From: Patterns of acute poisoning with pesticides in the paediatric age group
Characteristic of poisoning | Variable | No. | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
1.Location of poisoning event | Cultivation area | 19 | 51.3% |
Home garden | 7 | 18.9% | |
Home kitchen | 6 | 16.2% | |
2.First aid measures | Forceful ingestion of plain water | 5 | 13.5% |
Forceful ingestion of soap water | 3 | 8.1% | |
Forceful ingestion of coconut milk | 2 | 5.4% | |
3.Complications | Cardiac arrhythmia | 2 | 5.4% |
Aspiration pneumonia | 2 | 5.4% | |
Seizures | 2 | 5.4% | |
Respiratory arrest | 1 | 2.7% |