title: [Poison-related hospitalizations of children aged 0-14 at a teaching hospital in Southern Brazil, 2006-2011].
abstract: to describe the profile of poisoning leading to children's hospitalizations, as registered at the Maringá Regional University Hospital Poisoning Control Center in the period 2006 to 2011.
  
  
  
  this was a descriptive epidemiological study using secondary data from Intoxication Incident Report Forms, involving poisoned children aged between 0 and 14 years, hospitalized for at least 12 hours.
  
  
  
  694 hospitalizations due to poisoning were registered, with medication poisoning accounting for 42.4% of cases; the 1-4 age group was the most affected (66.7%); males accounted for a higher number of hospital admissions in all age groups; most poisoning cases occurred in the morning (55.6%).
  
  
  
  medication was the main cause of poisoning; younger children and males were predominant among hospitalized victims.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Paraná, Departamento de Pediatria, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Samara Messias
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Domingos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nataly Barbosa Alves
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Borghesan
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Enfermagem, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Enfermagem, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ieda Harumi
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Higarashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*