CHRACTERISTICS OF KEROSENE POISONING IN CHILDREN IN KIRKUK CITY | ||
| Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences | ||
| Article 3, Volume 9, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 30-46 PDF (530.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original research | ||
| DOI: 10.32894/kjms.2021.169936 | ||
| Author | ||
| Jameel Azeez* | ||
| azadi teaching hospital in kirkuk city | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Background: Kerosene poisoning is one of the most common accidental poisoning in children in developing countries due common use of kerosene in house-hold and unsafe storage practices Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study was to identify the demographics, incidence, clinical features, radiological findings and treatment of kerosene poisoning in children in Kirkuk city. Patients And Methods: Seventy two cases were admitted immediately to the emergency department in Kirkuk pediatric hospitals, Kerosene ingestion during the period from the 1st of june 2020 to the 1st of june 2021. Fifty four cases (75%) were boys and 18 cases (25%) were girls, and age ranges from 10 months to 10 years. Information regarding the history was taken from their parents , by special questionnaire paper (appendix) statistical method is used in this study. Conclusions: 1. It appears clearly that kerosene pneumonia in Iraq is most often of mild to moderate degree of severity with no mortality. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| kerosen; poisoning; Children; Kirkuk | ||
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