title: Common childhood poisonings and their outcome in a tertiary care center in Delhi.
abstract: Clinical profile of children presenting with poisoning to the Pediatric emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Delhi from 8.1.2009 to 8.10.09 was studied prospectively. Fifty two cases of accidental poisoning were reported during this period which formed 1.05 % of all pediatric admissions (5094 admissions). No case of homicidal poisoning was reported. There were 80.7 % children between 1-5 y of age with male preponderance. PICA was observed in 57.7 % children. Overall mortality was 7.7 % and 11.3 % children required pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Kerosene oil poisoning remained the commonest accidental poisoning in this study. An interesting trend was concentrated HCL poisoning (now a common household product) as the second commonest poisoning (17.3 %). This was followed by poisoning with various drugs used by adults in the house.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Vidya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brata Ghosh
authors.forename: Urmila
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jhamb
authors.forename: Ritika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: Rajeshwari
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krishnan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers