Agha Shabbir Ali.
Poisoning in children.
Pak Paed J Jan ;34(2):63-4.

Poisoning and foreign body inhalation/ingestion is a common emergency in paediatric emergency room. Oral intake is a common route of poisoning but topical, dermal, ophthalmic and inhalational may also be seen quite often. Infants and children younger than 5 years of age are the common victims of poisoning. Important issue in this regard is that in 50% of cases, these poisoning results from non pharmacological substances like cosmetics, kerosene oil, cleansing solutions, hydrocarbons and foreign bodies. One should also keep in mind that in >90% cases, poisoning in young children is accidental. It results from unique tendency of younger children to put everything in their mouth. (Editorial).

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