Soave Paolo Maurizio, Curatola Antonietta, Ferretti Serena, Raitano Vincenzo, Conti Giorgio, Gatto Antonio, Chiaretti Antonio
Department of Emergency, Anesthesiology and Resuscitation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Department of Pediatrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Acta Biomed. 2022 Mar 14;93(1):e2022004. doi: 10.23750/abm.v93i1.11602.
to identify most frequent risk factors and to propose prevention strategies for the children admitted to Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) with acute poisoning.
We performed a retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital, describing the frequency and nature of pediatric poisoning, clinical management and outcome.
We collected data of 436 children admitted for acute poisoning. The mean age was 30 months and 51.1% were male. Most poisoning incidents (90.1%) were unintentional and drug ingestion (39.4%) was the leading cause of poisoning. Acute poisoning happened at home in 83,7% of cases and the mother was the most frequent caregiver during the event in 61.5%. No died were reported.
Our study showed that the two categories of patients at greatest risk for acute poisoning are children under 3 years and adolescents over 12 years. Adequate information campaigns about toxic substances are essential for children, adolescents and their parents.
确定儿科急诊科（PED）收治的急性中毒患儿最常见的危险因素，并提出预防策略。
我们在一家三级护理医院进行了一项回顾性研究，描述儿科中毒的频率和性质、临床管理及结果。
我们收集了436例因急性中毒入院患儿的数据。平均年龄为30个月，51.1%为男性。大多数中毒事件（90.1%）为非故意的，药物摄入（39.4%）是中毒的主要原因。83.7%的中毒事件发生在家中，事件发生期间母亲是最常见的照料者，占61.5%。无死亡报告。
我们的研究表明，急性中毒风险最高的两类患者是3岁以下儿童和12岁以上青少年。针对儿童、青少年及其父母开展关于有毒物质的充分宣传活动至关重要。
