ABC of child abuse. Poisoning.
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چکیده
The ABC of Clinical Genetics will continue next week. The seventh article in this series will appear on 10 June. Accidental poisoning is very common; nonaccidental poisoning is uncommon but more serious. Accidental poisoning commonly occurs in toddlers aged 2 to 4 who explore the world with their mouth and try out any medicines, tablets, or other liquids that they find. The parent finds the 3 year old with an empty bottle in the bathroom or kitchen and is unsure how much the child has ingested. Usually the child has swallowed little or nothing and it is a poisoning scare rather than a true poisoning event. Less than 15% of the thousands of children presenting to hospital because of accidental poisoning develop symptoms from the drug; death is extremely rare. Death from non-accidental poisoning is more common. It is important to be aware that sometimes the parent will have poisoned the child. Therefore the story must always be checked to make sure that it makes sense-could that young a child have had access to those particular tablets? (2 year old children probably cannot reach the top shelf of the kitchen cupboard, neither can they easily unwrap individually foil packed tablets or open a child resistant container. Child resistant containers are not childproof, but they do delay the child's access to the contents).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 298 6685 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989