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Table 5 Pattern of location of poisoning, harmful first aid measures and complications of pesticide poisoning among children at THA

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%