Poisoning among children in Malaysia: A 10-years retrospective study

IA Alwan, AS Brhaish, AI Awadh, A Misnan… - PLoS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Poisoning commonly occurs among children due to their curiosity, where they
tend to explore and investigate their surroundings. They frequently put what they find into …

Frequency and management of acute poisoning among children attending an emergency department in Saudi Arabia

M Tobaiqy, BA Asiri, AH Sholan, YA Alzahrani… - Pharmacy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Acute poisoning is one of the common medical emergencies in children that
leads to morbidity and mortality. Medications and chemical agents play a major role in these …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, risk factors, and strategies to prevent and manage poisonings due to pharmaceuticals in children in low income and low-middle income …

ME Mottla, ME Bowler, R Asgary - Journal of global health, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background There are significant disparities in the burden of disease due to poisoning
between children in low-and high-income countries (HICs). However, there is limited data on …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors contributing to the incidence and mortality of acute childhood poisoning in emergency department patients in Iran: a hospital-based case-control …

HF Disfani, M Kamandi, SM Mousavi… - Epidemiology and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES Since poisoning is one of the most important preventable factors contributing
to the hospitalization and death of children who present to emergency departments, this …

Epidemiological trends of acute chemical poisoning among children over a recent three-year period in Saudi Arabia

MM Alshahrani, HA Albogami, AA Asiri, KS Al Haydhah… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acute intoxication from chemicals is a major medical emergency that can result in illness
and mortality. This retrospective study aims to evaluate acute chemical poisoning incidents …

Trends in mortality related to unintentional poisoning in the South Asian region from 1990 to 2019: analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study

NU Khan, U Khan, U Khudadad, A Ali, A Raheem… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to estimate the burden of unintentional poisoning in South Asian
countries from 1999 to 2019. Design An ecological study conducted at the regional level for …

Initial clinical and laboratory parameters triaging non-pharmaceutical acute pediatric poisoned patients for potential adverse outcomes: a three-year retrospective …

GN El-Sarnagawy, MM Ghonem… - Toxicology Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Identifying high-risk pediatric patients with non-pharmaceutical poisoning is crucial to avoid
prospective complications and decrease the evident hospital economic burden. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Accidental poisoning in children: a single centre case series study in Bangladesh

A Ahmed, MHB Siam, M Shojon, MM Hasan… - BMJ Paediatrics …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Accidental poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional injuries among
children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The overall aspect of this …

Childhood Acute Poisoning at Haiphong Children's Hospital: A 10‐Year Retrospective Study

SN Nguyen, LT Vu, HT Nguyen… - International journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Children are most often harmed by acute poisoning, which may cause disability
or even death. This demonstrates the critical necessity for epidemiologic studies specific to …

Unsafe storage of household medicines: results from a cross-sectional study of four-year-olds from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort (Brazil)

DF Santos, MPT Silveira, AL Camargo, A Matijasevich… - BMC pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background Unintentional child poisoning represents a significant public health problem
across the globe, placing a substantial burden on health services emergency departments …