ANALYSIS OF POISONING CASES ADMITTED TO THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: 5 YEARS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

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dc.contributor.authorŞenses, Oğuzhan
dc.contributor.authorTursun, Serkan
dc.contributor.authorAlpcan, Ayşegül
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:12:14Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:12:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: Intoxication is one of the most acute causes of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Analyzing poisoning cases is considered noteworthy in terms of both adopting appropriate clinical practice approaches and taking relevant preventive measures.Material and Methods: We reviewed a total of 674 pediatric intoxication cases admitted to our hospital over a 5-year period (2014-2019). We retrospectively extracted clinical data of all cases from the hospital information system and forensic records.Results: Among all cases, we found the rate of intoxication to be 0.54% and the mean age at presentation to be 8.65±6.0 years. While 51.5% of the cases were girls and 48.5% were boys. The most common cases were seen in children aged 1-5 years mostly boys with accidents and 15-17 years mostly girls with suicide causes. We detected that medical drugs ranked first place in poisoning with a rate of 39.5% and followed by intoxications due to carbon monoxide and chemical corrosive substances, respectively. Nervous system drugs (21.7%) were more common in intoxication, while the most common drugs taken for suicide purposes were anti-depressants (n = 20; 16%). Symptomatic treatment was applied to the majority of the cases (61.7%). The mean length of hospitalization was 1.23±1.22 days and none of our patients were lost.Conclusion: While drug intoxication is seen with a high frequency in all age groups, accidental intake is at the forefront at young ages, while suicide attempts are seen at a high rate in adolescent group and girls.
dc.identifier.doi10.24938/kutfd.984228
dc.identifier.endpage606
dc.identifier.issn2148-9645
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage599
dc.identifier.trdizinid507893
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.984228
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/507893
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/21662
dc.identifier.volume23
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofKırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectAdli Tıp
dc.subjectToksikoloji
dc.subjectPediatri
dc.titleANALYSIS OF POISONING CASES ADMITTED TO THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: 5 YEARS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
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