Senior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2021 Oct-Dec;65(4):400-402. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_234_21.
Poisoning is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injuries in children. With continuously changing environment, the epidemiology of poisoning keeps on changing. The present study was undertaken to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of childhood poisoning in a tertiary care center of New Delhi, India. All children <12 years of age admitted to pediatric ward with a history of ingestion of poison or envenomation between January 2019 and June 2020 were identified, and their medical records were obtained from medical records department. A total of 203 patients were enrolled in the study. Drugs and medications were the most common agents (19.2% cases), followed by prallethrin (13.7% cases). Majority of the cases were asymptomatic. Vomiting (25%) was the most common symptom. Drugs and medications were the leading cause of poisoning, followed by liquid mosquito repellant. This study highlights the change in characteristics of acute poisoning in Indian children.
中毒是儿童意外伤害的第四大原因。随着环境的不断变化，中毒的流行病学也在不断变化。本研究旨在描述印度新德里一家三级护理中心儿童中毒的临床和流行病学特征。2019 年 1 月至 2020 年 6 月期间，从儿科病房收治的所有<12 岁、有摄入毒物或中毒史的儿童中识别出，并从病案科获取其病历记录。共有 203 名患者入组本研究。药物和药物是最常见的中毒剂（19.2%的病例），其次是炔丙菊酯（13.7%的病例）。大多数病例无症状。呕吐（25%）是最常见的症状。药物和药物是中毒的主要原因，其次是液体驱蚊剂。本研究强调了印度儿童急性中毒特征的变化。
