Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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Ahmed Refat Ragab

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• Research Article
  Pattern of Pediatric Toxicity in Saudi Arabia-Eastern Province (Incidence, Demographics and Predisposing Factors)
  Author(s): Ahmed Refat Ragab*,Maha Khalid Al-Mazroua Ahmed Refat Ragab*,Maha Khalid Al-Mazroua
  
  Childhood poisoning is a major cause of morbidity in both developing and developed countries. In spite of the success of some interventions to prevent accidental poisoning in the pediatric population, toxic ingestions continue to be a common occurrence. The purpose of this study was to shed light on the problem of accidental poisoning among children, to determine the factors related to accidental poisoning by the most common medications and household agents in poisoned patients who were visited a pediatric ER department. A prospective study was conducted in the period from January 2011 until December 2013 at the Dammam Maternal and Child Hospital. The studied children were a mix of boys and girls, did not suffer from any mental disabilities, were aged below 15 years old, and were of variable nationalities. The findings of the study demonstrated that t.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0665.1000220

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