Open AccessChildhood poisoning at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
Author(s) -
Cecilia Chibwana,
Themba Mhango,
Elizabeth Molyneux
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v78i6.9021
Subject(s) - medicine , accidental , pediatrics , queen (butterfly) , family medicine , emergency medicine , hymenoptera , botany , physics , acoustics , biology
To record the number of children with poisoning admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital over one year; to note the causes, clinical and laboratory findings and outcome of each poisoning event and; to highlight any preventable pattern in such events.