@article{ref1,
title="Acute poisoning in children in Bahia, Brazil",
journal="Global pediatric health",
year="2016",
author="Rodrigues Mendonça, Dilton and Menezes, Marta Silva and Matos, Marcos Antônio Almeida and Rebouças, Daniel Santos and Filho, Jucelino Nery da Conceição and de Assis, Reginara Souza and Carneiro, Leila",
volume="3",
number="",
pages="2333794X15623243-2333794X15623243",
abstract="Acute poisoning is a frequent accident in childhood, particularly in children under 4 years of age. This was a descriptive study with data collected from standardized forms of the Poison Control Center and patient record charts. All the cases of acute poisoning in children aged 0 to 14 years during the period 2008 to 2012 were selected. The variables studied comprised characteristics of the events and toxic agents, clinical development, and outcome. A total of 657 cases of acute poisoning, with higher frequency in the age-group from 1 to 4 years (48.7%) and male sex (53.4%), were recorded. The occurrences were accidental in 92% of the cases, and 5.8% were due to suicide attempts. Among the toxic agents, medications (28.5%), venomous animals (19.3%), nonvenomous animals (10%), household cleaning products (9.0%), and raticide agents (8.7%) predominated. The majority of cases were characterized as light (73.5%) and around 18% required hospitalization, and there was low lethality (0.5%).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2333-794X",
doi="10.1177/2333794X15623243",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X15623243"
}