TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Common childhood poisonings and their outcome in a tertiary care center in Delhi
JO  - Indian journal of pediatrics
A1  - Brata Ghosh, Vidya
A1  - Jhamb, Urmila
A1  - Singhal, Ritika
A1  - Krishnan, Rajeshwari
SP  - 516
EP  - 518
VL  - 80
IS  - 6
N2  - Clinical profile of children presenting with poisoning to the Pediatric emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Delhi from 8.1.2009 to 8.10.09 was studied prospectively. Fifty two cases of accidental poisoning were reported during this period which formed 1.05 % of all pediatric admissions (5094 admissions). No case of homicidal poisoning was reported. There were 80.7 % children between 1-5 y of age with male preponderance. PICA was observed in 57.7 % children. Overall mortality was 7.7 % and 11.3 % children required pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Kerosene oil poisoning remained the commonest accidental poisoning in this study. An interesting trend was concentrated HCL poisoning (now a common household product) as the second commonest poisoning (17.3 %). This was followed by poisoning with various drugs used by adults in the house.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-5456
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12098-012-0879-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -