Profile of Acute Poisoning In Paediatric Age In District Moradabad: A Hospital Based Study
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https://doi.org/10.48165/Keywords:
Children, Poisoning, Insecticide, Suicidal, AccidentalAbstract
Rapid socioeconomic development in India during the last decade may have led to changes in the profile of child hood poisoning. To determine the profile and outcome of acute poisoning in paediatric patients presenting to the tertiary care centre in Moradabad we retrospectively analysed the children admitted to the ward of TMMC & RC and district hospital of Moradabad. The median age of the children was 5.5 and standard deviation was 5.84 in the age range of 9 month to 17.5 years. Male: Female ratio was 1.3:1. 77.19% patients reached the hospital within six hour. Insecticides & Pesticides (55.04%), household cleaners (21.48%) and drugs (11.41%) were the most frequent implicated agents. Vomiting (63.75%) was the most common presenting symptom followed by altered sensorium (38.92). Almost two third (63.76%) were accidental in nature whereas (32.89%) was suicidal. Median duration of stay was 2 day with stay of 1-3 day commonest in 55.03% of cases. One twenty six (84.56 %) patients were discharged after the treatment. 10.73 % leaved against the medical advice and seven (4.71%) died during the treatment.
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