Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2006 , Vol 49 , Num 4
Retrospective analysis of childhood poisoning in Sakarya region
Erdoğan Soyucen1, Yasemin Aktan2, Aykut Saral3, Nursen Akgün4, Ali Ümit Numanoğlu4
1Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Pediatri Yardımcı Doçenti
2Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Farmakoloji Yardımcı Doçenti
3Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Biokimya Yardımcı Doçenti
4Sakarya Yenikent Devlet Hastanesi Pediatri Uzmanı
Soyucen E, Aktan Y, Saral A, Akgun N, Numanoglu AU. (Department of Pediatrics, Dumlupınar University Hospital, Kütahya, Turkey). Retrospective analysis of childhood poisoning in Sakarya region. Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2006; 49: 301-306.

Children with the diagnosis of poisoning (age range: 6 months-15 years old), reporting to the Emergency Unit of Sakarya Yenikent Hospital, between 1 May 2004 and 30 April 2005, were evaluated retrospectively. Among 111 cases, 63 (56.7%) were boys, 48 (43.3%) were girls and mean age was 4.0±3.3 (0.5-15) years. The highest proportion of poisoning was in the 0-5 years of age group (73.8%). The major etiological causes of intoxication were drugs (57.6%), cleaning products (30.7%) (corrosive agent, hydrocarbons, paint materials, etc.), carbon monoxide (5.0%), pesticide (4.5%) and others (13.7%). Drugs most frequently causing intoxications were as follows: central nervous system drugs (antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics) 18.0%, analgesics 7.2%, vitamins 7.2%, antihypertensives 5.4% and others 21.6%. Although there have been important improvements in intoxication management, the most effective method is prevention of poisoning. Anahtar Kelimeler : zehirlenme, çocukluk çağı, etiyoloji, Sakarya, poisoning, childhood, etiology, Sakarya

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