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Volume 4
Toxicology: Open Access
ISSN: 2476-2067
Toxicology Congress 2018
March 12-14, 2018
March 12-14, 2018 Singapore
14
th
World Congress on
Toxicology and Pharmacology
The demographic, clinical and psychosocial profile of pediatric acute poisoning cases in a tertiary
hospital: A 5 year retrospective study
Rochelle R Pamaran
Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, Philippines
Introduction:
Poisoning is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and represents a major public health threat in
children according to World Health Organization.
Objective:
To determine the profile of acute poisoning cases in the pediatric population in a tertiary hospital from 2012 to 2016.
Design:
The study is a retrospective cross-sectional study on acute poisoning cases among the pediatric population. Review of
hospital records was done upon approval of Ethics Review Board.
Patients/Participants:
Random sampling was done among acute poisoning cases and 128 cases were included.
Results:
The prevalence rate of acute poisoning was 0.56%. Majority were adolescents. Females were more affected. A greater
number of cases had intentional poisoning with adolescents and females being more affected. Unintentional poisoning/
accidental poisoning was observed more among children aged less than years old. The toxicants more commonly ingested
were therapeutics drugs mostly over the counter drugs, organophosphates, caustic chemicals and herbicides. There were
three mortalities, one from nitrite poisoning and two from paraquat poisoning. Most of the cases were classified as C3 and D
and they represent the population with lower economic status. Most patients with intentional poisoning were diagnosed to
have adjustment disorder with depress mood. The association of age, sex and medical social classification with the nature of
incident is not statistically significant, but percentage shows that intentional poisoning is more common among adolescents
and unintentional poisoning occurred more among younger age group.
Conclusion:
Acute poisoning is indeed one of the health problems at present because of the increasing availability of toxic
agents as product of modern innovations in pharmacotherapy and chemical use in the environment. It is recommended to
concerned agencies to strengthen existing rules and regulations in usage, distribution and marketing of commonly encountered
toxicants that caused mortality, including those that are banned.
Biography
Rochelle R Pamaran has received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Cagayan State University, Cagayan, Philippines and passed the Physician Licensure
Examination in 2007. She has worked as a Clinical Coordinator under the Asian Foundation for Tropical Medicine in collaboration with the Research Institute for
Tropical Medicine for the Influenza Surveillance.
rochellepamaran@yahoo.comRochelle R Pamaran, Toxicol Open Access 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.4172/2476-2067-C1-006