@article{Shahid_Rashid_Baig_Bhatti_Sayal_Ahmed_2013, title={Clinical Features, Risk Factors and Outcome of Poisoning in Children}, volume={18}, url={https://www.annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/403}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v18i2.403}, abstractNote={<div>Objective:  To study the clinical features, risk factors and outcome of poisoning in children.</div><div>Study Design:  Prospective Descriptive study</div><div>Setting: Pediatric department, Jinnah Hospital Lahore.</div><div>Duration of study:  October 2008 to April 2010.</div><div>Sample Size:  60 Patients.</div><div><h1 style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Methods:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">  Cases diagnosed as poisoning, less than 15 years of age presenting sequentially and fulfilling the inclusion criteria were studied.</span></h1> <h1 style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Results:  </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Among 60 children, mean age was 34.68 months, (from 1 to 144 months). M:F ratio was  2:1. In 90% of patients, nature of poison was known to pare-nts / attendants In 88.3% of cases it was an accidental event and 11.7% cases were of intentional poisoning. 48.3% cases were accompanying the container of sus-pected poison. Regarding the storage place of poiso-nous substance, in 73.3% cases it was present at open / unsafe place and in 18.3% cases in an unlocked cup-board and in only 8.3% it was properly locked or safe-ly placed. GIT symptoms were present in 67.7%, Res-piratory symptoms in 41.7%, CNS symptoms in 38.4% & of CVS 35%. Stay was uneventful in 58.3% of cases, recovery after morbidity and without complica-tions 36.7%, recovered after complication 1.7% and two patients (3.3%) expired.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></h1> <h1 style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Conclusions:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">  Exposure to poisonous agents is a com-mon event especially in toddlers and young children, but in most of situations it can be prevented by taking standard measures of storage and labeling the drugs and intoxicants.</span></h1> <h1 style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Key Words:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">  Intoxication, Kerosene oil, Organophos-phorus, Opium.</span></h1> <h1 style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h1> <h1 style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h1></div><div><br /></div>}, number={2}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Shahid, Muhammad and Rashid, Junaid and Baig, Faiqa Salem and Bhatti, Muhammad Tariq and Sayal, Tallat and Ahmed, Mamoon}, year={2013}, month={May}, pages={211} }