Epidemiological Trends of Acute Chemical Poisoning among Children over a Recent Three-Year Period in Saudi Arabia

Acute intoxication from chemicals is a major medical emergency that can result in illness and mortality. This retrospective study aims to evaluate acute chemical poisoning incidents among children in Saudi Arabia from 2019 to 2021. A total of 3009 children were recorded as being chemically intoxicat...

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Published in:Children (Basel) 2023-02, Vol.10 (2), p.295
Main Authors: Alshahrani, Mohammed Merae, Albogami, Hussein Ayed, Asiri, Ali Ahmad, Al Haydhah, Khaled Saad, Aldeailej, Ibrahim Mohammed, Aldehaim, Mohammed Abdullah, Lubbad, Mahmoud Yousef, Alalyan, Lolwah Abdulaziz, Alasmari, Abdullah Fayez, Al Salem, Ismail Yahya, Alqahtani, Abdulaziz, Al Awadh, Ahmed Abdullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute chemical intoxications
Age
Analysis
Chemicals
Children
Cities
Death
Demographic aspects
Emergency medical care
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Evaluation
Gender
Industrialized nations
intentional poisoning
Intoxication
Mortality
Pediatrics
Pesticides
Poisoning
Suicides & suicide attempts
Trends
unintentional poisoning
Variance analysis
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Summary:Acute intoxication from chemicals is a major medical emergency that can result in illness and mortality. This retrospective study aims to evaluate acute chemical poisoning incidents among children in Saudi Arabia from 2019 to 2021. A total of 3009 children were recorded as being chemically intoxicated. The SPSS/PC statistics package was used for the statistical analysis. The acute chemical poisoning incidents that occurred in the age groups were
ISSN:2227-9067
2227-9067
DOI:10.3390/children10020295