A different aspect of corrosive ingestion in children: Socio-demographic characteristics and effect of family functioning

Characteristics of Children Who Ingested Corrosive Substances and Their Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Child-Rearing

“…4,9,11 When the sco res that the mot hers of the chil dren re ce i ved from the PA RI sca le in our study (Tab le 1) we re com pa red to the sco res re ce i ved by the mot hers of chil dren who we re in vol ved in tra u ma tic ac ci dents in the study of Kaynar and Yıl dız, and mot hers of chil dren who we re in to xi ca ted by re a son of cor ro si ve subs tan ce in ges ti on in the study of Bu ke et al, si mi lar re sults we re ob ser ved. 1,16 The re was no sta tis ti cally sig ni fi cant re la tions hip bet we en the ages of the chil dren who inges ted cor ro si ve subs tan ces and the me an sco res the ir mot hers re ce i ved from the PA RI subs ca les (Tab le 2). Kaynar and Yıl dız re ac hed si mi lar re sults in the ir study con duc ted on mot hers of chil dren who had tra u ma tic ac ci dents.…”

“…The results of the stu di es con duc ted by Ka ya alp et al, Kutlu et al, Koç et al and Bu ke et al sup port our fin dings. 1,[4][5][6] We think that in cre a se in the da ily use of cor ro si ve subs tan ces at ho me, fa i lu re to ke ep them out of the re ach of chil dren, fa i lu re to pre serve them in the ir ori gi nal packs and fa i lu re to suf fici ently mo ni tor the chil dren in cre a se the risks of in to xi ca ti on. 3,15 In our study, it was fo und that the ca ses of into xi ca ti on mostly oc cur du ring spring and sum mer, as was sug ges ted in many ot her stu di es con duc ted in Tur key and in dif fe rent re gi ons.…”

“…Ka yalp et al and Bu ke et al al so fo und out that the subs tan ces we re mostly kept in the kitc hen. 1,4 It has be en sta ted that, in or der to prevent the ca ses of in to xi ca ti on, it is im por tant to keep the se agents in loc ked cup bo ards, out of the re ach of chil dren and away from ref ri ge ra tors, ovens or pantry bo xes and to pre ser ve them in safe con ta i ners that may not be ope ned ea sily. 4,9 It is emp ha si sed that the ca ses of in to xi ca ti on are most fre qu ently ex pe ri en ced in chil dren of negli gent and une du ca ted fa mi li es.…”

“…The stu di es made in this fi eld in di ca te that ca ses of in to xi ca ti on mostly oc cur in the chil dren of pa rents who are irres pon sib le and who ha ve psycho-so ci al prob lems, and that po verty, fa mily prob lems, ha ving mul tiple chil dren, pa ren tal pres su re are among fac tors that in cre a se the pos si bi lity of in to xi ca ti on. 1,4,[8][9][10][11] Nur ses may, by edu ca ting the fa mi li es, ta ke on im por tant ro les in pre ven ting the ca ses of in to xica ti on. If the cha rac te ris tics of the chil dren who in gest cor ro si ve subs tan ces and the ir pa rents are known, the edu ca ti on can be mo re ef fec ti ve, and the num ber of in to xi ca ti on ca ses wo uld be sig ni ficantly dec re a sed.…”

Evaluación de lesiones esofágicas secundarias a la ingesta de sustancias cáusticas no rotuladas: Serie de casos pediátricos

“…8,9 El objetivo principal debería ser la prevención de las quemaduras por sustancias cáusticas mediante la implementación de estudios de medicina preventiva en lugar del tratamiento de estas lesiones. Esta es una afección casi totalmente evitable si se toman las medidas necesarias.…”