ArticleBMC public health2018
Paediatric poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: an epidemiological study.
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- Epidemiology, risk factors, and strategies to prevent and manage poisonings due to pharmaceuticals in children in low income and low-middle income countries: A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparing Prehospital Time Among Pediatric Poisoning Patients in Rural and Urban Settings.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Mortality of acute poisoning and its predictors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Acute Poisoning among Children Admitted in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2024Article
- Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2022Article
- Providing a Population Based Registry Model of Drug Poisoning in Iran.Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcute paediatric poisoning is a common public health concern for both developed and developing countries. The type of agent and underlying cause differ depending on the social, cultural, economic and educational background. The objectives of this study were to identify the incidence and pattern of paediatric poisoning in a rural district in Sri Lanka and establish whether tertiary referral hospital data are a useful surrogate for estimating district level epidemiology of paediatric poisoning.
methodsA subset of epidemiological data were obtained from March 2011 to February 2013 from a randomized controlled trial (SLCTR/2010/008) conducted in 45 hospitals in Kurunegala district.
resultsThe age adjusted annual incidence of all cause of acute poisoning in children aged 1 to 12 years in the study area was 60.4 per 100,000. The incidence of poisoning of younger age group (1 to 6 years; 76 per 100,000) was significantly higher than older age group (7 to 12 years; 41 per 100,000) (p = 0.0001) in Kurunegala district. The annual incidence rate of paediatric admissions due to deliberate self-poisoning is 18 per 100,000 population. This study also established that admission data from primary hospitals provided the most accurate epidemiological information on paediatric poisoning.
conclusionsIn rural districts of Sri Lanka, acute paediatric poisoning cases were less frequent and less severe compared to adult poisoning cases (426-446 per 100,000 population). The incidence of poisoning was significantly higher among young children with compared to old children. In this study, deliberate self-poisoning among older children was more frequently seen than in other comparable countries. Because most of the admissions are directed to and managed by primary hospitals, data from referral hospitals alone cannot be used to represent the true incidence of acute poisoning within a district. The data set from all the primary hospitals (n = 44) yielded more accurate poisoning incidence amongst a paediatric population.
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