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Acute Intoxications Among Turkish Children

dc.authorid Uner, Abdurrahman/0000-0002-7898-6469
dc.authorscopusid 15070722100
dc.authorscopusid 24341105600
dc.authorscopusid 57200370553
dc.authorscopusid 7004442897
dc.authorwosid Karaman, Kamuran/Jen-1033-2023
dc.contributor.author Kizilyildiz, Baran S.
dc.contributor.author Karaman, Kamuran
dc.contributor.author Ozen, Selvi
dc.contributor.author Uner, Abdurrahman
dc.date.accessioned 2025-05-10T17:04:51Z
dc.date.available 2025-05-10T17:04:51Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.department T.C. Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi en_US
dc.department-temp [Kizilyildiz, Baran S.] Private Istanbul Hosp, Dept Pediat, Van, Turkey; [Karaman, Kamuran; Ozen, Selvi] Yuzuncu Yil Univ, Dept Pediat, Fac Med, Van, Turkey; [Uner, Abdurrahman] Yuzuncu Yil Univ, Dept Pediat Cardiol, Fac Med, Van, Turkey en_US
dc.description Uner, Abdurrahman/0000-0002-7898-6469 en_US
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate characteristics, outcomes and clinical features of acute intoxications among children in Van region of Turkey. METHODS: All cases with a diagnosis of acute intoxication admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Yuzuncu Yil University of Van from June 1, 2010 to November 30, 2011 were evaluated. We retrospectively examined the medical records for demographical and etiological characteristics of patients below 17 years of age. RESULTS: A total of 239 intoxications were recorded. The majority of patients were under 5 years of age. Pharmaceutical agents were identified in 137 (57.3%) patients. Antidepressants with a majority of tricyclic antidepressants were the most common drugs (29.9%). Non-pharmaceutical agents were identified in 102 (42.6%) patients, 38.2% of which were insecticides-pesticides following by plants (25.4%) and carbon monoxide (17.6%). The majority (93.8%) of cases were accidental poisonings. Fourteen cases of intoxications occurred as suicide attempts and 85.7% (N.=12) of those patients were girls. Of all cases, gastric lavage was performed in 36.4% and activated charcoal administration in 53%. After hospitalization, only 23 (9.6%) of all patients received specific treatment besides symptomatic treatment. Specific treatments involved hemodialysis and antidotes such as biperiden, ethanol, atropine, neostigmine and pralidoxime. During the study period, one patient died due to acute intoxication of pesticide. The mortality rate was 0.4%. CONCLUSIONS: Our study revealed that pharmaceuticals were the most common cause of acute intoxications. While, insecticides-pesticides and plants were the leading non-pharmaceutic agents. Our data is important because it is one of few original reports on children with intoxication in Eastern Turkey. en_US
dc.description.woscitationindex Science Citation Index Expanded
dc.identifier.doi 10.23736/S0026-4946.16.04254-7
dc.identifier.endpage 50 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0026-4946
dc.identifier.issn 1827-1715
dc.identifier.issue 1 en_US
dc.identifier.pmid 29363292
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85041014853
dc.identifier.scopusquality N/A
dc.identifier.startpage 46 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4946.16.04254-7
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/6118
dc.identifier.volume 70 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000432380900007
dc.identifier.wosquality N/A
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Edizioni Minerva Medica en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.subject Child en_US
dc.subject Emergency Medicine en_US
dc.subject Therapeutics en_US
dc.subject Poisoning en_US
dc.title Acute Intoxications Among Turkish Children en_US
dc.type Article en_US

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