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Table 3 Characteristics of hospital transfers of acute paediatric poisoned patients

From: Paediatric poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: an epidemiological study

 

Transfers which presented to tertiary hospital

Transfers which did not presented tertiary hospital

Total number of patients who referred to transfer n (%)

Age 1 ≤ 6 children

Age7 ≤ 12 children

Age 1 ≤ 6 children

Age7 ≤ 12 children

 

Hydrocarbons

2 (1.4)

0 (0)

22 (15.4)

1 (0.7)

25 (17.5)

Plants

3 (2.1)

0 (0)

33 (23.1)

22 (15.4)

58 (40.6)

Medicines

8 (5.6)

1 (0.7)

4 (2.8)

8 (5.6)

21 (14.7)

Agro c hemicals

6 (4.2)

4 (2.8)

7 (4.9)

4 (2.8)

21 (14.7)

Other chemicals

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (2.1)

0 (0)

3 (2.1)

Unknown poisoning

0 (0)

0 (0)

7 (4.9)

8 (5.6)

15 (10.5)

Total

19 (13.3)

5 (3.5)

76 (53.1)

43 (30.1)

143 (100)