Accidental Poisoning in Young Children: an Emergency Medicine Perspective for Pakistan and Other Low-and Middle-Income Countries and a Call for Action | Zendy

Huma Baqir | Zendy; Muhammad Akbar Baig | Zendy; Nick Brown | Zendy; Asad Mian | Zendy

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Accidental Poisoning in Young Children: an Emergency Medicine Perspective for Pakistan and Other Low-and Middle-Income Countries and a Call for Action

Author(s) -

Huma Baqir,

Muhammad Akbar Baig,

Nick Brown,

Asad Mian

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

eurasian journal of emergency medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2149-6048

pISSN - 2149-5807

DOI - 10.5152/eajem.2017.25733

Subject(s) - medicine , call to action , accidental , perspective (graphical) , low and middle income countries , action (physics) , medical emergency , middle income country , family medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , developing country , socioeconomics , economic growth , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , acoustics , economics , business , marketing

By definition, poisoning is the injury or destruction of cells via inhalation, ingestion, injection, or absorption of a toxic substance. The prognostic key factors include the nature, dose, formulation and route of exposure of the poison, coexposure to other poisons, state of nutrition of the child, age, and pre-existing health conditions (1). In developing countries, poisoning has been recognized as a major health problem among children and adolescents (2).

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