@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological study on accidental poisonings in children from northeast Romania",
journal="Medicine (Baltimore)",
year="2018",
author="Nistor, Nicolai and Frasinariu, Otilia Elena and Rugină, Aniela and Ciomaga, Irina Mihaela and Jitareanu, Cristina and Streanga, Violeta",
volume="97",
number="29",
pages="e11469-e11469",
abstract="Accidental poisonongs are an important cause of morbidity and even mortality, especially in young children.We performed a retrospective observational study on a group of children admitted at the Regional Center of Toxicology at the Children's Emergency Hospital &quot;St. Mary&quot; Iasi with accidental intoxication within a period of 3 years. Data were collected from patients' files and processed with a SPPS 18.0 database and a 95% confidence interval.During this period, 480 children were admitted with accidental intoxication. Most of them were in the age group of 1 to 2 years (120 cases-24.3%). The etiology of these intoxications was dominated by nonmedication (67%), the most frequent being household chemicals, carbon monoxide, and insecticides. Accidental drug intoxication accounted for 33% of the cases, the main drugs involved being anticonvulsants, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and paracetamol. The mortality caused by accidental poisoning was 0.62%, all deaths owing to nonmedication intoxication.Identifying the epidemiological and evolutionary aspects of accidental intoxications must be a major objective for the health system, given that this pathology can be at least partially avoided and its incidence and severity may be reduced using appropriate measures.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-7974",
doi="10.1097/MD.0000000000011469",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000011469"
}