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  • Title: Poisoning, stings and bites in children-- what is new? An experience from a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata.
    Author: Basu M, Kundu TK, Dasgupta MK, Das DK, Saha I.
    Journal: Indian J Public Health; 2009; 53(4):229-31. PubMed ID: 20469761.
    Abstract:
    Poisonings, stings and bites continue to be important cause of pediatric morbidity and hospitalization. The toxic product involved in the poisoning varies in different geographical areas and in same area over time. A retrospective study was conducted amongst the children of the age group up to 12 years admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata from January 2005 to December 2008. Total number of admissions was 17019 and that for accidental poisoning was 451 (2.65%). Kerosene constituted the largest group (54.55%). Mosquito coil and refill liquid were the new additions to the list of poisons and their ingestion was cause for admission of 15 (3.33%) children. The number of admissions due to stings and bites was 108 (0.63% of all admissions) during the above period. Of all the cases, 9 (1.83%) cases of accidental poisoning and 4 (3.7%) cases of stings and bites died.
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