (45%) of the cases were in the age group of 1-4 years. Medicines and chemicals were the commonest agents (53%), followed by pesticides (15%), kerosene (11.2%), plant poisons (9.4%), food poisoning (3.9%) and corrosives (1.9%). Accidental poisoning was the commonest (70%) followed by iatrogenic (29.6%) and suicidal (0.4%). Overall mortality was 1.8%. Stress is laid on judicious use of phenothiazines as antiemetics and replacing them with drugs of lesser toxicity.
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Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Srinagar.
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Sethi
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D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*
D007306:Insecticides