Accidental intoxications among children. A five-year analytical study

A analitičkoj studiji 340 slučajeva trovanja dece kojoj je u razdoblju 1974-78 godine u Dečjoj klinici u Beogradu pružena neodložna i intenzivna terapija date su osnovne posebnosti, kao uzrast i pol dece, vrste trovanja, okolnosti zadesa. Trovanja dece ingestijom medikamenata, u prvom redu sa psihotropnim delovanjem, najčešća su i u porastu, kao i ingestijom destilatima petroleuma. Izneti su i aspekti uspešnih preventivnih mera (edukacija roditelja, dece školskog uzrasta i dr.).The results of an analytical study of 340 accidental poisonings in children treated in the Children\u27s Hospital in Beograd in the 1974-1978 period are discussed from the point of view of the age and sex of the children and the type and circumstances of poisoning. The poisonings caused by ingestion of medicaments, particularly psychotropic drugs, as well as by ingestion of petroleum distillates were found to be the most frequent. Some preventive measures such as education of parents and school age children are suggested