Şenses, OğuzhanTursun, SerkanAlpcan, Ayşegül2025-01-212025-01-2120212148-9645https://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.984228https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/507893https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/21662Objective: 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.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAdli TıpToksikolojiPediatriArticle23359960610.24938/kutfd.984228507893