Clinical profile of acute accidental ingestions in pediatric populationsn

Abstract EN

Objective : To assess the prevalence of accidental ingestion of material registered in Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) hospital, and to reveal the predominance of the substance being ingested whether it is a drug or non-drug products.

This research also aims to identify the most ingested materials.

Method : This is a descriptive retrospective cohort study that evaluates the prevalence of accidental ingestions in children admitted to the BDF hospital.

Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).

Results : A sample population of 88 patients was taken.

All patients were between the age of 0-14 years.

50% of our patient were males and 50% were females.

The most ingested materials were drug products with antihypertensives (20.9%) being the most ingested medication.

While the most commonly ingested non-drug product is pesticides (28.6%).

Conclusion : Our data that we collected showed that accidental ingestion of drug products was more common than non-drug products.

Our data showed no gender difference.

The average age involved was 2 years at the time of the admission.

Even though our sample size was small, this study highlights the common ingested materials and average age of ingestion in pediatrics population.