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Table 3 Poison-related information and type of poisoning management

From: Poisoning emergency visits among children: a 3-year retrospective study in Qatar

Items

 

Frequency (%)

Time of exposure before visiting the A&E Department

Less than 1

639 (80.5)

1 to less than 2

154 (19.4)

2 to 3

1 (0.1)

More than 3

Nil

Poisoning place

Living room

333 (42.2)

Kitchen

183 (23.1)

School

1 (0.1)

Others

273 (34.6)

Time of exposure

Morning

157 (20.0)

Afternoon

344 (43.7)

Evening

286 (35.3)

Months (Seasons) of exposure

December-February (Winter)

177 (22.4)

March-May (Spring)

204 (25.8)

June-August (Summer)

211 (26.7)

September-November (Fall)

199 (25.1)

Type of poisons

Medicines

530 (72.6)

Non-medicine

200 (27.4)

Non-medication poisons (n = 200)

Household items

176 (88.0)

Insecticide

24 (12.0)

Type of management

Chelating agent i.e., charcoal

506 (64.2)

Emesis

Nil

Antidotes

Nil

Acetylcystine

5 (0.6)

Observation

278 (35.2)

Length of hospital stay

Less than 1 h.

49 (6.2)

1 to 4.9 h

415 (52.3)

5 to 9.9 h

282 (35.6)

More or equal to 10 h

47 (5.9)

Outcome of the management

Patient was discharged

790 (99.5)

Patient was referred

4 (0.5)

  1. Note: Total frequency is not equal to 794 due missing data