TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Acute poisoning in children admitted to pediatric emergency department: a five-years retrospective analysis
JO  - Acta bio-medica de l'ateneo Parmense
A1  - Soave, Paolo Maurizio
A1  - Curatola, Antonietta
A1  - Ferretti, Serena
A1  - Raitano, Vincenzo
A1  - Conti, Giorgio
A1  - Gatto, Antonio
A1  - Chiaretti, Antonio
SP  - e2022004
EP  - e2022004
VL  - 93
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0392-4203
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i1.11602
ID  - ref1
ER  -