Pharmaceutical poisoning exposure and outcome analysis in children admitted to the pediatric emergency department.

摘要: BACKGROUND: Pharmaceuticals involved in childhood poisoning vary, and treatment of poison exposure can be a challenge for primary physicians when children are unconscious or histories lacking. Knowledge the clinical manifestations prognosis will help perform appropriate assessments. In this study, we aim to report on patient characteristics, outcomes, features pediatric emergency department. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated medical records 87 younger than 18 years age presented department with pharmaceutical (2001-2008). The detailed categories were reported, their associations outcomes analyzed. Furthermore, divided into two groups, based reasons (accidental intentional poisoning). Clinical between accidental analyzed, cut-off high risk was also calculated. RESULTS: Age groups adolescents (48.3%) preschool (32.2%) major representation. Neurologic system agents analgesics (18.4%) most common causes poisoning. Among above, anxiolytic/hypnotic drugs (lorazepam) acetaminophen frequent causes. Of all children, 70.1% had duration symptoms ≤1 day, caused significantly longer hospital stay did (p=0.008). Moreover, female gender (p Language: en