Acute medication poisoning causing hospital admissions in childhood: a 3-year prospective observational single-center study

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15110/19:73596068
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/68/68_S31.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/68/68_S31.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33549/physiolres.934321" target="_blank" >10.33549/physiolres.934321</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Acute medication poisoning causing hospital admissions in childhood: a 3-year prospective observational single-center study
Original language description
Although the risks of medication poisoning in children are often reported, there is a lack of studies addressing this issue. The majority of papers deal with a wide range of xenobiotics poisoning and, in particular, alcohol intoxications. All hospital admissions during three years were prospectively recorded. Patients younger than 19 years of age admitted for acute drug intoxications were further evaluated. A total of 15,069 children were admitted. Of them, 55 were hospitalized for acute medication poisoning. The condition was more common in girls (72.7 % vs. 27.3 %, p<0.01). Toddlers were the largest patient group (36.4 %). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were the most frequently used agents, with ibuprofen being the leading drug (20 % of all cases). The route of intoxication was almost exclusively oral. Solid drug forms were involved in 40 (72.7 %) cases. There was one fatal accidental poisoning. The highest occurrence of accidental drug intoxications was in the age group from one to three years. Attempted suicides were most frequent among adolescents. We are currently actively dealing with the issue. The cohort has been expanded to include a period of ten years and is being analyzed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30104 - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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