@article{ref1,
title="Acute poisoning in children admitted to pediatric emergency department: a five-years retrospective analysis",
journal="Acta bio-medica de l'ateneo Parmense",
year="2022",
author="Soave, Paolo Maurizio and Curatola, Antonietta and Ferretti, Serena and Raitano, Vincenzo and Conti, Giorgio and Gatto, Antonio and Chiaretti, Antonio",
volume="93",
number="1",
pages="e2022004-e2022004",
abstract="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. <br><br>METHODS: We performed a retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital, describing the frequency and nature of pediatric poisoning, clinical management and outcome. <br><br>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 deaths were reported. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0392-4203",
doi="10.23750/abm.v93i1.11602",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i1.11602"
}