Risk Factors for Acute Unintentional Poisoning among Children Aged 1–5 Years in the Rural Community of Sri Lanka

Dayasiri, Kavinda; Jayamanne, Shaluka; Jayasinghe, Chamilka Y.

doi:10.1155/2017/4375987

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“…The study shows the majority of the educational status of mothers is primary education (30%), (26%) secondary education, only (4%) are graduate. In another study the educational level of the studied mother was secondary education, this result was in contradiction with this study (Dayasiri et al, 2017).…”

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“…Pediatric unintentional self-poisoning is increasing day by day due to easy accessibility of household medicines, chemicals and pesticides. It has severe health hazards with high morbidity rate (Dayasiri et al, 2017). Children poisoning include substances that are cosmetics and personal care products (14%), analgesics (10%) and household cleaning substances also 10% (Glenn, 2015).…”

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Effectiveness of an Educational Program among Mothers on Household Poisoning in Children in the Rural Community

2019

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Introduction: Household poisoning is a worldwide problem. It is s a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children which includes cleaning products, kerosene, pesticides, cosmetics and medicines. Methods: A quasiexperimental, quantitative, before and after study design was conducted among the mothers total (n= 60) in the community of Ali Raza Abad Raiwind Road Lahore, Pakistan from September 2018 to December 2018. The educational interventions involve four meetings about household poisoning in which the researcher educate the mothers about household poisoning in children. Results: A total of 60 mothers participated in the study. The total mean of mothers before the educational intervention is 13.10 (Standard deviation 2.673) and after the educational intervention is 26.18 (Standard deviation 2.175). The mean difference between the two means is 13.083. There is a statistically significant difference before and after the educational intervention. The educational intervention is highly effective because the significant value is 0.00. Conclusions:: The result of the study shows that educational intervention in mothers can effective to improve knowledge related to household poisoning in children.

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Effectiveness of an Educational Program among Mothers on Household Poisoning in Children in the Rural Community

2019

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“…Also, the unsafe medications storage in addition to unsafe environment and insufficient supervision of children behavior can explain the increased children rate in the sample. Pediatric poisoning with antipsychotics is remarkably increasing in the last years and became a significant cause of morbidity (Meli et al, 2014, Dayasiri et al, 2017.…”

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Assessment of Acute Antipsychotic Poisoned Cases Admitted to Tanta University Poison Control Unit

Mubarak

Madah

Gharbawy

et al. 2019

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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Background: Sedative hypnotic/antipsychotic poisoning represented 5.84% of cases according to national poison data system in 2017. In Egypt, studies about antipsychotic poisoning are scarce. Objectives: is to assess the pattern of toxicity and prognosis of cases with acute antipsychotic poisoning admitted to Tanta University Poison Control Unit. Patients and Methods: This study was conducted on cases who admitted to Tanta University Poison Control Unit with acute antipsychotics poisoning. All cases were subjected to clinical evaluation, laboratory investigations and electrocardiogram. Severity was assessed by poison severity score. Results: Majority of cases were represented equally in age groups (0-10) and (11-20) years with 33.3% for each age group, 65% of cases were females, most of cases were from urban areas (71.7%) and singles (71.7%). History of mental disorder found in 31.6% of cases and suicidal attempts represented the most common manner of poisoning (71.7%). Clozapine was the highest antipsychotic drug taken (35%) and 6.7% of cases developed extrapyramidal manifestations. Miosis was found in 56.7% of cases. Tachycardia was recorded in 46.7% of cases and QTc interval was prolonged in 43% of cases. According to poison severity score, most studied cases were either mild (51.7%) or moderate (33.7%). One case was admitted to ICU. Multiple regression analysis showed that decreased GCS, PCO2, O2 saturation were associated with increased hospital stay. Conclusion: Antipsychotic poisoning was commonly mild to moderate. Neurological and cardiovascular manifestations were the predominant. Sinus tachycardia and prolonged QTc were the most common electrocardiographic changes. Antipsychotic poisoning usually had a good prognosis.

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“…3 The nature of toxic agent, its formulation, amount and route of exposure, nutritional status and age of the victim and underlying conditions are the factors determining the severity and outcome of acute poisoning. 4 Time lapse between exposure and treatment along with availability and use of specific antidote also determines the outcome of poisoning cases. Disparity in socialization has put males at higher risk of poisoning compared to females throughout the world.…”

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Effect of haloperidol on centrilobular vein and portal triad of liver in the albino rats during intrauterine life

Khalid¹,

Rasheed²

2019

TPMJ

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Background: Acute poisoning in children is the third most common emergency with significant economical burden. Objectives: This study was carried out to elucidate the clinical and demographic pattern and outcome of acute poisoning in children at local University Hospital of South Punjab. Study Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Pediatric Medicine Department of Nishtar Medical University, Multan. Study Period: January 1st – December 31st 2016. Materials and Methods: This one year hospital based study included 74 children up to 12 years admitted with acute poisoning. The data was extracted from clinical charts. Clinical, demographic and outcome data was extracted and analyzed. Mean and standard deviation are calculated for continuous variables and frequencies with percentages for categorical variables. The data is presented in tables and figures. Results: A total of 74 children with poisoning were admitted during study period (total admission–3107) giving annual incidence of 2.38 %. Males predominated (n=49, 66 %) the study population. Fifty four percent (n=40) of the children were in 13 – 59 months age group. Majority of the children were admitted due to accidental poison ingestion (n=65, 87.8%), through emergency (n=68, 92%) department, brought from urban areas (n=38, 51.4%), and within 1 hour of exposure (n=41, 55.4%). Most common poisons ingested were pesticides (n=29, 39%), kerosene oil (n=13, 17.57%) and Paraphenylene diamine (Kala pathar) (n=11, 14.86%). Most common system specific symptoms belonged to cardiovascular system (54 %) followed by nervous system (51 %) and respiratory system (42 %). Median hospital stay of the poisoning cases was 2 days (min. 1, max. 17). Poisoning associated mortality rate was 16.2 % (n=12). Kala pathar ingestion was the only significant factor associated with mortality (p-value 0.04). Conclusion: Accidental ingestion of non – pharmacological agents at home is most common in children < 5 years of age at our set – up. Mortality rate due to acute poisoning is high in children. Parents education for safe placement of poisoning agents, set – up of regional poison control centers and healthcare workers training on management of such cases will help curtailing this problem.

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Risk Factors for Acute Unintentional Poisoning among Children Aged 1–5 Years in the Rural Community of Sri Lanka

Cited by 36 publications

References 21 publications

Effectiveness of an Educational Program among Mothers on Household Poisoning in Children in the Rural Community

Effectiveness of an Educational Program among Mothers on Household Poisoning in Children in the Rural Community

Assessment of Acute Antipsychotic Poisoned Cases Admitted to Tanta University Poison Control Unit

Effect of haloperidol on centrilobular vein and portal triad of liver in the albino rats during intrauterine life

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