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http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2008.51.2.116

Clinical aspects of injury and acute poisoning in Korean pediatric patients  

Lee, Mi Jin (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Konyang University)
Park, Joon Seok (The Academic committee of the Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.51, no.2, 2008 , pp. 116-121 More about this Journal
Abstract
Unintentional injuries are the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population, and the home is the most common site of injury for children in Korea. The most common cause of injury was slip down. Fall down and burn were frequent in infant/toddlers group, automobile and bicycle accident more frequent in preschool children. Findings from the survey could then be used to provide targets for direct educational efforts by medical services and to direct environmental safety modifications tailored to the unique situation of each family. Pediatric toxic ingestions are treated commonly by pediatricians and emergency physicians. Significant injury after these ingestions is infrequent, but identifying the dangerous ingestion is sometimes a difficult task. By performing a detailed history, focused physical examination, and directed laboratory evaluation, an estimation of risk can be developed. According to recent Korean poison papers, there were bimodal peak of age distribution in poisoned children patient on the whole: infant and adolescents group. Various types of materials belonged the classes of drugs, household products, and industrial solvents. Most of the poisoned children patients had been poisoned accidentally, while most cases of adolescents poisoning had been intentional. More than half of the adolescents group had a suicidal purpose in Korea, so an understanding of the demographic factors associated with self-harm poisoning may provide useful information to improve prevention and treatment strategies.
Keywords
Injuries; Poisoning; Children; Korea;
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