Acute ethanol poisoning in children in Vojvodina

Cilj rada bio je da se na teritoriji SAP Vojvodine ispita učestalost i osobenost akutnog trovanja etanolom u dece. Retrospektivno su analizirane istorije bolesti dece uzrasta od 0 do 15 godina, hospitalizovane zbog akutnog trovanja u svih jedanaest stacionarnih ustanova u Vojvodini tokom 1985. i 1986. godine. Od 795 dece hospitalizovane zbog akutnog trovanja, 52 se otrovalo etanolom, što u proseku iznosi 6,54% uz bitne regionalne razlike. Izuzimajući Novi Kneževac gde je tokom dvogodišnjeg perioda bilo samo osam trovanja, procentualna zastupljenost trovanja etanolom kretala se od 3,03% u Zrenjaninu do 11,45% u Subotici.The aim of this work was to investigate the frequency and characteristics of acute ethanol poisoning in children in the territory of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. In a retrospective study histories of poisoned children aged 0 - 15 years, who were hospitalized in all eleven stationary centres in Vojvodina during 1985/86, were analysed. From 795 children, 52 were poisoned with ethanol (6.54%). With the exception of Novi Knezevac, where only eight cases of poisoning were recorded during the two-year period, the frequency of ethanol poisoning showed major regional differences varying from 3.03% in Zrenjanin to 11.45% in Subotica. Poisoning among boys was significantly more frequent than among girls, especially with ethanol. The average age of children poisoned with ethanol was 8.4 years i.e. almost twice that of children poisoned with other substances. The children\u27s age and circumstances of ethanol poisoning point to the absence and failure of preventive measures