Pattern of acute poisoning in childhood in Ankara: What has change in twenty years?

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Andiran, Nesibe ^a   Sarikayalar, Fikriye ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caustic corrosive substance; Childhood; Drugs; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NALOXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PYRIDOXINE; SALICYLIC ACID; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIAMINE; TRANQUILIZER; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TURKEY;

EID: 2942516058     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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