Stručni rad
The incidence and epidemiology of accidental poisoning in children
Mirjana Orovčanec
; Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu majke i deteta, Novi Sad
Danica Obradović
; Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu majke i deteta, Novi Sad
Ruža Kleut-Jelić
; Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu majke i deteta, Novi Sad
Sažetak
The paper deals with the incidence and epidemiology of accidental poisoning in children treated at the Paediatric Hospital in Novi Sad from 1969 to 1973. The author's observations show a mild increase in the rate of poisoning which is in agreement with other data reported dn the literature. The rate of accidental poisoning varied from 1.7%. to 3.5% (mean 2.4%). In 64.3% cases the poisoning was due to medicines, In 14.2% to alcohol, in 11.6% to oil derivatives and turpentine, in 4.9% to pesticides and in 4.9% to various cleansing chemicals. The rate was highest among children aged 3-6 (51.4%). It was 33.3% in children under the age of two years. An epidemiological study carried out in a group of 387 accidentally poisoned children showed: 68.7% of children had an unemployed mother, the rate of poisoning was lowest in the winter period, 80.6% of the poisoned was given first aid only upon admission to hospital, most patients arrived at the hospital within two hours after taking the poison, and the mortality was 1.2%.
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Hrčak ID:
166194
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Datum izdavanja:
21.6.1976.
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