@article{ref1,
title="Hospitalizations for pediatric intoxication: a study from Istanbul",
journal="Turkish journal of pediatrics",
year="2011",
author="Akin, Yasemin and Ağzikuru, Turgut and Cömert, Serdar and Atilkan, Pinar and Erdağ, Gülay Ciler and Telatar, Berrin",
volume="53",
number="4",
pages="369-374",
abstract="The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological features of pediatric patients hospitalized for intoxication. Data were collected from the medical records of children < or =14 years of age, admitted for intoxication in 2005-2007. Of the 2989 admissions, 330 (11%) were intoxication cases; 238 (72.1%) were <5 years old. Pharmaceutic agents were identified in 76.1%. Psychotropics were the most frequently ingested drugs (33.9%), and tricyclic antidepressants were the most common (27.1%). Non-pharmaceutic agents were identified in 79 (23.9%) patients, 54.4% of which were pesticides. The majority of all cases were accidental poisonings (90%), which occurred mostly in children <5 years old (71.5%), mainly by pharmaceutics, followed by self-inflicted intoxications (8.2%), which demonstrated the highest ratio in children >10 years old (6.7%). Intoxications are important especially among children <5 years old. Preventive measures such as implementation of the use of child-proof drug prescription bottles and efforts towards public education may reduce the risks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0041-4301",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}