Hospitalizations for Pediatric Intoxication in Washington State, 1987-1997

Abstract

Background: Intoxication (or poisoning) that necessitates hospitalization remains an important source of morbidity in children.

Pattern of Childhood Poisoning and Intoxication in AL Salam Hospital Sadah -Yemen

“…In the study of Mintegi et al [15] Childhood intoxications accounted for 15.2% of their hospitalized children. Our results also differ from those of Gauvin et al [13]., who reported that the average incidence of hospitalization for intoxication in children was 45 per 100,000 children per year in Washington, and intoxication accounted for 0.06% of all pediatric hospitalizations. These different results may be explained by the differences among the study populations, regional differences in health care, the extent of the medical facilities and surrounding environment.…”

Gender Differences in Childhood Poisoning

“…We noticed in our study that, there was a higher incidence of poisoning amongst boys in all the age groups (5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16) corroborating with other studies . This finding can be attributed to the more active and restless nature of boys as compared to girls.…”

“…We also found that girl It was also observed in our study that a majority of incidences of pediatric poisoning cases (irrespective of gender bias) had occurred at home which clearly shows that parental care was not adequate and also the dangerous substances were in the reach of children. Similar findings were observed in previous studies conducted at (12,13,14,15) national and international level . Hence our study helps in sending across a message to all pediatricians that every parent has to be specifically explained about the continuous parental care that children should receive and also keeping dangerous substances out of reach of children.…”

Changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012: a population based cohort study

“…Overall, we found a higher incidence of poisoning in females than in males, which is consistent with the existing literature 4 8 10 15 18 21 32. Total and intentional poisonings increasing with age has also been shown previously,4 13 21 32 but this is the first study showing age specific poisoning rates for each poisoning intent separately to assess how more specific age patterns vary among adolescents.…”