Acute poisoning in children admitted to pediatric emergency department: a five-years retrospective analysis.

Autor:	Soave PM; Department of Emergency, Anesthesiology and Resuscitation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli' IRCCS, Rome, Italy. paolomaurizio.soave@policlinicogemelli.it., Curatola A; Department of Pediatrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli', IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. c.anto91@hotmail.it., Ferretti S; Department of Pediatrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli', IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. serena.ferretti01@icatt.it., Raitano V; Institute of Pediatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia. vincenzoraitano23@gmail.com., Conti G; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli', IRCCS, Rome, Italy. giorgio.conti@policlinicogemelli.it., Gatto A; Department of Pediatrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'Agostino Gemelli', IRCCS, Rome, Italy. antonio.gatto@policlinicogemelli.it., Chiaretti A; a:1:{s:5:'en_US';s:81:'Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ROMA';}. antonio.chiaretti@policlinicogemelli.it.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis [Acta Biomed] 2022 Mar 14; Vol. 93 (1), pp. e2022004. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 14.
DOI:	10.23750/abm.v93i1.11602
Abstrakt:	Background and Aim: to identify most frequent risk factors and to propose prevention strategies for the children admitted to Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) with acute poisoning. Methods: We performed a retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital, describing the frequency and nature of pediatric poisoning, clinical management and outcome. Results: We collected data of 436 children admitted for acute poisoning. The mean age was 30 months and 51.1% were male. Most poisoning incidents (90.1%) were unintentional and drug ingestion (39.4%) was the leading cause of poisoning. Acute poisoning happened at home in 83,7% of cases and the mother was the most frequent caregiver during the event in 61.5%. No died were reported. Conclusion: Our study showed that the two categories of patients at greatest risk for acute poisoning are children under 3 years and adolescents over 12 years. Adequate information campaigns about toxic substances are essential for children, adolescents and their parents.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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