Profile of Children Hospitalized with Acute Poisoning in New Delhi.
195 cases of acute poisoning among children (age<12 y) in a tertiary hospital were identified over a period of one year. Two-thirds (63%) of them were males and 75% were below five years of age. Poisoning by medicines was most common (17%) followed by ingestion of corrosives/detergents (16%) and kerosene (14%).
Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. manas_proy@yahoo.co.in.
Manas Pratim
MP
Roy
Ratan
R
Gupta
Meenakshi
M
Bhatt
Kailash Chander
KC
Aggarwal
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006795:Household Products / Q000506:poisoning; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies