TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Acute poisoning in children in Bahia, Brazil
JO  - Global pediatric health
A1  - Rodrigues Mendonça, Dilton
A1  - Menezes, Marta Silva
A1  - Matos, Marcos Antônio Almeida
A1  - Rebouças, Daniel Santos
A1  - Filho, Jucelino Nery da Conceição
A1  - de Assis, Reginara Souza
A1  - Carneiro, Leila
SP  - 2333794X15623243
EP  - 2333794X15623243
VL  - 3
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2333-794X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X15623243
ID  - ref1
ER  -