Background. Acute poisoning represents one of the most common medical emergencies in childhood. In view of paucity of literature on accidental poisoning among children in Egypt, this study was designed to describe the pattern of childhood poisoning in Zagazig University Hospitals. Patients and Methods. This retrospective study included 300 children up to 12 years with acute poisoning admitted to the Pediatric Department and Poisoning Treatment Unit, Zagazig University Hospitals, from January 2011 to August 2012. Complete epidemiological and clinical data were recorded and analyzed. Results. Three hundred of poisoned children were enrolled in this study. Children from 1 to 6 years were more liable to poisoning (81%). More boys than girls were poisoned at all age groups. The majority of all cases (99%) were due to accidental poisoning. Overall, 32% of the poisoned cases were living in Zagazig city while 68% were living in the rural areas. The presenting symptoms were classic in 60% of the cases. Pesticides, therapeutic drugs, and cleaning and disinfectant agents were the most frequent poisoning agents (28.7%, 22.7%, and 17.0%, resp.). In 86.0% of cases, observation with or without supportive measures together with decontamination and specific antidote therapy whenever needed was sufficient. Conclusion. Most of the poisonings were due to accidental ingestions by infants and young children. Pesticides and medications were the most commonly involved agents.
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机译：背景。急性中毒是儿童时期最常见的医疗事故之一。鉴于埃及关于儿童意外中毒的文献很少，本研究旨在描述扎加济大学医院儿童中毒的模式。患者和方法。这项回顾性研究包括2011年1月至2012年8月在Zagazig University Hospitals的儿科和中毒治疗室收治的300名12岁以下的急性中毒儿童。记录并分析了完整的流行病学和临床数据。结果。这项研究招募了300名中毒儿童。 1至6岁的儿童更容易中毒（81％）。在所有年龄组中，男孩中毒的人数均超过女孩。所有病例中的大多数（99％）是由于意外中毒引起的。总体而言，中毒病例中有32％生活在扎嘎兹格市，而68％生活在农村地区。在60％的病例中，典型症状是典型的。农药，治疗药以及清洁消毒剂是最常见的中毒剂（分别为28.7％，22.7％和17.0％）。在86.0％的病例中，在必要时进行观察或不进行支持措施以及去污和特定解毒剂治疗就足够了。结论。大多数中毒是由于婴幼儿意外摄入引起的。农药和药物是最常见的药物。
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